Addressing InequalityKIVA
Lending to alleviate poverty in the developing world.
It connects investors with entreprenuers with sustainable ideas that will help world poverty.
Website: http://www.kiva.org/ Developing Sustainable CommunitiesMore than Money
"Each of us has a spark of life inside us, and our highest aspiration ought to be to set off that spark in one another."-- from Dr. Mark S. Albion's book, True to Yourself.
Website: http://www.more-than-money.org/ Parenting for a Peaceful World
Parenting for a Peaceful World
Website: http://www.our-emotional-health.com/index.html Village Forum
The idea began with research by Claude Lewenz, who wrote the book How to Build a Village which was released in late 2007. For the next 18 months there was no publicity, as the Village Stewards - volunteers who wish to help make VillageTowns happen - tested the ideas. It's one thing to have an idea, it's quite another to make sure that it is an idea whose time has come.
Website: http://villageforum.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6&Itemid=12 Wake Up Sydney
Now is the time to wake up Kindness as a fierce and revolutionary force. It's easy and its fun! Join the 1000's of Sydneysiders who are playing the game of pay-it-forward: anonymously doing something kind to someone and leaving a kindness card behind asking the receiver to do the same. Imagine....you could drop a cake on your neighbours doorstep, pay for the person behind you at the drive-thru restaurant or send a friend an inspiring CD or book. The feeling is magical! Order your free kindness cards here. Is anonymous kindness truly revolutionary? There's only one way to find out!
Website: http://www.wakeupsydney.com.au/home.aspx Water Saving Technologies
Water saving technologies for the common commercial water wasting fixture.
Website: http://www.desert.com.au/?gclid=COOL5u259JkCFcctpAodLxycRw Government IncentivesDepartment of Environment
Conservation incentives are mechanisms that encourage or motivate people to participate in conservation activities. They can be financial or non-financial in nature, and are typically offered by governments as part of an environmental program.
Website: http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/incentives/index.html Energy Efficiency
Website: http://www.environment.gov.au/energyefficiency/insulation/index.html Green Loans
Website: http://www.environment.gov.au/greenloans/index.html Solar
The Australian Government is offering a rebate of $1,600 to install a solar hot water system or $1,000 to install a heat pump hot water system.
Website: http://www.environment.gov.au/energyefficiency/solarhotwater/index.html Sustainability Assessments
To assist these households, the Australian Government has lowered the cost of finance by providing a loan subsidy to participating financial institutions.
Website: http://www.environment.gov.au/greenloans/about/index.html In Small BusinessBusiness Entry Point
business.gov.au offers you simple and convenient access to all the government information, transactions and services you need. It's a whole-of-government service providing essential information on planning, starting and running your business.
Website: http://www.business.gov.au/Business+Entry+Point/ Business NSW
Industry and Investment NSW
Website: http://www.business.nsw.gov.au/ Business Queensland
Business and Industry.
Website: http://www.qld.gov.au/about/business-and-industry/ Business Victoria
Environment and Sustainability Programs
Website: http://www.business.vic.gov.au/BUSVIC/STANDARD/PC_50731.html In the Corporate WorldGlobal Action Now
The Global Leadership for Climate Action (GLCA) is a task force of world leaders committed to addressing climate change through international negotiations.
Website: http://www.globalactionnow.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogsection&id=5&Itemid=53 TED
Journalist Misha Glenny spent several years in a courageous investigation of organized crime networks worldwide, which have grown to an estimated 15% of the global economy. From the Russian mafia, to giant drug cartels, his sources include not just intelligence and law enforcement officials but criminal insiders.
Website: http://www.ted.com/talks/misha_glenny_investigates_global_crime_networks.html In the HomeEcolour
ecolour is a premium level, environmentally-friendly paint technology like no other on the market. Unlike other low or zero VOC paints, ecolour paint behaves just like regular high quality paint. There is NO sacrifice on quality when compared to other products
Website: http://www.ecolour.com.au/?gclid=CNaGuc__lZ4CFcItpAod2iDXlQ Green Seal
Founded in 1989, Green Seal provides science-based environmental certification standards that are credible, transparent, and essential in an increasingly educated and competitive marketplace.
Website: http://www.greenseal.org/ Info Link
Australia's Architecture, Construction and Design Directory. Infolink is Australia's online directory for the architecture, building, construction and design sectors.
Website: http://www.infolink.com.au/ NRDC (National Resource Development Centre)
A consulting business (Government) - providing resources to the construction/building industry on why/how to put sustainable green practices into business in building projects.
Website: http://www.nrdc.org/buildinggreen/ Rhino Tanks
Rain Water Tanks!
Website: http://www.rhinotanks.com.au/?gclid=CL24nYmGh50CFQkwpAodiETnaQ Solahart
All about Solahart, their products and current availble rebate information.
Website: http://www.solahart.com.au/solahart-for-your-home/replacing-an-electric-water-heater.aspx Solar Technology Australia
Solar Technology is an Australian company based in St Peters, Sydney. With over 16 years of experience and in excess of 1 Megawatt of installed systems, Solar Technology is renowned as one of Australia’s leading providers.
Website: http://www.solartech.com.au/index.html The Green Book
The GREEN Book is a great resource for architects and designers to find environmental products and services.
Website: http://www.edcmag.com/greenbook Indigenous IssuesCultural Survival
For nearly 40 years Cultural Survival has partnered with Indigenous Peoples around the world to help them defend their lands, languages, and cultures. We publicise their issues through our award-winning publications. We mount letter-writing campaigns and other advocacy efforts to stop abuses of their rights, and we work on the ground in Indigenous communities, always at their invitation.
