Electricity use going green
Setting up a Local Group
"Beyond Al Gore" talks program
Electricity Industry Tour
Kids Greenhouse Petition
Sign a Climate Friendly Petition
Join the Zero Emission Network
Personal Action
Over 50% of Australia's emissions come from the stationary energy sector, the major contributor of which is electricity generated by coal power plants.
By switching to Greenpower you can ensure that your electricity comes from renewable sources such as wind and solar. The actual electrons you use will come from the nearest generator, renewable or otherwise, but somewhere in the national grid renewable energy is being added to the mix equaling the amount you have paid for.
If your house used electricity only and you purchased 100% Greenpower, your house would be a near Zero Emission house!
When buying Greenpower make sure you buy a product that has been accredited by the Government Greenpower scheme and has this logo.
Government accredited Greenpower comes from solar, wind, biomass, hydro and geothermal and contains a minimum of 80% new renewables. This ensures that your power provider will be audited to check that they have bought enough Greenpower to meet the demands of their customers.
You can go further as some Greenpower products are based on 100% new renewables, and hence better to buy if you wish to save the future.
Contact your power provider and ask them about their Greenpower options. If you're not happy, swap electricity providers
see the list of Greenpower providers in your state.
In addition, you can look at the Green Electricity Watch put together by WWF and the environment groups ACF and Total Environment Centre.
We do not recommend you purchase Greenpower from Origin Energy, given their strong opposition to the Victorian Renewable Energy Target scheme (VRET) as outlined in their submission. They seemed more interested in promoting gas.
Victoria's VRET scheme saved the renewable industry in this country.
The climate change campaign will be successful only if the message about its seriousness and its impacts gets out into our community and people start agitating to do something about it.
Many local groups are being set up around Australia, working specifically on climate change.
If you wish to establish a community group to work on climate change to achieve zero emissions we are happy to offer advice, run an initial meeting and support you once your group is going.
Taking action at
home or in your business
Take a look at our Futureenergy.org site for lots of ideas on ways to reduce your climate impact.
Have you seen 'An Inconvenient Truth' and want to know more, or are you interested in learning about climate change? We would like to visit you!
Beyond Zero Emissions, in conjunction with the Zero Emission Network and the Greenleap Strategic Institute, is running a talks program specifically aimed at grassroots community environment groups and grassroots climate action groups.
Topics
We also provide a variety of presentations covering the broad issues surrounding climate change. We can give multimedia talks to schools, groups, businesses or individuals, with the level of information adjusted according to the audience. Topics include:
There is no charge for a BZE talk, though any donation to cover costs would be most welcome.
Speakers
Phillip Sutton
Greenleap Strategic Institute; president of the Sustainable Living Foundation
Chris Taylor
Researcher in forest certification and expert in environmental
architecture principles
Adrian Whitehead
Speaker for Beyond Zero Emissions and co-founder of the Zero Emissions Network; tools and support for climate action groups
Matthew Wright
Speaker for Beyond Zero Emissions; co-founder Beyond Zero Emissions; researcher into commercially available solutions to climate change
How to book
Please email:
Matthew@beyondzeroemissions.org
Or phone Matthew Wright on 0421 616 733
Testimonials
"Adrian Whitehead is a well informed, extremely passionate and engaging presenter. He has presented at two of our Student Environment Conferences over the past three years, his latest presentation being on the Beyond Zero Emissions Campaign. He delivers his testimonials in a humorous and accessible manner that I believe has the correct mix of urgency and hope that inspires us to actually do something!
Adrian is a very approachable person who relates well to students. I would thoroughly recommend him as a speaker for any event."
- Andrew Vance
Environmental Programs Coordinator
Melbourne Girls' College
Yarra Boulevard Richmond Vic 3121
Vic. Representative MESA
"Adrian Whitehead and Matthew Wright provided an insightful presentation on the role of Alcoa in accelerating global warming. In the blazing afternoon light they kept the interest of our 14-year-old students with many new angles on the problems of aluminium production. In fact, a number of students rated it as their best talk over the weekend of the Earthsharing Challenge. They found the global warming story more pertinent coming from younger people."
- Karl Fitzgerald
Projects Coordinator
Earthsharing Australia
http://www.earthsharing.org.au
+613 9670 2754
The tour takes you from Melbourne to South Gippsland before returning via the Latrobe Valley.
You will see sites for potential wind farms, working wind farms, open cut mines and coal power stations.
Issues of climate change, power generation and sustainability in general are discussed.
The tour takes all day and our guide is for free.
Contact us for further details.
The idea is to have a big petition from kids (people below voting age) to go to grown ups and to go to parliaments and local councils. The petition is asking grown ups to protect kids (and other living things) from global warming.
The petition project has been started by 6-year-old Joey Sutton Preece. He would like to set up a Kids' Committee and get a website going. He is hoping that the petition project will get lots of publicity on radio, TV and newspapers, by the display of stickers and through lots of people talking to each other. The website would have information about climate change and its effects on kids and could also have greenhouse computer games. Joey hopes the petition can be gathered worldwide.
Download the file
Sunrise petition to support the formation of the United Nations Environment Organisation (UNEO).
Get Up petition calling on our governments to take meaningful action on climate change now.
Become a supporter of the Stop Global Warming Virtual March.
The Zero Emission Network is a network that supports the global campaign to reduce humanity’s net greenhouse gas emissions to zero and below.
It is an independent alliance of groups, providing opportunities to share ideas, link campaigns and support each other.
If you are involved in an environmental, sporting, social, religious, or community group which understands the need to move to zero emissions please consider joining the network.
Take a look at the network site www.zeroemissionnetwork.org.au
Life Style
The Natural Strategies Group has a excellent site on personal action you can take to reduce your climate impact.
Your Vote
At election time your vote will determine how Australia responds to the threat of climate change, so make sure you check out Vote Climate to find out which party has the best climate policies.
See Victoria's open cut mines from a birds eye view using Google Earth.
Use Google Earth Victoria's Open Cut Coal Mines
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