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Greener Homes for Aussies and Brits

Both the British and Australian governments have announced that they will help home owners green their homes. Australia is offering 2.2 million homes a free insulation upgrade and more financial incentives for solar water heating. In the UK, it was announced that the government will help people with a full ‘eco-makeover’.
More than one in four [...]

February 12th, 2009
Topic: Environment Tags: , , , ,

Sustainable Cafe

A cafe in Australia is made from 100% recyclable material and other sustainable materials.

December 18th, 2008
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Jelly Balls – Nature’s Carbon Sequestration

Some researchers off the coast of Australia think that jelly balls is Earth’s way to fight global warming – neat!
By eating the algae, the salps turn the algae and their carbon dioxide into faeces which drops to the ocean floor. They also take carbon to the floor with them when they die after a short [...]

November 19th, 2008
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High-Yield Residential Wind Turbine

This Aussie has created quite the wind turbine!

October 28th, 2008
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Eureka: Crazy Carpark Signage

The way-finding-system for the Eureka Tower Carpark in Melbourne Australia is really neat!

August 1st, 2008
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Earth Hour Tomorrow

Earth Hour is tomorrow!
It’s a symbolic turning off of electric devices to show some respect for the environment. Everyone ought to join in and make earth hour a daily event.
On 31 March 2007, 2.2 million people and 2100 Sydney businesses turned off their lights for one hour – Earth Hour. If the greenhouse reduction achieved [...]

March 28th, 2008
Topic: Direct Action, Environment Tags: , , ,