CSIRO begins climate project with China
08 June, 2007CSIRO and the Australian Greenhouse Office (AGO) have signed a two-year funding agreement for collaboration between CSIRO statisticians and the Institute of Atmospheric Physics of the Chinese Academy of Science.
Eco Expo Asia - an international success
07 November, 2006Companies from Hong Kong and all over the world exhibited at Eco Expo Asia, an environmental protection trade fair organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (TDC) and Messe Frankfurt. The expo was held in October at AsiaWorld-Expo in Hong Kong.
Finalists for National Sustainable Business Awards announced
04 October, 2006This month, New Zealand’s top sustainable businesses will be gathering together in Auckland to celebrate their achievements, including energy efficiency programs, recycling, product innovation, involvement in the community and staff led initiatives.
Smart businesses embrace sustainability
21 August, 2006Evidence is clear that taking on sustainability is good for business, according to international expert Hunter Lovins, who recently toured New Zealand giving lectures
Addressing the realities of climate change
03 July, 2006The impacts of climate change will be felt globally over the next century, according to the August 2003 issue of Austral Ecology – for the Ecological Society of Australia, published by Blackwell Publishing.
Thousands of Queensland students take on Earth Dialogues Challenge
15 June, 2006One out of 8,000 Queensland school students taking part in a comprehensive education program will have the opportunity to deliver a keynote address alongside Mikhail Gorbachev at Earth Dialogues Brisbane 2006: A World Forum for Resource Management and Sustainable Development.
Billboard company to sponsor Earth Dialogues Brisbane 2006
14 June, 2006A large Queensland billboard company is one of the major sponsors of the World Forum on the environment taking place in Brisbane in July this year.
World Environment Day 2006 Award winners
13 June, 2006The United Nations Association of Australia announced the winners in this year’s World Environment Day Awards at a gala presentation at Melbourne’s Grand Hyatt Hotel Rob Gell – Environmentalist and Victorian president of Greening Australia.
Online resource bank for sustainability issues
22 May, 2006The growing demand for high quality environmental information for training programs of all sorts has led to the development of a web-based search framework and resource.
Transformation needed to meet climate challenge
03 May, 2006 by Sue Salmon*Quite frankly, Sydney doesn't rate in terms of sustainability when compared to other cities around the world. That's why I was asked to prepare a report on an environmental leadership program for the City of Sydney
NSW government continues fight on climate change
28 April, 2006Retailers will have to offer an optional 10% Green Power component on new residential customer accounts under an ambitious greenhouse action plan that was unveiled by the NSW Premier, the Hon Morris Iemma, recently.
HK Eco Expo Asia
27 April, 2006Eco Expo Asia will be held from the 27-30 October at the recently opened Asia-World Expo venue, in Hong Kong.
Climate change partnership proving fruitful
24 March, 2006The Australia-China Climate Change Partnership is achieving practical outcomes, according to a report released by the Australian Minister for the Environment and Heritage, Senator Ian Campbell recently.
