Green Options

In a country that is all but the American whipping boy, it is no surprise that we find ourselves lagging behind. Alternate energy sources and use of water are all but non-existent except in a niche market. Australian’s seem to be impassive when it comes to global warming; sure, it’s bad and all, but don’t make me change my life to fix it.

It doesn’t help when the government is described as

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As the only Australian member of the GO writing team, it came as a surprise to find my hometown of Melbourne was hosting a green expo. Situated at the Melbourne Exhibition Center, the Save Water Save Energy Expo gave me my first chance to get out of the house for GO.

This article will from hereon out be a journal entry, letting you walk around the exhibition floor.

I’ve just

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In my continuing series on "Stories that don’t make you want to cry", I have found once again the universe lining up to help me. This time though, it’s more than just a step in the right direction, it’s a step away from the brink.

According to Greenpeace, Indonesia had the fastest pace of deforestation in the world between 2000 and 2005, with an area of forest equivalent to 300 soccer pitches

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When you look at our planet today and search for two of the biggest influencers in the world, China and the US spring to the top of most people’s lists. No doubt there are other countries that people would argue for, but the simple fact is that America is the current dominant force and China is the rising economic force. As such, one of them is going to have to make a move to

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Former President Bill Clinton’s Global Initiative has been all over the news lately, working with nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and big business to move the ball forward with clean energy solutions to global warming. Whatever you think of the guy, it’s hard to deny that his partnerships are impressive and the results could be revolutionary.

Besides the agreement by utilities to invest in energy efficiency, and besides Florida Power & Light’s major new commitment

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The first phase in the French government’s environmental "New Deal" is complete. Jean-Louis Borloo, the minister of ecology and sustainable development, hosted a conference in Paris last Thursday to present the results of that initial phase and to launch the second phase. In his press release, Borloo employed rousing terms to describe a momentous turning point in French society.

After a time of inquiry, now is the time for action, and France will be

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There’s big news for solar power coming out of Florida. Florida Power & Light (FPL) – one of the nation’s largest utilities and the largest producer of wind power – announced at the Clinton Global Initiative conference that it will spend $1.5 billion to build solar thermal energy in Florida, California, and other states. In addition, the utility plans on investing nearly another billion dollars nationwide to cut carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, a

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There is, at least in my humble and possibly pessimistic opinion, very little to be excited about in this day and age when it comes to reversing global warming. Lakes are dying, ice sheets are melting, and a number of leaders in the developed world are like the kids seven steps behind the rest of their friends.

But then we get little nuggets of gold like this one, featuring the Ecuadorans who are now

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Thanks to Erin over at RE-AMP for the heads-up on this great piece of news: Eight major utilities have agreed to implement energy efficiency measures in order to meet the growing demand for electricity. By emphasizing efficiency over coal, they will cut carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 30 million tons — the equivalent of taking almost 6 million cars off the road — and avoid the need to build 50 500-megawatt peaking power

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The week began and ended with major international climate change conferences. The first was a United Nations meeting, prepping world leaders for the December talks in Bali that will be the first step to determining emissions goals after the Kyoto Protocol expires in 2012. The meeting that closed out this week was held by President Bush in Washington. Sixteen nations, the UN, and the European Union were invited.

At the start of the two-day “Major

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