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9,000 indigenous species planted east of Melbourne on 26 May at annual planting day
Thirty hard-working volunteers from five Climate Positive offset partners planted enough indigenous species to draw down 10,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide over their lifetime, at Climate Positive's 2010 planting day in Wantirna South on Wednesday.
To see photos of the day, go here.
Good Business Register selects Climate Positive calculator
The Good Business RegisterTM, currently managed by St James Ethics Centre, has chosen to include Climate Positive's calculator as the preferred tool for small businesses to measure their carbon footprint.Suzanne Granger, Project Manager of the Responsible Business Project at St James Ethics Centre, said the Climate Positive calculator was "definitely one of the most useful we've found, particularly for small business".
She said the Good Business RegisterTM will "promote and link through to [Climate Positive's] carbon calculator for small business within the environmental principle five - specifically within the ‘measure and monitor' focus area."
Finding the Biggest Carbon Loser
Climate Positive offset partner VicSuper borrowed from the small screen for its latest carbon-cutting and team-building initiative, 'VicSuper's Biggest Carbon Loser'.VicSuper Corporate Sustainability Consultant Matt Wicking said he began the initiative to encourage VicSuper's 184 employees to cut greenhouse gas emissions at work and home. Staff won points by cutting emissions and inventing creative team-based reduction measures.
"Eighty per cent of our staff took part in the competition in some way,"
Matt said. "And while the competition encouraged employees to reduce their carbon footprint, its primary objective was to engage them on VicSuper's approach to managing its carbon impact."
Climate is ripe for change
Erica Hughes, Climate Positive board director, measured and offset her personal footprint using our easy-to-use online calculator. Measure yours at http://www.climatepositive.org/measure/
Danielle Johnston, general manager, bought an indoor compost bin which accepts all food waste (including cooked food, meat, fish and cheese) and produces nutrient-rich compost, minus the usual foul, compost smells http://www.bokashi.com.au/How-Bokashi-works.htm
Vic-based volunteers needed
Climate Positive would like to invite 20 keen volunteers to help with our latest biodiverse revegetation to be held next Wednesday in Wantirna South, Vic.
With the Balook site planting completed and Bush Family Reserve in Stratford nearing completion, Climate Positive is recruiting green thumbs for the annual planting day on Wednesday, 26 May, only 30kms east of Melbourne.
Safe climate solution gains pace
Climate Positive has aligned with Australia's pre-eminent big-picture, end-game global-warming-solution organisation - Safe Climate Australia - to further fulfill our charter to protect and conserve the natural environment.
The NGO is currently researching the societal transformations and solutions needed to achieve a safe climate at emergency speed.
Firies 'will die' without climate action
JOSH JERGAJanuary 28, 2010
AAP
Tidal power project could run all homes
NIGEL ADLAMJanuary 29th, 2010
A COMPANY wants to build a multimillion-dollar tidal power project in the Top End.
US sets 17pc carbon emissions reduction target
AFP January 29, 2010 8:34AM
THE United States today officially stated a goal to cut carbon emissions by 17 per cent by 2020 off 2005 levels, in a submission to the United Nations as part of last month's Copenhagen meeting.The United States said it expected to cut emissions blamed for global warming "in the range of 17 per cent" and "anticipated" that Congress would approve legislation to meet the target.
Europe offers to cut emissions 95% by 2050 if deal reached at Copenhagen
EU sends 'clear message' to the world with ambitious target
Ian Traynor in Brussels
Wednesday 21 October 2009 17.31 BST