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Go solar now or later: a dilemma for households

Pete — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:15:27 +0000

One can presume that as solar technology advances rapidly, the renewable energy options available to Australian households will be vastly different within a decade.

A number of products are in the market, and more are close to commercialization thanks to the work of Australian universities and incubators, who are producing smaller, cheaper and more powerful [...]

Why the skeptics are winning the media debate

Pete — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 11:34:51 +0000

When I was in year seven, the class nerd Shane stood up to do a presentation on why he believed coca cola was bad for you. Shane had compiled a list of stats outlining sugar content, chemicals and additives and other assorted nasties found in a typical can. He was about to put a [...]

NSW residents get solar reward

Pete — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 02:55:56 +0000

Have you been thinking of installing solar at home?

If you live in NSW there may never be a better time than right now. In a surprising policy move the NSW State Government will now pay a Gross feed in tariff (as opposed to a net tariff which only rewarded households for surplus [...]

Is factory farming a sustainable ideal?

Pete — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:13:55 +0000

A recent plan to factory farm dairy cattle in the South Island of New Zealand has been met with widespread debate over the relative pros and cons of such an activity. The concept would mean that cows are kept indoors for most of the year, much in the same way many farms [...]

On our nation and climate change

Pete — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:37:39 +0000

The bickering and divisions we have seen in the Coalition of late is nothing short of extraordinary and highlights just how divisive the issue of climate change still is in Australia.

A recent visit to New Zealand confirmed that the Kiwis too suffer from climate skepticism. So it begs the question, if Australia, [...]

Is my steak dinner killing the planet?

Pete — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 05:12:59 +0000

I love a good steak. In fact, I love any meat dish. I grew up in a family where meat was served every day of the week – I honestly can’t recall a single time when meat wasn’t on the table.

Over the last few years I’ve been hearing about the production of red meat [...]

Solar cell research scientists

Pete — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 01:31:31 +0000

A tale of a green office

Pete — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 05:06:39 +0000

When my two business partners and I started thinking about developing the GreenCollar brand, a fun part of the job was going to be outfitting our new offices according to the principals laid out in our sustainability policy. As an environmental consultancy, we well understood the challenges that “greening” an office in a 1970s building [...]

Principal Consultant, Audit and Risk

Pete — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:23:43 +0000

Landmark New Report Says Emerging Green Economy Could Create Tens of Millions of New “Green Jobs”

Pete — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:24:43 +0000

New York, 24 September 2008 (ILO/UNEP) – A new, landmark study on the impact of an emerging global “green economy” on the world of work says efforts to tackle climate change could result in the creation of millions of new “green jobs” in the coming decades.

The new report entitled Green Jobs: Towards Decent work [...]