Sustainable Cities Forum (Melbourne)

This Sustainable Cities Forum: Building Sustainably in China and on Doncaster Hill will hosted by Peter Brook. It will discuss ways of connecting more about how we live to natural systems.

Thursday 29 November 2007, 6:15pm - 7:30pm
Council Chambers, Manningham Civic Offices, 699 Doncaster Road, Doncaster

posted by seamas on November 25, 2007 at 11:37 am · filed under

Critical Mass 12th Anniversary Ride (Melbourne)

Critical Mass in Melbourne turns 12 years old in November. Melbourne Critical Mass meets on the last Friday of every month at 5:30pm outside the State Library.

posted by seamas on November 25, 2007 at 11:33 am · filed under

Climate Action Forum (Melbourne)

Presented by Friends of the Earth and Western Region Environment Centre, this public forum aims to invigorate discussion around climate change problems and campaigns to pressure political action in 2008.

Edinburgh Gardens Community Room, Brunswick St, North Fitzroy, Thursday December 6th, 7:00pm

posted by seamas on November 25, 2007 at 11:30 am · filed under

Greens may gain balance of power in Senate

With Greens leader Bob Brown already hailing the election as a win for the Green vote, the poll may yet translate into real parliamentary power for the party. Based on their level of support, the Greens could more than double their Senate representation and possibly hold the balance of power in the Upper House.

posted by seamas on November 25, 2007 at 11:22 am · filed under

Pulp mill issue fails to hurt Garrett at polls

With the help of Greens preferences, Labor’s environment spokesman Peter Garrett has retained his seat and looks likely to take the portfolio in the new Government. This was despite Labor’s controversial support for a new pulp mill to be built in Tasmania’s Tamar Valley.

posted by seamas on November 25, 2007 at 11:14 am · filed under

IPCC synthesis report: emergency action needed

The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) ‘synthesis report’, released overnight in Valencia, Spain, has sounded an urgent warning for Australia, with the report stating that the impact of global warming could be “abrupt or irreversible”, and affecting all countries.

“The climate situation is going from serious to critical much faster than we previously thought,” said Professor Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, Director of the Centre for Marine Studies at the University of Queensland and a contributing author to the IPCC report.

posted by Vinnie on November 19, 2007 at 2:07 pm · filed under

Japan sets sights on 1035 Whales

Four Japanese whaling ships left port in Shimonoseki for Antarctica on Sunday, reportedly to hunt up to 1,035 whales this summer - including up to 50 Humpback Whales, 50 Fin Whales and as many as 935 Minke Whales. This will be the first time since the 1960’s that humpbacks have been targeted, and according to Japan’s Fisheries Agency will be among the biggest scientific whale hunts ever seen.

posted by Vinnie on November 19, 2007 at 1:50 pm · filed under

Climate report sends shockwaves around the world

The release of the fourth climate report by the United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is already drawing strong reaction from around the world. At the release of the report, UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon described its findings as “terrifying,” but he also said that “clear concerted and sustained action now can still avoid some of the most catastrophic scenarios forecast.”

posted by seamas on November 18, 2007 at 12:46 pm · filed under

Tasmanians strongly oppose pulp-mill

New research showing that a clear majority of Tasmanian voters oppose the proposed Tamar Valley pulp-mill has embarrassed both the Liberal and Labor Parties, according to the Wilderness Society. The group is also highlighting the climate impact of the planned mill. Logging needed to feed it would generate levels of greenhouse gases estimated to be equivalent to 2 per cent or more of Australia’s annual emissions.

posted by seamas on November 16, 2007 at 5:49 pm · filed under

Big solar project planned for Hunter Valley

The New South Wales Hunter Valley will be the location of a proposed new $360 million solar power facility outlined by CBD Energy. The project may receive significant financial assistance from the Federal Government.

posted by seamas on November 16, 2007 at 5:41 pm · filed under