Posts Tagged ‘networks’
[young] Energy State of the Nation
Posted in Events by Kate Archdeacon on March 11th, 2010
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Tags: brisbane, energy, innovation, networks
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Bindarri Public Meeting
Posted in Events by bindarri on February 23rd, 2010
Source: Bindarri
You are invited to our first public meeting to discuss the future of the bindarri website. Our aim is to build and strengthen the community of creatives working for positive change and we want to open up the site to this community. Bindarri is a website that includes a regular blog, links directory, events and features on inspirational Australian creatives. Bindarri is independent and not for profit.
Come along if you want to:
- get involved
- meet the people involved
- discuss our strategy, direction and frameworks
- share your ideas
- meet other like minds
- partner your project or organisation with Bindarri
- learn about social and sustainable design
- learn how you can use Bindarri to promote your projects, business or career
- or you are just curious or have questions
For more information visit www.bindarri.com.au/the-big-bindarri-meetup/
Venue to be confirmed. Send us an email to RSVP or to be notified of the venue.
Wednesday, the 3rd of March
Tags: bindarri, community, creative, networks
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BSRT Post-Copenhagen Lunch
Posted in Events by fkotsiaris on February 17th, 2010
After months of preliminary work and 2 weeks negotiations, world leaders produced a three-page non-binding political declaration in the ‘Copenhagen Accord’ that does not provide a successor to the Kyoto Protocol and failed to clarify the means by which we are to achieve the nebulous aim that global emissions must be reduced ‘to hold the increase in global temperature below 2°C’.
While I am satisfied that we sealed a deal, I am aware that the outcome of the Copenhagen conference, including the Copenhagen Accord, did not go as far as many would have hoped. Nonetheless they represent a beginning – an essential beginning. We have taken an important step in the right direction.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, UNHQ – 21 December 2009
How should we respond? What can we do at the local level to mitigate the risks to businesses posed by political and climate uncertainty? What were the major lessons learned from COP15? These questions and others specific to your business interests will be answered at the Business Sustainability Round Table (BSRT ) luncheon by a specially selected panel of experts who attended the COP15.
Tags: business, copenhagen, networks
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CSL Fellowship Program 2010
Posted in Seeking by Kate Archdeacon on February 16th, 2010
The Centre for Sustainability Leadership is looking for people with the passion and potential to create the change the world so desperately needs. The Centre’s acclaimed Fellowship Program has for the past five years produced more than 150 graduates working in business, law, science, engineering, health, government and arts – many of them awarded for their significant efforts towards sustainability.
“Our aim is to create sustainability leaders in every sector of society,” said the Centre’s founder and Executive Director Larissa Brown. She said the Centre’s motto was simple: “We’ve tried to get people in positions of power to care; now we’re going to get people who care into positions of influence.”
The Fellowship Program equips emerging leaders with an unparalleled network of like-minded people, skills such as creative thinking and problem solving, effective influencing, relationship building, and media advocacy as well as in-depth knowledge of behavioural and social change. Participants graduate with the ability to make a real difference.
The course comprises weekly evening workshops, one-to-one coaching, intensive retreats, a mentoring program and project work.
The Centre is currently looking for participants to apply for the 2010 Fellowship Program run in Melbourne and Sydney, Australia. Only 25 places are available in each city. Applicants from all over the world are welcome.
The program runs from April to November and scholarship places are available.
Further information can be found at www.csl.org.au. International applications close 3rd February 2010 and Australian applications 28th February 2010.
Tags: governance, local action, networks
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CarrotMob: Supporting Sustainable Business
Posted in Movements by Kate Archdeacon on February 11th, 2010
http://melbourne.carrotmob.org/
Tags: behaviour change, consumption, local action, networks
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Women in Climate Change: Forum
Posted in Events by Kate Archdeacon on November 18th, 2009
1 Million Women Campaign presents – Women in Climate Change, a national forum series.
Leading women of Australia offer their perspectives for climate policy, practical programs and activities that will mobilise women from all backgrounds and cultures to join in cutting CO2 pollution.
• How do we successfully change deeply embedded behaviour?
• How can women harness their power to lead and drive change?
• How can marketers effectively reach female consumers?
• What do women want from policy makers?
• What tools can be used by individuals, organisations and communities to just ‘get on with it’?
We will explore these issues through the lens of women in society. The series is for everyone – women and men – who need to drive change in their organisations and communities. Share in a dynamic and fresh dialogue ahead of the UN Climate Change Summit in Copenhagen in December and gain the tools to empower you and your organisation to take action now.
Sydney 20 Nov, Brisbane 24 Nov, Melbourne 3 Dec
Visit the site for more details.