Website: http://www.culturalsurvival.org/ InspirationalLost Generation
A clever Video that must be watched until the end. Titled 'Lost Generation'
Website: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42E2fAWM6rA The Good Life
Watch New York Times bestselling author Mark Albion's 3-minute animated movie "The Good Life" produced with Free Range Studios (The Story of Stuff; The Meatrix) and based on Mark's new book
Website: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7JlI959slY Inspirational WebsitesAustralian Conservation Foundation
The Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) is committed to inspiring people to achieve a healthy environment for all Australians
Website: http://www.acfonline.org.au/default.asp Good Tube
GoodTube is an internet community dedicated to Good, a video sharing site for non profit organizations and people involved in volunteerism worldwide. It provides charities with a way to showcase their work, reach potential donors and inspire viewers. It is a place for video enthusiasts with a Good message to connect with a global audience. GoodTube is a non profit, non religious enterprise, and it is 100 percent free.
Website: http://www.goodtube.org/video.php?category=14&l=Environment Sir Ken Robinson
Sir Ken Robinson, PhD is an internationally recognized leader in the development of creativity, innovation and human resources.
Website: http://sirkenrobinson.com/ TED
Ideas worth spreading; riveting talks by remarkable people, free to the world.
Website: www.ted.com The Story of Stuff
The Story of Stuff is a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns. The Story of Stuff exposes the connections between a huge number of environmental and social issues, and calls us together to create a more sustainable and just world.
Website: http://www.storyofstuff.com/ Tip the Planet
Tiptheplanet is a project to create a green wiki website that encourages discussion and the generation of tips that benefit you and the planet. From tips for individuals about staying happy and healthy to tips for multi-national companies on how to limit their carbon footprints, all with accompanying explanations.
Website: http://www.tiptheplanet.com/index.php?title=Main_Page Inventions and InnovationsGravatar
Your Gravatar is an image that follows you from site to site appearing beside your name when you do things like comment or post on a blog.
Website: http://en.gravatar.com/ Green Mobiles
GreenMobiles is an Australian first that puts our planet first. We're presently the only on-line telecommunications provider to respond to climate change and offer carbon-offset as part of our mobile cap plans.
For EVERY $1 you spend through our GreenMobiles great value mobile cap plans, we will donate 10 cents to carbon emission reduction programs. There's absolutely no extra cost to you for choosing to be more environmentally conscious.
Website: http://www.greenmobiles.com.au/ New Clean Technology
New clean technology to generate renewable energy from.
Website: http://www.hydrovolts.com/ One Drop
Simply type in your ideas. Drag and drop files and web pages. Any idea can be linked to anything else. Using your digital Brain is like cruising through a Web of your thinking. See new relationships. Discover connections. Go from the big picture of everything to a specific detail in seconds. Accelerate your mind.
Website: http://broadcast.onedrop.org/ Perfect Pitch
An opportunity to put your invention/idea forward to some of the largest funding around. The Entrepreneur & Investor Event of the Year
Website: http://www.perfectbusiness.com/ThePerfectPitch/index.cfm Ventura Coaches
"Ventura Bus Lines is very excited about the introduction of a world first electric drive bus into its fleet.
As it is our mission to Actively Improve Air Quality, we are an environmentally conscious company and will do all in our power to promote a cleaner environment. This electric drive bus compliments the 3 totally renewable powered, ethanol buses that have been in operation for over 7 years. Ventura Bus Lines, in conjunction with the Department of Sustainability and Environment and the Department of Transport will be introducing the electric powered bus into the metropolitan public bus system in 2009.
The Electric bus is manufactured by Designline International Holdings, a New Zealand company. It will be driven by electric motors powered from its batteries that are recharged through a regenerative braking energy and a small car engine. Our objective is to have a 20% reduction in the consumption of fuel."
Website: http://venturacoaches.com.au/page/339/Hybrid_Buses.aspx On the RoadThe Electric Car
Nissan Unveils Electric Car.
Website: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHGytdpI7TA&feature=related Rural IssuesABC Rural Australia
Australian Broadcasting Commision
Website: http://www.abc.net.au/rural/ Rural
Good Health and Well Being in Rural and Remote Australia
Website: http://nrha.ruralhealth.org.au/?IntCatId=14 The Future of our PlanetClimate Code Red
Phillip Sutton share their findings and points of view through thorough research about what we may be facing in the very near future.
Website: http://www.climatecodered.net/ Frontline Heat
A global investigation into one of the greatest crisis mankind has ever faced.
Website: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/heat/ Greenpeace
Greenpeace is an independent campaigning organisation that uses non-violent direct action to expose global environmental problems and to force solutions which are essential to a green and peaceful future.
Website: http://www.greenpeace.org/australia/ Heat
A site and videos showing the reality of our current environmental impact.
Website: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/heat/view/ Melting Glaciers
An interesting video on our melting glaciers.
Website: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tik28A0jZGo The Pachamama Alliance
The Pachamama Alliance is a U.S. based not-for-profit organisation that was born out of a relationship developed between a group of people from the modern world and the leaders of remote indigenous groups in the Amazon region of Ecuador.
Website: http://www.pachamama.org/content/view/2/4/ Whoonearthcares
Website: http://www.whoonearthcares.com/woec/home.action Youth IssuesYouth Decide
Australia's young people can be a voice for their generation: both here in Australia and for those poor countries and communities around the world who will be most affected by climate change.
Website: http://www.youthdecide.com.au/ Youth InSearch
Youth Insearch is a recognised charity, non government community volunteer organisation who works with young people aged 12-17 years of age.
Website: http://www.youthinsearch.org.au/ Youth InSearch
Australian Government website offering support and services to Youth and many other services to Australian and Non Australian residents.
Website: http://www.australia.gov.au/people/youth |
