Rebate schemes are a way of encouraging householders (and organisations) to make investments in particular sustainable technologies. Rebates for water tanks is a common example. To claim a rebate a householder first checks to see what rebates are available. They purchase the item and make a claim for the rebate. The [...]
Global Energy Rewards
Global Energy Rewards
GER gives energy consumers rewards if they reduce their emissions of green house gases by reducing their energy consumption below a set level per head or if they reduce their consumption from previous levels. Consumers who use more than their allocated level pay [...]
Letter to Editor Canberra Times - published 20th May 2007Canberra may not need water restrictions if less water had been released for environmental flows and a change in the environmental flows policy may remove the need for the ACT to build more dams and recycle drinking water.
Reports on environmental flows from storages say that [...]
Letter to Canberra Times - published 15th May
We always have to be wary of statistics but the case for Keating’s work place agreements versus Howard’s work choices is clear. Keating’s policy of workers bargaining with employers over wage gains for productivity improvements created a boost for productivity while Howard’s work choices has lead to lower [...]
A cost effective approach towards sustainable transport
Most journeys within Canberra are made by car. A large proportion of those journeys are made by cars that have one adult passenger. This document proposes a method to increase the average number of passengers per car for common trips for shopping, work-related journeys, and travel to local events. [...]
