Community ‘ownership’ of windfarms is the future

With 4,000 direct jobs in rural NSW and over $6billion in investment in the pipeline you would expect politicians on the Southern Tablelands to be supporting jobs in the renewable energy industry. This industry has become one of the major employers in this region....

It’s time we started selling sustainability

A woman walks toward a well through clouds of dust raised by cattle in the wadi outside Louri village in the Mao region of Chad. For generations, the people of this bone-dry region lived off their herds, but climate change has meant that the normally once-a-decade...

Divestment from Fossil Fuels grows apace

Seventeen philanthropic foundations controlling nearly $2 billion in assets have agreed to put their money where their ethics are, announcing they will be divesting all their holdings in the fossil fuel industry and reinvesting in the clean energy sector. Organized as...

Most of us overestimate how ‘green’ we really are

Most Australians overestimate how much they are doing for the environment compared to others, and are more concerned about water shortages, pollution and household waste than climate change, a new CSIRO survey reveals. More than 70 per cent of people said they thought...

Community Energy Congress keynotes announced

The official website for C4CE’s Community Energy Congress is now live! www.c4ce.net.au/congress The website is a hub for all news and important information on the Congress. You can find the latest on keynote speakers, our growing program of talks and workshop...

Making Super Sustainable

Some $1.6 trillion is invested in Australia’s superannuation funds. The Climate Institute have released a publication, Climate Smart Super: Understanding Superannuation Climate Risk, with information for superannuants to learn more about their funds are managed and...

Sustaining this is not Sustainable

The 85 richest people on Earth now own the the same amount of financial wealth as the poorest half of the world’s population ~ that is, the same as 3.5Bn people. This stunning finding comes from Oxfam‘s report, Working For the Few, which was published in the lead up...

Returning home to regional Australia

More Australians aged 25-44 are moving from cities to regional areas than vice versa. According to the Regional Australia Institute, ‘returners’ make up a significant pattern in internal migration that often fails to be recognised as a positive – and popular – life...