At Zero Emissions Byron (ZEB) this year, our aim has been to ‘Think Globally. Act Locally’. Looking back, after the challenging years of drought – then fires, COVID – then floods, this is how ZEB has ‘acted locally’ in 2022. With the aim of inspiring the community to fast-track emissions reduction activities, this year we’ve…
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…
Since Zero Emissions Byron began in 2015, the size and number of solar PV installations in the Byron Shire has increased four-fold. This graph has been compiled from data on the APVI Solar Map[1] for the four Byron postcodes covering Bangalow, Byron Bay, Mullumbimby and Ocean Shores (2479, 2481, 2482, 2483). “Over 3.5MW were installed…
The Zero Emissions Byron annual review 2018-2019.