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Leon Young A new kind of optimism?

I'm sure most of our visitors here at Change2 came out of the 2007 Federal election with a sense of optimism. Kevin Rudd was going to put a price on carbon, get indigenous reconciliation back on the agenda and take a moral and compassionate stance on asylum seekers. We were also going to see a visionary piece of national infrastructure built; the National Broadband Network.

I'm also sure most of you shared my sense of disappointment at the way the climate debate
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Added by Leon Young on September 7, 2010 at 5:40pm — 1 Comment

Lee Stewart ACT set ambitious emissions targets. A great program or destined to fail?

This morning the ACT is set to announce a very ambitious target to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 40% by 2020. The announcement has left some wondering whether this is realistic as the territory recently downgraded its NoWaste 2010 target to just an inspirational goal.
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Added by Lee Stewart on August 27, 2010 at 10:14am — 4 Comments

Terence Jeyaretnam Zero Carbon Plan for Australia

Did you know that enough sunlight falls on the earth’s surface every hour to meet world energy demand for an entire year? That the average amount of solar energy that falls on Australia is about 15,000 times the nation’s energy use? Then there’s wind, geothermal, wave and hydro to draw on, in vast renewable quantities. Coal is cheap, but that’s because

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Added by Terence Jeyaretnam on August 23, 2010 at 12:00pm — 2 Comments

Lee Stewart Citizens Assembly? More Consultation On Climate Change? Didn't we do that years ago?

Being an optimist I thought that maybe Julia Gillard might be a bit different and act on Climate Change and that the upcoming election we would see a credible climate change policy from a major party.

So the news coming out today on Julia's… Continue

Added by Lee Stewart on July 23, 2010 at 12:30pm — 6 Comments

Nick Potter The Buzz Beyond Sustainability

It’s official: I’ve ended my relationship with sustainability. We still see each other occasionally but the magic is missing. I’ve moved on to other words. We actually cut loose a long time ago. So it’s sayonara sustainability. It was great while it lasted.

Breaking up with sustainability wasn’t easy. We had a long-term relationship. We also keep bumping in… Continue

Added by Nick Potter on July 9, 2010 at 11:30pm — 3 Comments

Lee Stewart The Gap Story and the One Report that Changed Everything

Last week I was invited to be a part of an Executive Round Table discussion on Ethical Supply Chains. The event was kindly hosted by the United States Studies Centre and the NSW Department of State and Regional Development.
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Added by Lee Stewart on July 14, 2010 at 5:00pm — No Comments

Change2 2010 City of Sydney Business Awards

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Change2 has recently been nominated for the 2010 City of Sydney Business Awards in the category Environmental Business.

This is great news, but we need your help!

Register your Vote for Change2 and go in the… Continue

Added by Change2 on July 14, 2010 at 11:30am — No Comments

Change2 ABC of Carbon Weekly Blog - B is for Biomass

India is attempting to move away from fossil fuels to make maximum use of its available biomass for energy generation. It is also drawing on international investment to finance its projects through the clean development mechanism (CDM). The Punjab Energy Development Agency (PEDA) announced on 2 November 2007 the allocation of… Continue

Added by Change2 on July 12, 2010 at 11:00am — No Comments

Terence Jeyaretnam In search of the elusive Green Shopper

There are two types of people in the world - those who divide people into groups and those who don’t. In marketing, the practice of customer segmentation is important. It helps make sense of the complexity in the way decisions are made, especially in purchasing. Often, dividing people into four or five groups makes… Continue

Added by Terence Jeyaretnam on June 28, 2010 at 5:30pm — No Comments

Paige Andrews Trading one environmental disaster for another – Will the BP spill be the catalyst for passing US climate legislation?

After hearing day in and day out in the news about the (still ongoing) BP spill in the Gulf of Mexico as containment attempts continue to fail, one begins to get mad at the lousy regulators and the Big Oil companies (especially BP) and look for ways to show their outrage. Change2’s Lee Stewart has started to… Continue

Added by Paige Andrews on June 5, 2010 at 4:14am — 1 Comment

Lee Stewart What does it take to change your purchasing decisions?


The car was running low on petrol the other day and I was about to pull into the nearest station. I then realised that it was a BP and then had a quick call to make. Fill up with BP or drive another few K’s to the Shell Station. With all the recent events hap

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Added by Lee Stewart on June 1, 2010 at 2:00pm — 7 Comments

Frank Mueller Changing direction of businesses towards Sustainability Management (SM) and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) - A background viewpoint

Hi everybody,
I just signed up to this community due to a recommendation. As a researcher and consultant in the broader area of Sustainability in industries I am active in the South East Asian region for about 10 years.

