Introducing Studio Green
Introducing Studio Green in 2012. Powered by Shape our Future, Studio Green (beta phase) is under development and aims to be an interactive reference and information site for all things ‘cool and green’. Phase one sees the collection, collation and publishing of many years research, investigation, knowledge and experiences [...]
Portsea Polo 2012 had a touch of ‘Green’
Cool Australia Green Room at the Portsea Polo A warm Saturday in early January 2012 saw the annual Portsea Polo get a ‘touch of green’ through the addition of Cool Australias ‘Green Room’ marquee thanks to Jason Kimberley, Deb Hallmark and the team at coolaustralia.org With more than 4000 at the polo, just 180 guests were able to enjoy [...]
Experiencing Gayana Eco Resort – Sabah
Borneo and Sabah Borneo is South East Asia’s biggest island and is collectively made up of the two East Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak. The island of Palau and Gaya is located just off Sabah’s Capital, Kota Kinabalu, about a 2.5-hour flight from Kuala Lumpur. Gaya Island is the largest of the five islands [...]
Green building and eco educational trip to Malaysia 2012
Green building and eco educational trip to Malaysia 2012 Geoff will be undertaking a 10 day Green building and Eco Educational trip to Malaysia in mid February 2012. The start of the trip includes touring the latest green buildings of Kuala Lumpur including attendance at Green Build Asia 2012 Green Build Asia 2012 Asia’s No.1 [...]
Help rewrite the users manual – 2012 CSL Fellowship
Help rewrite the user’s manual – 2012 CSL Fellowship program Applications for the 2012 Melbourne and Sydney Centre for Sustainability Leadership Fellowship Program are now open! This is a fantastic opportunity to become a change maker and influence the future direction of global sustainability. In 2008 I completed this fellowship and acknowledge it assisted me [...]
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Sydney follows Melbourne’s lead and gets green upgrade loans
Sydney follows Melbourne’s lead and gets green upgrade loans Sydney office landlords will be encouraged to undertake more environmentally friendly office refits under a new “green loans” program. The program is a joint initiative between the City of Sydney and independent government-backed consultants Low Carbon Australia Ltd (LCAL). The ‘Environmental Upgrade Loan Scheme’ was actually [...]
Greenhouse by Joost pops up as part of MFWF
Greenhouse by Joost To celebrate the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival’s 20th year, Greenhouse by Joost has popped-up on the banks of the Yarra River for 20 days from the 2nd March to the 21st March The greenhouse is open daily from 8am for breakfast, and throughout the day for lunch, snacks and dinner – [...]
State of the Climate 2012
State of the Climate 2012 The long-term warming trend has not changed. Guillaume Brialon Australia’s land and oceans have continued to warm in response to rising CO2 emissions from the burning of fossil fuels. This is the headline finding in the State of the Climate 2012, an updated summary of Australia’s long term climate trends released [...]
Protecting Orangutans and their habitat is a global responsibility
Rasa Ria Nature Interpretation Centre (NIC) – Sabah Introduction The Orangutan is a highly endangered species of great ape whose existence is threatened by wanton habitat destruction through logging and forest fires. They are 97% human like. The prime reason for logging the natural habitat is to enable the planting of Palm oil plantations, which [...]
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