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Climate ‘state of emergency’ declared
Byron Shire Council has voted to declare a climate emergency and urged other councils to follow suit.
Buildings / Climate Change / Electric Vehicles / Energy / Land Use / Transport / Waste
Low Carbon Christmas : Does your business reduce emissions?
WWF Report Details a Huge rise in demand for sustainable goods during Pandemic New global research conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), commissioned by WWF, shows a staggering 71% rise in popularity of searches for sustainable goods over the past five years, with continuing growth during the COVID-19 pandemic. Read the full story on…
COP26 is less than 10 weeks away. It’s now or never! Can you spare 10 mins a week to push for strong climate action by our Federal Government?
We’ve all heard about the latest IPCC Report and the urgency with which most of the rest of the world is planning to address the Climate Crisis. THIS IS AN EMERGENCY! Can you join the voices that are rising into a crescendo to demand our leaders represent our wishes for strong targets? GetUp’s campaign is…
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Northern Rivers EV Survey Results 2021
Christobel Munson, ZEB Chair & EV Working Group We have been promoting the uptake of Electric Vehicles as part of our strategy to reduce local emissions. In 2019, we held a successful EV Expo which was attended by over 500 people. Over the Covid lockdowns we organised a series of 8 Webinars on different Electric Vehicle…
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…
Byron Shire Council takes action on Climate Adaptation
The Bangalow Herald’s cover story in this month’s edition is a ‘whos who’ of likely candidates who will take the battons and continue to represent us and drive action on Climate Change in our LGA. In addition to finishing the great work of staff and councillors before them to reach the 2030 net zero goal…