The Australian Bite
Posts Tagged ‘ carbon emissions’
Talking about Green Cities
27 February 2010
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This week on the Australian Bite, we drop in on the Green Cities 2010 conference held last week in Melbourne. We’ll meet Romilly Madew, Chief Executive of the Green Building Council, who’ll tell us exactly what a Green City is, and how Australian cities are moving along the path to becoming more sustainable. Engineer and sustainability consultant Shane Esmore will tell us how the experts can measure the carbon footprint of buildings, and where things are heading with more environmentally friendly building materials. And environmental consultant Brenda Kingston will talk about the importance of indoor environmental quality.
Cowboy hats . . . and grass-fuelled aeroplanes?
28 August 2009
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On this week’s Australian Bite, we meet an Australian scientist who says that one day aeroplanes could be flying on fuel made from Australian native grasses. We talk to the President of the National Union of Students about the state of student services in Australian universities, in light of the Senate’’s rejection of the Student Services and Amenities Bill. And cowboy hats – we find out about the latest trends and fashions being worn by those sartorially elegant blokes up North.
Climate change, bushfires and country slang
16 July 2009
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This week on the Australian Bite, we look at a new climate change think tank – its called Safe Climate Australia, and it was launched last Sunday in Melbourne by former US Vice President Al Gore. We also meet some Victorian bushfire survivors as they board the bus from Kinglake and head off on a winter beach retreat, and rural reporter Carl Curtain gives us the lowdown on Australian country slang.
Keeping cool without coal
14 March 2009
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"Sandpatch sunset" by Coastwatcher, Albany, Western Australia (ABC Contribute)
On this week’s Australian Bite, we look at the link between power blackouts and Australians’ increasing reliance on home air conditioning. At the end of a week in which the Australian Government released draft legislation for its Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme, we hear about some cutting edge Australian solar technology that has British backers excited. And we also meet author Paula Shaw, who recounts her two years teaching at a remote indigenous school on Queensland’s Cape York Peninsula.