Latest News and Events
the NCCAG. ACTION GROUP committee meet every 3rd Wednesday each Month at6.30pm Contact the office on (02) 6684 2272 on Wednesdays or email us. [more info]
. An Update on NCCAG Projects for 2008
NCCAG Training
Provide general training on Climate Change to NCCAG members so we all have similar knowledge - Gayle. Complete.
Festivals & Conferences
Provide guidelines for waste, food, energy, resources, carbon offsets & transport. Develop greening events proforma for Council, Sustainability Committee - Gayle & Kylie. In Progress.
Develop Information Package
Develop Contacts Website Tracey. In Progress.
Develop Powerpoint presentations for Residential, Organisation, Commercial, Chambers of Commerce & Schools (all based on same core info) Tracey & Graphic Artist (Gayle to provide contact). Base Presentation complete.
Develop Sustainable Living farms presentation - Gayle
Develop Organisational Change Guidelines Document Gayle
Develop Household Information Booklet (Cool Facts) Help needed!
Develop Commercial Change Guidelines Suez
Develop School Change Guidelines Help needed!
Develop Chambers of Commerce Guidelines Help needed!
Formatting of documents Suez
Contact local MP's to advise what is happening in fed and state government for raising public awareness on Climate Change - Suez
Raising Public Awareness
Run Film nights followed by discussions Tracey & Suez to co-ordinate. In Progress
Climate Matters Update newsletters - Gayle. In progress.
NCCAG Web site Peter . In progress
Energy Audits for households Gayle. In progress.
Market stalls Help needed!
Arrange for organisations to host NCCAG to run our presentation Suez & ?
Making Organisational Change
Presenting Guidelines to Organisations Gayle
Northern Rivers Health Audit Energy and Waste initiative Gayle. In progress
SCU Footprints to Sustainability Gayle. In progress
Making change in Schools
Create a character' to represent Energy Conservation for school age kids
Assisting Schools to teach kids have personal responsibilities
Grown the Group
Recruit people Kylie
Develop advertisement for local in paper (free one!) Kylie
Arrange for free Bay FM advertising - Kylie
Have regular notices in Pin Up' advertising Kylie
Create notice for noticeboards asking for new members and arrange for them to be put up- Kylie
Funding
Raise funds for booklet printing, advertising, resources etc Peter. In progress
Contact the office on (02) 6684 2272 on Wednesdays or email us. [more info]
NEW December 2007 - New article discusses population issues - excerpts from various sources ... "In the past 60 years global population has expanded from 2.5 billion to 6.6 billion and is estimated to grow to 9.1 billion in the next 50 years.” [read article]
NEWS August 2007 - Coogee Climate Protection Group with
the help of environmental lawyers have put together a draft 'Climate
Protection Bill'. They are urging all concerned Australians to lobby
in support of this draft legislation in the
run-up to the federal election. [more details]
ACTION October 2007 - Palm Oil is a Major Contributor to Global Warming. Read about the issues and learn what you can do to lobby for change. Get active and write to policitions, food manufacturers and retailers – here are some more links to help get you started.
Energy audits - homes and business
Nina Bishop runs an eco-business called LightFeat from her home in Mullumbimby. She can provide information on a wide range of options: energy reduction measures, improving a building's efficiency. Nina is also able to offer some energy audits at a subsidised rate. Contact Nina Bishop on (02) 6684 1263 or email: lighfeat( at )gotalk.net.au.
The Enviro Saver Program offers FREE BASIC home energy audits to households in Byron Shire. Call 1300 780 858 to be put on a list to have your incandescent globes in your home changed to Compact fluoros at no charge.
[Download PDF: Cool Business Program Press Release]
Did you know that electricity supply has been deregulated?
You don't have to buy from Country Energy.
You can now buy your electricity from a number of suppliers who offer eco-friendly GreenPower deals. Find our more here!
We need to recognise that
the solutions are in our hands!
Did you know that THE MORE we consumers sign up for green power and particularly accredited GreenPower
the more WE HELP expand the clean, renewable non-carbon sector. That's good news! |
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For the cost of one phone call to an energy supplier (Origin Energy has the highest rating with environmental groups) you can buy GreenPower for your home for the cost of 1-2 cappuccinos per week. When you reduce your consumption through smart use of power your bill may even reduce as your power usage comes down. We need to do both, sign up for GreenPower and reduce our electricity consumption.
Transport Awareness
Transport accounts for around one-third of global CO2 emissions. We need to raise awareness and encourage commuters to adopt new practises in transport. Learn about Hybrid-cars and fuel alternatives.
Get Active about reducing your emissions now
