Key messages about the gas-fired recovery “Natural gas” is a fossil fuel (methane) Methane leakage rates can make gas as bad as coal Methane contributes 25% of global heating New gas is not needed, and will not lower prices New gas will not produce...
Category: Clean Energy
Hannah Snape, Cr Amanda Stone, Cr Tina Liu and Cr Prue Cutts – Councils stepping up on climate
Overview Last Wednesday we welcomed a terrific panel to discuss climate solutions at a local government level. What are some best-practice programs and actions being implemented right now in Australia, and what are some of Boroondara City’s neighbors doing? This is...
Proposed AGL Gas project at Crib Point in Westernport Bay: Our submissions
Example of an LNG tanker ship next to a floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU). Both are approximately 300 metres long Lighter Footprints joined Environment Victoria, Save Westernport Bay and other organisations to protest against the proposed AGL Gas Import...
Anna Skarbek – Decarbonisation Futures
ClimateWorks Last Wednesday we were joined by ClimateWorks CEO Anna Skarbek. Her organisation has spent two years carefully plotting out updated paths to economy-wide decarbonisation in Australia, and Lighter Footprints members were lucky enough to get a breakdown of...
Simon Holmes à Court – Building the Recovery
BUILDING THE RECOVERY ( ‘A new and better normal’) An hour with Simon Holmes à Court 13th May 2020 Simon’s special insights into Energy and Climate returned to Lighter Footprints with a review of the opportunities for a renewables based recovery from the pandemic. He...
Join the consultation process for Boroondara’s Climate Action Plan now
It’s time to have our say. Local climate action is powerful! Would you like a more walkable city? Better public transport? Support for putting on solar and storage? Cleaner local power? It’s time to put our support behind the clean energy transition and...
2020 Vision – Simon Holmes á Court
Last Wednesday 26 Feb Simon Holmes á Court offered us a terrific preview of the year ahead in climate solutions and collective action with over 100 captive audience members. So what did we learn? Where’s the climate heading? The latest projections indicate we’re...
Living In The Clean Economy – Town Hall Forum wrap up
Thanks so much for your support and attendance at our forum: “Living In The Clean Economy” SLIDESETS Here is a link to the presenter’s slides as a downloadable pptx’s, and also the Conference slides. This is easy to use. SLIDE JPGS Here are...
Clean Economy transition increases Australian self sufficiency – op-ed by Sally Newell
What is a major cause of recent wars? What do we have only 28 days supply of? What would reduce regional tensions, increase Australian resilience and increase the average life expectancy of our military age kids? I am betting that the answer isn’t to be found in...
Anthea Harris – potential for a Victorian clean economy
“One of the country’s most experienced climate policy practitioners”. This how Frank Jotzo described Anthea Harris when lamenting the Abbott government’s spree of public servant sackings over carbon predicting her probable demise as the CEO of the...
Tom Kompas – the case for a faster transition to a clean economy
How can Australia prevent a $584.5 billion dollar loss by 2030? Or a projected cumulation of more than $5 trillion in losses by 2100? Or save $14,000 a household every year over the long term? Professor Tom Kompas works on these problems, and more, to show that the...
Peter Newman – a global perspective on transport and cities of the future
Transport system visionary, Peter Newman AO, started his journey towards creating a sustainable way of living in cities, when he was a young post-grad. After the sprawling city of Perth, he was so affected by the close living of the people of Delft in Holland where he...
Home Batteries – what can they do for you?
Energy independence? Cheaper power bills? Less pollution? What can home batteries do for you? There’s been a lot of buzz about batteries for home energy storage. Some pundits are talking about disconnecting from the grid. This talk takes a look at home battery...
Affordable Energy and a Safe Climate – Community Forum wrap up
Speakers will share expert knowledge and objective comment on the current policies of the Labor, Liberal and Green Parties and demonstrate effective pathways to achieve affordable energy and a safe climate. The panel Tristan Edis: Outline of the challenges...
Australia’s clean energy transition can start in Victoria – Mark Wakeham
Wednesday May 30 7 pm for 7.30 pm Guide Hall – Faversham Rd Canterbury Mark Wakeham – CEO Environment Victoria Mark is CEO of Environment Victoria, one of Australia’s leading environment charities, and Board co-chair of the Sunrise Project. He’s...
Reasons to be Cheerful – Clean Energy trends for 2018 with Simon Holmes à Court
Come and hear our speaker to start a big year. Simon Holmes à Court “Reasons to be Cheerful” Many of us are frustrated by the toxic political and media environment surrounding renewable energy and climate change. While this frustration is justified, there...
Rethinking Cement – Vanessa Petrie
Wednesday October 25 7 pm for 7.30 pm Guide Hall – Faversham Rd Canterbury You can read BZE’s new report here: Rethinking Cement: Research Report: A pathway to zero carbon cement The cement industry contributes 21% of all Australian emissions. There has...
Road to Damascus moment on energy & climate? Expert panel on the Chief Scientist’s Report
Wed August 30 AGM for Lighter Footprints 7pm for 7.30 start Guide Hall Faversham Rd Canterbury Followed by Panel discussion: Australia’s Road to Damascus moment in energy and climate change – What we can learn from the Chief Scientist’s report and what Finkel left...
Unraveling the energy policy debate – Alan Pears
Wednesday April 26 7 pm for 7.30 pm Guide Hall – Faversham Rd Canterbury Alan Pears (RMIT University) “Unravelling today’s energy policy debate and finding paths to a clean, affordable and reliable energy future.” Click here for Alan...
An agenda for net-zero emissions – Adam Majcher
Wednesday February 22 7 pm for 7.30 pm Guide Hall – Faversham Rd Canterbury Adam Majcher (ClimateWorks) Progressing Australia’s net – zero emissions agenda What are the main opportunities for 2017 and what does the transition to 2050 require? Adam...
The Australian energy market & renewables – Bruce Mountain & Dan Cass
“How do we understand the Australian energy market, and the role of renewables?” Our speakers, Bruce Mountain and Dan Cass will discuss what is happening in Australia currently, both at the household level and across the country, and the opportunities this...
Repower Port Augusta – Hannah Aulby
Wednesday 25 July 7pm for 7:30 Canterbury Guide Hall – Faversham Rd At the July Lighter Footprints monthly meeting we are delighted to have Hannah Aulby who will talk to us about the very exciting Australia wide campaign to Repower Port Augusta! Repower Port...
Moving to clean energy options for reliable power
Lighter Footprints Forum August 2011 Can we live well without coal? Can renewable energy provide continuous, reliable power? Can we escape our dependence on carbon polluting fossil fuels? Is it nuclear or nothing? Watch the three speakers on these issues at the...
Public Forum: Sustainable suburbia
Lighter Footprints Forum Sustainable suburbia – what do we need to do? Time: Thursday 28 April 2011 Venue: Holy Trinity Church Hall, corner Union Road and Montrose Street, Surrey Hills Purpose The forum discussed how we can create sustainable suburbs and take...
Ethanol Without The Guilt? Nation’s First ‘Trashanol’ Plant Opens In Iowa
Excerpt from this Care2 blog post: “In a converted corn ethanol plant 25 minutes from Cedar Rapids, four-story tanks of renewable fuel are quietly bubbling away ready for conversion into fuel-grade ethanol. What makes this batch of fuel special is its main...