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SMH – Environment
Good evening, The biggest environmental news this week was the confirmation that federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek is planning to water down her long-awaited “nature positive” reforms. The crossbench and environmental groups now face the classic conundrum: do they campaign for or against the reforms? On one hand, they want laws to pass this term…
FFPA Winner: Upcycling Slippers owner Karena Williams
“My small local business, Upcycled Slippers, has been using upcycled materials since its beginning two years ago. The carbon busting actions have grown!” Karena and her family were thrilled to select a Subpod Grow Bundle from the prize options. “It’s such a fabulous product”, she said. “I love how you can use its packaging for the product. It’s so well made!”
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Sparking up interest in electric vehicles
The purpose of Zero Emissions Byron is to accelerate Byron Shire’s transition to net zero emissions. We create projects to educate and inspire – in renewable energy, better building, regenerative land use — and at our EV Expo in September, our focus was on reducing carbon emissions in our transport sector…via Electric Vehicles.We held our…
Sustainable House Day – Week 3 on now
Sustainable House Day is on Sun 17 Oct 2021, 10 am – 6 pm AEDT Online, details here BUT this invaluable offering is now a month long experience of unprecedented access to experts and home owners who have built or retrofitted their own sustainable homes. This week is Week 3 in the 4 week program. …
Tracking solar uptake in the Shire – Oct 22.
ZEB Board member, Dr Muriel Watt, updates the uptake of solar PV in Byron Shire. Almost 6 MW of solar PV were installed in the year 2021-22. Total installed capacity is now over 41 MW. When Zero Emissions Byron began in 2015, the installed capacity of solar PV in Byron Shire was less than 10MW….
Rex’s Recommendation #6 : Book – Soil by Matthew Evans
Soil is the unlikely story of our most maligned resource as swashbuckling hero. A saga of bombs, ice ages and civilisations falling. Of ancient hunger, modern sicknesses and gastronomic delight. It features poison gas, climate collapse and a mind-blowing explanation of how rain is formed. For too long, we’ve not only neglected the land beneath…
