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Climate Change / News / Waste
International Repair Day!
https://openrepair.org/international-repair-day/ This year the spotlight is clearly on its beneficial impact on emissions. Two things are definitely true : if you look after what you already have better you will extend the life of your goods and reduce emissions generated to meet your demands. Secondly, as a society our efforts to find and engage repairers…
Net Zero by 2050 – how the transport sector can be managed to contribute
The Grattan car plan: practical policies for cleaner transport and better cities calls on the Federal Government to impose a cap, or ceiling, on the emissions allowed from new cars sold in Australia each year, and to ratchet the ceiling down to zero by 2035. This would help Australia hit a national target of net zero…
The Power of Planting: a catalyst for change
Local climate action group, Zero Emissions Byron, has just launched the RePlant Byron Alliance.
Annett Welss – Byron
For the last three years, we have been transforming our food and toilet waste into cooking gas and liquid fertiliser concentrate (see Living tiny and green) The whole setup is carbon-neutral because biomaterial which was created through photosynthesis pulls carbon out of the atmosphere, and once burned as energy will go back as CO2. The…
Spotlight on Bikes – So good for the planet!
by Sasha Mainsbridge ZEB Community Engagement Officer, founder of Mullum Cares Inc and mother of two almost teenage boys.? Thinking about getting yourself or the kids a new bike (either new or second hand)? That’s a carbon busting idea! Bikes are an awesome, low carbon transport option and a great way to get exercise into…
Energy / Events / In the Media
Byron eager to get cracking on renewables, forum hears
Zero Emissions chair Vicki Brooke presents an evening to discuss the transition to renewable energy.