Blogs
Progressive Dinner of Ideas 2012
Submitted by jodiepipkorn on Fri, 20/01/2012 - 9:01pmTo kick-start 2012, SEE-Change Inner-North got together to enjoy a Progressive Dinner. 4 sustainable houses and 4 courses were enjoyed by 20 people. With many cycling between the different houses and no rain, fun was had by all.
House 1: Watson - pre-dinner nibbles - was at Caroline's. We saw a nice array of PV panels, a reused kitchen, recycled windows and a very interesting screwdriver being used as a hook.
The end of an eventful year: 3 opinion pieces
Submitted by Bob Douglas on Fri, 16/12/2011 - 9:33amInternationally, this year we have seen growing economic uncertainty, extreme weather events, social upheaval in the Middle East, The Occupation of Wall Street and failure at Durban to reach agreement on climate change mitigation. Locally, the year ended with the release of the ACT government's discussion paper on Weathering the Change. SEE-Change has this year embarked on two major projects: 2020 Vision; and Canberra Clean Energy. Here are 3 Canberra Times opinion pieces published recently about 2020 Vision, Canberra's 2013 Centenary and Weathering the Change.
Innovative Youth Tackling the Inconvenient Truth (15th November)
2011 Walter Burley Griffin Memorial Lecture
Submitted by Anne Clarke on Tue, 22/11/2011 - 9:29am
The annual WBGML has been delivered in Canberra since 1961. Over that time it has been given by a number of distinguished individuals from many fields of expertise, including Gough Whitlam, Professor Manning Clarke and Romaldo Giurgola.
On the 30th November economist, planner and urban strategist Sue Holliday will present the 2011 Walter Burley Griffin Memorial Lecture.
Please view the attached flyer for more details.
Public Forum Today!
Submitted by jodiepipkorn on Sun, 13/11/2011 - 9:22pm
Do you want to be a part of creating a zero-emissions Canberra?'Canberra Loves 40%' needs you!
'Canberra Loves 40%' worked in partnership with SEE-Change in 2010 to secure a legislated 40% emissions reduction target for the year 2020, for the ACT. They are now working to champion this ambitious target in the ACT community, and encourage our leaders to make the systemic changes Canberra needs to transform our city into a zero-emissions model for Australia.
Inner-North Christmas Lunch
Submitted by jodiepipkorn on Sun, 13/11/2011 - 8:40pm
Come join SEE-Change Inner-North for a Social, Environmental, Economical and Enjoyable Christmas Lunch.
When: Sunday 4 December, 12.00-2.00pm
Where: Horse Park - between Macarthur Avenue and Miller, McPherson & Tate Streets
Cost: The event is FREE
Please bring along a lunch dish to share, drinks, cutlery, crockery, picnic rug & water
Hopefully see you there and Merry Christmas!
Inner-North 'over the back fence' tour: Making a weatherboard house more energy and water efficient
Submitted by jodiepipkorn on Tue, 08/11/2011 - 11:20pmSEE-Change Inner-North went on a visit to a 1962 weatherboard house in O'Connor before it received a serious makeover. Resisting advice to demolish and build a 'real' sustainable house, the owner used this opportunity to gather ideas to dramatically improve the existing house, without losing too much of its '60s character.
The living areas of the house receive good sun on winter days but lose it on dusk through uninsulated timber walls and large windows. The ‘sandwich’ roof also has inadequate insulation, so the house acts like a sieve. In it comes, out it goes!
Celebrating Recycling Week by visiting the Hume Recycling Centre
Submitted by jodiepipkorn on Mon, 24/10/2011 - 11:00pmRubbish two storeys high in a big shed – it’s all come from our yellow-lidded bins and it’s what we see through the window of the education classroom at the Hume Materials Recovery Facility. Not a view to envy, but Linda Kwong, the Education Officer, is passionate about it what’s happening here. She’s also proud of the fact that 10,000 school children visit the education centre each year. Not to mention groups like ours.
17 members of the Inner North SEE-Change group were gathered to see what actually happens to the contents of those yellow-lidded bins we trustingly place on our kerbs. Could we dispel the ‘it mostly ends up in landfill’ myths?
Transport Series 2011
Submitted by jodiepipkorn on Sat, 08/10/2011 - 1:38pmSEE-Change Inner-North organised a transport series over the months of February and March 2011. In total, around 130 people attended and got an insight into car-free living, electric bicycles, alternative fuel types and electric vehicles.
Session 1 - Car Free Living
Session 2 - Electric Bicycles
Session 3 - Car Options (fuel types)
Session 4 - Car Options (electric/hybrid)
Geelong Summit on Transforming Australia
Submitted by Bob Douglas on Thu, 06/10/2011 - 6:02amLast weekend in Geelong, I attended a National Summit on “Transforming Australia”. This was a three-day meeting of 60 invited activists from various civil society groups around Australia. We were united by a common concern that Australia will not be able to deal effectively with the problems that now confront the human world without transformative change in the way we manage our institutions, and especially our economy. The firm view of this group was that simply tinkering around the edges of “business as usual” is a formula for national catastrophe.
Walking and Cycling to School in the ACT
Submitted by Martin on Thu, 29/09/2011 - 10:41amUnfortunately the number of children and young people getting to school via an active travel mode has been in decline; however the ACT Government is looking at ways to encourage families with children and young people to once again choose to walk or ride to school, rather than using the car. What do you think would encourage more children to walk or cycle to school in the ACT? You can have your say at the Time to talk website.
Maybe we can learn from the experience in the Netherlands where they have managed to maintain their rates of walking and cycling to school, with policies, infrastructure and road safety campaigns to achieve this.
