The ABC has news of new energy projects in Nullagine and Marble Bar that are ensuring continuity of supply for remote area small towns.

Here's a great article from the ReNew Economy website:  the writer argues that community solar - rather than being an unnecessary cost to our government's energy budget - is in fact an investment in cheaper energy that promises good returns in the future.

If you're interested in learning more about community owned solar, and how you can get involved in a project in your own neighbourhood, please get in touch with our Canberra Clean Energy Connection here.

In fact, you could add a mammoth, a mastodon and a blue whale for good measure, and coal would still be bigger.

On the 7th of February 2012, Jeremy Tager gave a presentation at the ANU revealing the terrifying ramifications of the expansion planned for Australia's coal industry.  Jeremy has very generously agreed to make the slides from his presentation available to SEE-Change.  Due to the size of the PowerPoint presentation we have attached each slide as an individual file. 

What if electrical appliances came with their own solar panel to run them? Well, some already do and I think a lot more will in future. If this idea takes off, the result would be far-reaching and good, both for the householder and the power grid, but maybe not for electricians.

Community organisations are now being encouraged to submit initial ideas for the Stage 2 group centre and surrounding residential area.   A short online questionnaire is available via the Environment and Sustainable Development Directorate website (http://www.actpla.act.gov.au/topics/significant_projects/planning_studies/molonglo_valley).

Internationally, 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)

Take a look at this article from the Daily Mail about the town of Todmorden in West Yorkshire.  Is there any reason why Canberra could not convert many of it's green spaces into food production?  Can we turn our suburbs into foodbowls?

A $9 million injection of funds for seven new walking and cycling infrastructure projects was announced in early November by Minister for Territory and Municipal Services, Simon Corbell.

The ACT Government has released, for public comment, five possible pathways to achieve a 40% reduction in Canberra's greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 and carbon neutrality by 2060, Minister for the Environment and Sustainable Development, Simon Corbell, announced today.

Mr Corbell revealed details of the government's Weathering the Change - Draft Action Plan 2 today for a of period three months public comment and said the five pathways indentified options ranging from a focus on energy efficiency in buildings to development of renewable energy generation and use of carbon offsets.