Zero emission house opened

CSIRO

Australia’s first Zero Emission House (AusZEH) will be officially opened today in Melbourne. Located at Doreen, 30 km north-east of Melbourne, the house derives all it’s operating energy from a 6kW solar system and features a unique energy management system which tracks energy use in the house and provides feedback via customised reports to household members.

posted by patrick on April 29, 2010 at 2:25 pm · filed under

Audit into Green Loans program

Minister for Climate Change, Energy Efficiency and Water

Stronger audit measures to combat potential breaches under the Green Loans program have been announced today by the Minister for Climate Change, Energy Efficiency and Water, Senator Penny Wong. The $4.28 million audit investigation will initially focus on the assessors and large assessor organisations that have completed substantial numbers of assessments under the Green Loans program to-date.

posted by patrick on April 23, 2010 at 12:41 pm · filed under

Where the Wild Things Are Forest Fundraiser (Melbourne, Apr 25)

Eco Shout

Music filled fundraiser on the 25th of April (4pm - 12am) at J studios artist community - 100 Barkly St Nth Fitzroy, Melbourne ($10/$15 suggested donation).

posted by seamas on April 22, 2010 at 11:07 pm · filed under

International Biodiversity Day (May 22)

May 22nd is the UN-endorsed International Day for Biological Diversity and an opportunity to increase understanding and awareness of the importance and wonder of the planet’s biodiversity.

posted by seamas on April 22, 2010 at 10:53 pm · filed under

Greens call for new home energy efficiency scheme

Australian Greens

THe Australian Greens have proposed a new home energy efficiency scheme to replace the scrapped home insulation scheme.  The Greens say that their Energy Efficiency Access and Savings Initiative (EASI) could replace both the insulation roll-out and the Green Loans scheme, both excellent ideas that failed in the implementation, to effectively and efficiently bring down power bills and greenhouse emissions for all Australians.

posted by patrick on April 22, 2010 at 12:41 pm · filed under

PETA protests mulesing

Weekly Times Now

Animal rights activist group PETA has announced in a letter to the Federal Government that it will suspend its anti mulesing campaign ( mulesing is a surgical operation to remove wool-bearing strips of skin from the buttocks of a sheep) if the government agrees to support a genetic solution to the problem of flystrike.

The letter is the result of Australian Wool Innovation having reneged on its December 2010 deadline to end surgical mulesing.

posted by ruby on April 22, 2010 at 11:42 am · filed under

Reasons climate change legislation unlikely to pass

The Australian

Obama’s Interior Secretary Ken Salazar has been quoted as saying, “I think the term `cap and trade’ (or emissions trading) is not in the lexicon any more.” Five reasons are cited here why climate change legislation is unlikely to pass in the USA: public opinion, the bad economy and unemployment, geography, off-shore drilling, and the international climate post-copenhagen, which is described as suffering from ‘global warming fatigue.’

posted by ruby on April 22, 2010 at 11:29 am · filed under