Tags: climate change, networks, women
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NannaTechnology: OnLine Skill-share community
Posted in Movements by Kate Archdeacon on October 20th, 2009
Source: GreenRazor, the GreenPages Newsletter
From the website:
“NannaTechnology is the future we want to see. A future of healthy, resilient and creative individuals and communities. A society positively and proactively responding to challenges. Blending the good bits from the past with the good bits from the future. To create a hybrid philosophy, focussed on simple individual actions creating healthy people and a healthy environment.
This future will look a bit like it did for our Nannas. Individuals and communities will know and support each other by sharing skills, knowledge and produce. They will be growing their own food, cooking and baking for family and friends. People will know how to make and fix stuff; clothes, toys, tools. Life will be a little slower so that we spend more time doing less. We will know where our food comes from and truly value this necessity of life. We’ll shop less but be happier for it and creatively reuse things rather than throwing them away. We’ll reclaim our neighbourhoods from cars and make our streets safe again. But this life is a bit different than that of our Nannas. We have access to amazing technology which can support us to do things a bit smarter. We can communicate in more ways and with more people than ever before. Learn from people thousands of kilometres away. And we have the benefit of hindsight. We can choose those great things from Nanna’s era and combine them with the best we have to offer in this era. The future has never looked simpler!”
Tags: behaviour change, community, enabling technologies, networks, sharing
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HazWaste Expo
Posted in Events by Kate Archdeacon on October 15th, 2009
Source: Small Business Victoria
Building on the success of the 2008 event, HazWaste Expo 2009 brings together representatives across industry dealing with contaminated soils and hazardous manufacturing waste. The event aims to connect problems with solutions, with the ultimate goal of reducing or eliminating hazardous waste disposal, and the associated costs.
This is a free event for organisations seeking opportunities to reduce hazardous waste disposal to landfill:
Investigate technologies capable of reducing, recycling, reusing, reprocessing or avoiding hazardous waste generation.
Explore technology options for the remediation of contaminated soils.
Connect with industry associations and experts.
Discover how you can reduce your business costs through waste reduction.
Keep abreast of the latest waste issues faced by industry.
Turn your waste into a resource.
Date 8am – 12pm Tuesday November 10 2009
Entry Free
To RSVP, or for further information, contact Sustainable Solutions Unit on (03) 9695 2915, RSVP by 23 October 2009.
Tags: innovation, networks, sharing, waste
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National Water Week: October 18 -24
Posted in Movements by Kate Archdeacon on October 12th, 2009
National Water Week 2009 is hosted by the Australian Water Association, in partnership with the National Water Commission. First held in 1993, the event aims to increase community awareness of, and participation in the protection and conservation of water resources and habitats. National Water Week is the only event in Australia that provides a national focus for the achievement of improved water management, awareness and conservation. The program provides an opportunity for the water sector to engage with the community and promote water education and literacy. This year’s theme, ‘Securing Our Water Future’, provides an opportunity to engage with the complex issues surrounding long-term water security and diversified water supplies. Community events are scheduled all around Australia, and there’s still time to organise one. Also check out the education resource section, with songs like Nick Vall’s “Putrid and Pongy“!
Tags: business, community, education, networks, water
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World Food Day Invitation: The work of Sustain
Posted in Events by Kate Archdeacon on October 9th, 2009
Image: Sustain
The Victorian Food Policy Coalition Steering Committee presents “A strategic approach to food – policies & pitfalls. The work of Sustain UK”
Guest Speaker: Jeanette Longfield MBE, Co-ordinator of Sustain: the alliance for better food and farming.
Jeanette Longfield’s degree in International Relations and a Masters in Development Studies led to work as a Policy Analyst at the National Council for Voluntary Organisations, and campaigning at the Coronary Prevention Group. Four years on she became Co-ordinator of the National Food Alliance which merged with the Sustainable Agriculture Food and Environment (SAFE) Alliance to form SUSTAIN. As SUSTAIN’s Co-ordinator, Jeanette contributes to a number of food policy committees, liaises with the Food Standards Agency, and appears regularly in the media representing a public interest view on food policy issues. She was awarded an MBE for services to food policy in 2007.
Friday 16th October 2009
2.30-4.30 pm
Theatre 2 – Basement Room 1.2, University of Melbourne
221 Bouverie Street (corner Bainbridge Place) CARLTON 3053
Please be early to ensure your place (seating for approx 100)
Further information:
Beverley Wood, VLGA fsn@vlga.org.au 03 9349 7999
Mark Lawrence, Deakin Uni lawrence@deakin.edu.au 03 9244 3789
Kirsten Larsen, VEIL klarsen@unimelb.edu.au 03 8344 9189
Tags: education, Food, governance, networks, sharing
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