Fresh green links

Some really interesting stuff this week, check it out…

Local stuff first:

WA plans to log 500-year old jarrah trees – huge area, huge profits for loggers, minimal financial return to taxpayers, endangering the rare western ring-tail possum, and just so we can have some paper and charcoal. Who’s bright idea was this? Locals are planning a protest.

Brisbane’s bike sharing program starting soon – after I posted about bike sharing systems on Monday, Reyna commented with this link about Brisbane’s plans to get one up and running. Yay! Thanks, Reyna.

Some videos:

A tour of Australia’s South-West marine region – a 5 minute video with footage of the amazing underwater environment off the WA coast, from the Save Our Marine Life campaign. I like the Baldchin Groper and the Weedy Sea-dragon, such funny looking fish!

Peak Oil visually explained – another video, this time giving a summary of what ‘peak oil’ is in 3 minutes. A good introduction for people who’ve heard the phrase but don’t know what it refers to yet. (via A Good Human)

And the rest:

Google PowerMeter: Work with us – on the off chance that anyone reading this happens to own a power or water utility, or represents a relevant government agency (hey, you never know!)… Google is ready to roll out their PowerMeter program to Australia but lacks any partners here to work with. The PowerMeter is something I’ve mentioned here before, it’s like a Kill-a-Watt with graphs and usage information available to you online so you can track and compare how much you’re using.

November 1941 and the turning of the tide – things are looking grim for environmentalists, what with the mediocre Copenhagen talks, new coal plants planned in Australia, and news about methane melt. But there have been worse times in history and we triumphed. An inspiring post at Worldchanging.com.