In this blog I would like to start a discussion on how we actually can change industries towards more sustainable behaviour. When I follow discussions around the world, I noticed that many so called experts just jump the bandwagon without going to the level respecti… Continue

Added by Frank Mueller on May 21, 2010 at 2:44am — No Comments

Change2 What Makes a Successful Sustainability Program?

Change2 recently attended the Optimising Sustainability Performance Forum in Sydney. The event was run by The 3 Pillars Network and promoted as an independent forum of leaders to advance Australia’s property sustainability programs.

It was really interesting to witness the panel session on… Continue

Added by Change2 on May 19, 2010 at 10:30am — 2 Comments

Lee Stewart The Barrier Reef Irony

I just heard that they have re-floated the Shen Neng 1 Bulk Coal Carrier of the Barrier Reef this morning. The fact that the ship was way of course taking a well known short cut and the threat of a major disaster of our precious Barrier Reef brought a strong outcry from our politicians. The Australian PM Kevin Rudd came out and said that there is no greater asset for Australia than the Great Barrier Reef and that he takes threats to the reef seriously.

I was good to see that the irony… Continue

Added by Lee Stewart on April 13, 2010 at 9:00am — 3 Comments

Eco Investor Understanding Energy Efficiency

Energy efficiency is at the top of the global political and business agenda as governments and industry turn to it as a critically important "energy source" to address climate change and energy security, says the Energy Vision Update 2010: Towards a More Energy Efficient World.

The report, from the World Economic Forum and IHS Cambridge Energy Research Associates, aims to help harness this energy source by providing an intellectual framework to understand it..
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Added by Eco Investor on April 6, 2010 at 9:30am — 1 Comment

Terence Jeyaretnam A Low Carbon Growth Plan for Australia

There’s been a campaign of mind washing Australians, by those most to gain, to believe that a response to global warming through carbon mitigation will be at a significant cost to society that will result in job losses and a lower quality of life. This has virtually made the policy proposition for an emissions trading scheme a back-leaning ladder to climb. What’s more, this has turned the pinhole into a doorway for climate change deniers and skeptics to march into.

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Added by Terence Jeyaretnam on March 22, 2010 at 2:30pm — 1 Comment

Terence Jeyaretnam Reframing Business for the 21st Century


The evidence is finally in. Business transactions do result in significant externalised environmental impact, which, if monetised, would result in a third of all profits from the world’s largest companies being eroded away. A recent report by Trucost to the United Nations has made this finding after modeling the environmental impact of the world’s largest 3,000 companies.

The report comes amid growing concern that businesses are merely paying… Continue

Added by Terence Jeyaretnam on February 23, 2010 at 9:20am — No Comments

Nick Potter Exploring the boundary between young professionalism and activism

When do we cross a line from being a “young professional” to being a “young activist”?
That’s a question that emerged in a recent… Continue

Added by Nick Potter on February 17, 2010 at 7:00am — 2 Comments

Terence Jeyaretnam Sustainability of the Commons

With the black clouds of the GFC looming upon us at the start of 2009, we were cornered to ask some big questions. So what of business sustainability? Is it still important? Would businesses still seek to be green, or would the sustainability budget be one of the first to be cut? But, we were optimistic. In 2008 we no… Continue

Added by Terence Jeyaretnam on January 20, 2010 at 10:30am — No Comments

Lee Stewart Cycling to Work: Sustainable Travel or Russian Roulette?

I have just recently moved to Naremburn on Sydney’s Lower North Shore. The move was brought on by the immediate need to find a bigger place where we have some room for a new arrival currently known as “Critter” As one of the many New Year’s resolution in trying to keep the fitness up… Continue

Added by Lee Stewart on January 20, 2010 at 9:30am — 8 Comments

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Marta Bioletto commented on Lee Stewart's blog post 'ACT set ambitious emissions targets. A great program or destined to fail?'
I really hope that everybody individually will take seriousely the threat of climate change and acts with consciousness. The ACT Labor Government has set very ambitious targets. 40% gas reduction within 2020, 80% within 2050. Let's see if the 2020 t…
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Has anyone done research to establish what the Federal election result means for development of renewable energy sources in Australia? Jeff
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jardine cody Is surprised nobody has discredited the ideas , giving me nothing to argue for!
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James Vosper commented on Leon Young's blog post 'A new kind of optimism?'
Leon, This is probably the best outcome that we could have hoped for. This phenomenon has happened around the world and we could be looking at a new kind of government.
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