Change2

Creating a better future

Featured Blog Posts (124)

How to Make Recycling At Home Convenient

SUMMARY

Greener homes begin with learning how to avoid waste and make recycling convenient.  Homeowner and writer Monica Wilcox shares her recycling program story.

BLOG…
Continue

Added by 3BL Media on February 27, 2012 at 12:02pm — No Comments

Fairfax launches The Wellbeing Index

In a time of increasing economic conservatism within our media, it is exciting to see a major media company, Fairfax, launching a new economic indicator that offers an alternative to our obsession with GDP. As the Herald's Ross Gittins and the indices architect Nicholas Gruen both point out, GDP is a great indicator as to employment growth and the amount of cash going into…

Continue

Added by Leon Young on December 8, 2011 at 11:00am — No Comments

Keep America Beautiful Announces 2011 Great American Cleanup Results

More than 3.8 million volunteers and participants joined hands to produce more vibrant, beautiful and cleaner communities during Keep America Beautiful’s 2011 Great American Cleanup, the nation’s largest grassroots community improvement program.  The Great American Cleanup, which takes place annually from March through May, succeeds because volunteers take action towards meaningful change in their communities.…

Continue

Added by 3BL Media on December 5, 2011 at 2:00pm — No Comments

Can Plastic Find A Sustainable Destination?

Continue

Added by 3BL Media on October 31, 2011 at 11:43am — No Comments

Change2 Wins Two LearnX Awards 2011

Media Contact:Stefanie Phan

Change2

Phone: +61 02 9267 0220

Email: stefanie.phan@change2.com.au

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 1 August, 2011

 

Change2 Wins Two LearnX Awards 2011

Change2 leads the way in sustainable educational solutions with Best Learning…

Continue

Added by Change2 on August 8, 2011 at 5:42pm — No Comments

Learning from our Neighbours: Sustainability in Korea

I recently made a trip to Busan, South Korea during which I did my fair share of research into local sustainability actions.  At first thought I imagined that of all places South Korea would not have a high level of sustainable action, it is not the first thing that comes to mind when one thinks of Korea, or Asia as a whole for that matter.  But I was surprised to see that South Korea, like most countries in the Asia Pacific region are light years ahead of us in New Zealand in terms of… Continue

Added by Scott Whitaker on July 13, 2011 at 5:24pm — No Comments

3 Days with Al Gore, 3 People, 4 Reasons why doing nothing about Climate Change is not an option

Earlier this year I was fortunate enough to be selected to become a part of The Climate Project (TCP) and be trained by Al Gore to become an official Climate Project Presenter.  The core of The Climate Project is to build a global force of trained presenters to help educate people about the urgency and solvability of the climate crisis at a grassroots level.  To date close to…

Continue

Added by Lee Stewart on May 16, 2011 at 10:30am — 4 Comments

Why GE, Coca-Cola, and IBM Are Getting Into the Water Business

This article discusses how organizations are now realizing that water management is fast becoming a key strategic tool. Companies are starting to gather the kind of information that lets them measure not just their water use and their water costs, but also their water efficiency and water productivity, as well as revenue and profit from these efforts.

GE Water is an ambitious new division of the multinational company, with 8,000 employees at 50…
Continue

Added by 3BL Media on May 3, 2011 at 12:25pm — No Comments

How CSR Influences Buying Behaviour: Top 5 Research Findings

Continue

Added by 3BL Media on April 14, 2011 at 12:28pm — No Comments

Woolworths commits to sustainable fish sourcing - Is this the start of something bigger?

Last week, Woolworths announced its Sustainable Fish Sourcing Strategy. You can read the details on their…

Continue

Added by Leon Young on March 23, 2011 at 10:30am — 3 Comments

Behaviour Change for Sustainability - What are the motivators?

Here at Change2, creating digital content and tools to drive behaviour change resulting in sustainable outcomes is what we are all about. We've been working on it for a while, and through our sister company 2and2 - www.2and2.com.au - we've gained…

Continue

Added by Leon Young on March 11, 2011 at 5:30pm — 1 Comment

Being change and behaviour change



The more we focus on behaviour change, the less likely we are to achieve it. That’s a comment that popped out of my mouth during a Behavioural Innovators workshop for sustainability professionals late last year. Someone called this a “Ninja statement.” It must have taken them by stealth. So if you believe in behaviour change, watch out: I’m about to go on the attack.

