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Gas can be dirtier than coal but Government & NGOs falsely assert that gas is clean energy
Dr Gideon Polya | June 24, 2010The Australian Labor Government is utterly incorrect in its repeated assertion that “natural gas is clean energy”. However this untruth remains formally uncorrected and is now spreading through society, through media and even into the environment movement as outlined below. [1].
The truth is otherwise – natural gas is dirty energy and on combustion is twice as carbon dioxide (CO2) polluting as brown coal on a weight basis. Further, in Victoria the carbon pollution currently ranges from 1.2-1.5 tonnes C/MWh for major brown coal plants and 0.6-0.9 tonnes C/MWh for major gas-fired plants – gas may be “clean-er” on this basis but is certainly not “clean”. [2].
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Green Capital Global Challenge
Les Pickett | June 22, 2010The Carbon War Room has announced the first wave of cities selected to participate in the Green Capital Global Challenge.
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Economy, Ecology, Electorate…..
Sean.Rooney | June 22, 2010At the recent National Business Leaders Forum on Sustainable Development at Parliament House in Canberra, one of the most senior politicians in the land addressed the Forum offering his perspective on the sustainability agenda and business. He stated that in order to have sustainable communities we must first have a sustainable economy.
This hierarchy of economy before society appears to be at odds with Bjorn Stigson’s (President of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development) view when he states that ‘business cannot succeed in societies that fail’.
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Australian Citizenship: Passion or Process?
Sue Ellson | June 22, 2010I was very honoured to be a conferree’s guest at Australia’s largest Australian Citizenship Ceremony held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) on Saturday, 19 June 2010.
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When it comes to Social Innovation…every State is different
Brodie McCulloch | June 21, 2010An unnofficial survey of who’s who and who’s doing what in which state when it comes to social innovation.
Over the past few months I have been hunting down the right people to talk to about Social Enterprise and where it is currently heading in Australia. This stemmed from the desire to start a bike sharing social enterprise in the City of Fremantle, Western Australia and quickly finding out that very few people actually knew what I was talking about when I mentioned Social Enterprise and my Socially Innovative solution to inner city transportation.
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Uncategorised2010 Australian International Design Awards Supporting Innovation
editor | June 21, 2010
The Hon. Richard Marles MP, Parliamentary Secretary for Innovation and Industry on the role of good design and intellectual property in commercialising creative Aussie ideas. Read his blog >> -
IT Security Threats to Small Business
Nick Savvides | June 18, 2010No business is too small to be a target of cyber crime.
The Internet and Information Technology have changed the way people, business and the government communicates. Even the smallest of businesses now depend on the Internet to operate and communicate with customers and have access to automated tools and technology that were previously only feasible for large organisations.
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Victoria is a ticking health time bomb!
Les Pickett | June 17, 2010According to a recent survey by WorkHealth more than 40 per cent of the 56,000 Victorian employees surveyed have a high or very high risk of getting type 2 diabetes or heart disease.
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Employment – what is the real situation?
Les Pickett | June 17, 2010Are recent employment statistics as positive as they first appear?
Latest statistics show that employment in Australia has grown by 140,000 during the first five months of 2010 with 26,900 jobs created in May. Our unemployment rate of 5.2% is generally recognised as full employment and our growth in employment is excellent compared with the US and Europe.
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UncategorisedHuman Rights Act door still swinging
editor | June 15, 2010
Writing for Eureka Street Fr Frank Brennan, Chair of the National Human Rights Consultation concludes that "there is no turning back from the federal dialogue model of human rights protection". Full article>> -
2010 Australian International Design Awards Supporting Innovation
Richard Marles | June 15, 2010On a very rainy Friday night in Sydney on 4 June it was my pleasure to open the 2010 Australian International Design Awards. This blog is based on the speech I gave on the night.
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Nick Rennie “Chiku” Interview: Australian International Design Awards 2010
Kate Williamson | June 10, 2010
Nick Rennie of Happy Finish whose design “Chiku” was selected as an Australian International Design Awards 2010 finalist in the category of Architecture and Interior, he spoke to Open Forum’s Kate Williamson.
