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Government begins Great Barrier Reef project - more than $50 million will be provided for protecting the Great Barrier Reef. It’s part of the Caring For Our Country program launched last year, which allocates $400 million to new environmental projects, often run by community or local environmental groups. Urban retrofits - how to make a city green without tearing it down and replacing it with all-new stuff. This...
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Sewing your own clothes...

A while ago I was looking into the different ways you can make your wardrobe more eco-friendly, and one of those is sewing your own clothes. It creates less waste and pollution than buying cheap stuff at the shops, and doesn’t use sweatshop labour. It’s been a while since I’ve done any sewing, so I thought I’d ask a friend to give us some more info. Libby sews a bunch of her own clothes, including...
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Educational? or a Ticking Clock of Doom?...

What do you all think about the world’s first real-time greenhouse gas emissions counter? It’s a giant billboard in New York, with the amount of greenhouse gases being emitted around the world displayed in glowing numbers for all to see. There’s talk of one being put up in Sydney too. If you want to see the numbers flicking away for yourself, check out the Know The Number website. The statistics are...
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Fresh green links...

Some fascinating stuff out there this week: A fight for the Amazon that should inspire the world - indigenous tribes in the Amazon put their lives on the line to stop oil companies from destroying their homes and the planet’s lungs. The Peruvian president was going to allow  logging, drilling and ‘exploration’ of 70% of Peru’s section of the Amazon rainforest. The tribes blockaded the roads -...
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Wave power: clean energy for the future...

Pelamis wave power station in Scotland There’s a lot of fuss over solar and wind power in Australia lately, but they’re not the only alternatives to coal-fired energy here. We’ve also got a nice, long coastline, and I reckon we should also be looking into the potential of wave power. The basic idea behind wave power is that wind blowing across the surface of the ocean transfers energy to the water, whipping...
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