May 11, 2023 | Climate, Latest News
You have probably heard or read news headlines that the federal budget will build “a stronger economy and a fairer society” featuring a “bold $14.6 billion cost-of-living package”, “$4.5 billion over 10 years to support the delivery of the nuclear-powered submarine...
May 9, 2023 | Climate, Latest News, Take action
At last year’s CBR360 Circular Economy Symposium, Lids4Kids CEO Emma Holliday said “our ultimate goal is to not exist”. That is, they would be happy for their volunteer-led community organisation to no longer need to exist if it meant that industry...
Feb 16, 2023 | Climate, Latest News
Did you miss the ANU’s Climate Update 2023? It was – as usual – a grim picture. Professor Mark Howden summed up the state of the climate crisis: “it keeps on getting worse than we thought”. After a brief hiatus during the Covid pandemic, global greenhouse gas...
Dec 5, 2022 | Climate, Latest News
Take the survey How do you cook? Would you switch from gas to electric? The Conservation Council is helping Canberrans to make the switch from gas to electric appliances. But we know that many people are reluctant to replace their gas cooktop for electric...
Dec 2, 2022 | Climate, Latest News, Waste
Lurching forwards on climate action in 2022 In a year of more record floods and mild temperatures driven by an unusual concurrence in Australia’s three major climate systems (a strong negative Indian Ocean Dipole, a positive Southern Annular Mode and a triple La Niña...