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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

Change2 Presentation for CitySwitch - Innovation and Cool Ways you can Reduce IT and Office Footprint

I had the pleasure of presenting to the Sydney CitySwitch signatories on one of my favourite topics "Innovation in ICT and ideas on how to reduce your footprint."

Having been to a number of presentations around the topic of sustainability I thought I would do something a little bit different rather than show the usual graphs and let people know about some of the "Cool Innovations" happening around the IT sector and energy effic… Continue

Added by Lee Stewart on July 29, 2010 at 10:00am — No Comments

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

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

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

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

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

The One Degree War

Last week I was fortunate enough to attend the last Green Capital event for 2009. I have been to dozens of Climate Change and Sustainability events this year and it is easy for me to get the glazed over look when someone puts up a slide of the usual climate c… Continue

Added by Lee Stewart on December 8, 2009 at 9:17pm — 3 Comments

What will Critters future be like at my age?

I now have some really exciting if not a bit scary news. It is now official that I will be a first time Dad sometime in March next year. Like many of my friends and family who have become fathers this moment or calm before the storm can bring on some moments of reflection mixed with a sense… Continue

Added by Lee Stewart on November 10, 2009 at 8:42am — 8 Comments

Sustainability - Is America getting it?

I just came back from a great two week trip to New York and Washington. It was my first time to that part of the world and I was keen to experience the true American culture, drinking beer out of large plastic cups, have a half smoked chili dog, going to a Yankees game and catching some o… Continue

Added by Lee Stewart on September 29, 2009 at 6:30pm — No Comments

Landmark quotes or hot air from our World Leaders?

The count down is on for the talks in Copenhagen and we have just seen some positive comments come out of the UN Climate Change Summit in New York. Some notable comments have been: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon “Failure to reach broad agreement in Copenhagen would be mo… Continue

Added by Lee Stewart on September 24, 2009 at 5:30pm — 3 Comments

Change2 Sessions on the Couch - What question do you want to ask?

Sould we have the CPRS now or later? How do you handle climate change objections around the dinner table? What impact has the GFC had on sustainability? How do you manage key stakeholders? This is your chance as a member of Change2 to send in your questions… Continue

Added by Lee Stewart on August 13, 2009 at 9:30am — 10 Comments

What are the best eco films of all time?

I really enjoy a great story and my ideal story is one that stimulates your thinking and ideas long after the final credits have rolled. After recently watching Garbage Warrior I thought I would pick my top half dozen eco films that I have seen and share them with you. If you think I have missed something then please feel free to add your own. 1. Inconvenient Truth… Continue

Added by Lee Stewart on March 28, 2009 at 6:08pm — No Comments

$5,500 and a year in jail for being environmentally friendly?

Like numerous people around the world I live and rent an apartment in a large city. We do what we can to limit our impact on the environment. We recycle; use green power and I have even got a worm farm to limit our waste. I also refuse to use the clothes dryer unless it’s an emergency as it is the most power hungry appliance we use and the average dryer is responsible for about 500kg of C02 per year. In fact dryers alone in Sydney units produce an estimate 80,000 tonnes of CO2 a year which acco… Continue

Added by Lee Stewart on February 24, 2009 at 2:00pm — 10 Comments

$567.54 to offset a tonne of CO2?

I finally got around to measuring the power consumption in the office. Now I wouldn’t say we were big energy consumers with a small office of 11 staff with about 250sqm of office space. So after a few power bills I was finally able to work out what our energy consumption was and to shop around… Continue

Added by Lee Stewart on January 19, 2009 at 6:30pm — 9 Comments

Choosing a Greener Car

I have been car less since November last year after a certain motoring mishap which resulted in my old Mitsubishi (gas guzzling) Magna being sent to car heaven. I must say that we haven’t really missed the family car as both myself and my partner both take buses to work and can walk to the sh… Continue

Added by Lee Stewart on January 12, 2009 at 1:00pm — 1 Comment

What’s South Australia got over the other states?

From Thursday the 8th of January South Australians will have to bring in their own reusable bags for shopping. The topic of banning plastic bags has been kicking around for a number of years with politician Peter Garrett making noises about banning plastic bags while in opposition. Now for… Continue

Added by Lee Stewart on January 6, 2009 at 3:30pm — 1 Comment

5% Is that a real target?

Yesterdays announcement of a 5% reduction in Carbon emissions with the scope to go up to 15% if we get international pressure has caused some heated comments such as. Laughable Surrendering on climate change Rudd looses the plot A failed leader!! Government fails leadership test … Continue

Added by Lee Stewart on December 16, 2008 at 4:00pm — 3 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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