 

If only…
Continue

Added by Nick Potter on March 14, 2011 at 12:00pm — 2 Comments

Special Free Book Offer for Australian Change2 Members

Change2 member and author Jon Dee has kindly offered us a number of free copies of the updated book “Sustainable Growth” The book is a practical guide for businesses and contains sustainability tips and strategies that…

Continue

Added by Change2 on February 28, 2011 at 7:38am — 1 Comment

Australian Carbon Price set for July 1st 2012 - Will it Finally Happen?

In Australia you could be forgiven to think that the climate debate and that a price on carbon is all talk and very little action.  After all we have seen a change in leadership over the issue and a number of failed government environment programs not to mention that this policy has already been defeated in…

Continue

Added by Lee Stewart on February 27, 2011 at 12:30pm — 4 Comments

Cone Releases its 2010 Corporate Responsibility Report

Cone announces the release of its 2010…

Continue

Added by 3BL Media on February 5, 2011 at 12:37pm — No Comments

Innovation = invention + adoption

If you're looking for practices to accelerate the adoption of sustainable ideas, then invest in the book "The Innovator's Way" by Peter Denning and Robert Dunham. It puts a clear focus on some individual practices in the areas observation, conversation and reflection that contribute to successful innovation. 

 

They define the  main work of invention as:

  • Sensing: Bringing forth a new possibility that woulod bring…
Continue

Added by Leigh Baker on January 31, 2011 at 8:59am — No Comments

Is low carbon growth achievable? A lesson from the UK

 

One of the biggest arguments about acting on climate change in recent times has been the effect on the economy and that meaningful action will result in negative growth.

I had one of those real “A Ha” moments when I met the British Foreign Secretary the…

Continue

Added by Lee Stewart on January 20, 2011 at 11:00am — 2 Comments

Give Thanks and Motivate A Trillion of Your Dollars to Take More Climate Action

 

In 2009 U.S. Chamber of Commerce, who spent much of the year fighting climate legislation, spent …

Continue

Added by 3BL Media on December 20, 2010 at 1:45pm — 1 Comment

Over at COP16 (Interview with Bill McKibben)

Hello!



I'm in Cancun at the moment and am blogging quite frequently on www.symnews.org - or you can follow me on Twitter @lmdo for all of the updates (including to links to everything going on). I probably won't be able to cross post everything here - it may become too time consuming!



But, below is an interview that I did with Bill McKibben:





Hope you follow me on Twitter (@lmdo) for my… Continue

Added by Linh Do on December 1, 2010 at 2:00pm — 1 Comment

Videos

  • Add Videos
  • View All

Latest Activity

Jessi Copeland posted blog posts
Apr 15
Ivetta Gerasimchuk updated their profile
Apr 12
Jessi Copeland posted a blog post

Green-e Energy Certifies NIPSCO’s New Green Power Option for Indiana Customers

Center for Resource Solutions (CRS) today announced that Merrillville, Ind.–based Northern Indiana Public Service Company’s (NIPSCO’s) new Green Power Program has been certified by Green-e Energy. NIPSCO joins the growing network of renewable energy providers that offer clean energy options certified by Green-e Energy, North America’s leading certification and verification program for renewable energy."We are pleased that residents and businesses in Indiana now have a certified renewable energy…See More
Feb 13
Jessi Copeland posted a blog post

JustGreen® Renewable Energy Credits Now Green-e Certified

Center for Resource Solutions (CRS) today announced that Just Energy’s new renewable energy certificate (REC) product, "JustGreen RECs," is now certified by Green-e® Energy.  Just Energy, one of North America’s largest green energy providers with $70M invested in green energy projects, joins the growing network of renewable energy providers that offer products certified by Green-e Energy, North America's leading certification and verification program for renewable energy."We are very excited to…See More
Jan 29

© 2013   Created by Change2.   Powered by

Badges  |  Report an Issue  |  Terms of Service