Sustainable Production & Consumption
By now, most Victorians know that using less electricity can be a quick way to help safeguard our environment. What many people don’t realise, is how the stuff we buy impacts on our environment too.
Every time we buy something, we’re also buying the energy, water and natural resources it took to produce and transport that product to our home. So, the more things we buy, the more of the earth’s resources we consume. And we consume a lot.
With just the one planet, it won’t take long before we eat up all the resources she has to offer. Part of the solution is to simply buy less. (Ask yourself: do you really need that new TV?).
But we know that there are some things that we do need. Whether its food on the table or clothes for our children. And sometimes, well, we all want to spoil ourselves now and then.
That’s why Environment Victoria is campaigning on a range of issues - from educating people on the impact of their consumption habits, to better product labelling, mandatory environmental standards and product stewardship.
Like you, we want a safe climate, abundant water supplies and secure natural resources. So we’re going to need to be smarter about how we produce and consume the stuff we buy everyday. At Environment Victoria, we think that starts at the beginning, when the product is made and it ends in the home with you.
We have the technology and expertise to make it happen. But we need your help to convince our government and industry leaders to implement the policies we need to be truly sustainable.
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Wishing you a very conscious Christmas
Sunday, 11 December 2011
Michael Green, Domain, The Age
What would the festive season be like without the bells and whistles?
One way of preparing for Christmas involves buying new things - a lot of new things...
moreBaillieu Government gets 'fail' on environment
Wednesday, 23 November 2011
Alison Savage, ABC News
The Victorian Government's green credentials have been criticised in an a href="http://www.environmentvictoria.org.au/content/envirowatch-2011-one-...
moreBackwards March calls on Premier Baillieu to change direction on environment
Sunday, 13 November 2011
Over 1000 Victorians are expected to march backwards from Parliament House today at 1 pm to highlight the direction the Baillieu Government is taking Victoria on...
moreVictoria state agenda to be centred on ETS costs
Saturday, 22 October 2011
John Ferguson, The Australian
The cost impact of the national emissions trading scheme will form the centrepiece of the Baillieu government's review of Victoria's climate change...
moreConservationist left several legacies on the land
Friday, 2 September 2011, The Age
Written by Merle Stewart, a friend of the Johnson family
HAROLD REGINALD JOHNSON, OAM, PILOT, ENVIRONMENTALIST, ORNITHOLOGIST, CARTOGRAPHER. 2-...
moreCoalition finds that it's not so easy being green
Sunday, 28 August 2011
Farrah Tomazin, The Age
In a speech to Parliament in November 2009, one year before he was elected Premier, Ted Baillieu strongly supported a carbon pollution reduction scheme...
moreNo carbon cut targets: Baillieu
Thursday, 11 August 2011
Reid Sexton, The Age
The Baillieu government has backed further away from its commitment to reduce carbon emissions by 20 per cent this decade, just a day after calling on Canberra to dump the...
moreVic Oppn says Govt has forgotten environment
Friday, 29 July 2011
Liz Hobday, PM ABC News
MARK COLVIN: The Victorian Labor Opposition is accusing the Coalition Government of watering down environment policy and backing away from...
moreWorkshops give kiss of life to cast-offs
Monday, 1 August 2011
Michelle Griffin, The Age
After two days stuck in a city basement, industrial designer Will Campbell was laughing like the mad scientist he sometimes claims to be. But he never lost focus./p...
moreStop recycling, start repairing
Sunday, 24 July 2011
Michael Green, The Age
On the mend. Repairing old things creates something new.
A few years ago, Scott Mitchell began accepting busted iPods from all comers, offering to open them up and tinker...
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How to have a great green barbie
And eat it too
Nothing says Summer like the smell of a sizzling barbie and the sounds of a coldie being opened, friends and family cackling away and 6’s being hit over the fence. This fun-loving Aussie pastime is a little slice of heaven, and it’s something...
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’Tis the season to be jolly
Your top 10 Green Gift ideas for the Festive Season
Yay! Only 10 more sleeps till Christmas! That’s 10 more days to run around like crazy searching high and low for prezzies woo-hoo! That’s hours upon hours of time to spend a small fortune we don’t have...
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Join the Backwards March
Call on the Premier to stop taking Victoria backwards on our environment
It’s fair to say that the Baillieu Government’s performance on the environment this past year has been anything...
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Our volunteers
think we're great!
We'll that's what they said at our volunteer night last week, although admittedly we did supply them with alcohol and snacks before hand…
We had 20 or so people come along, some of them existing volunteers keen to meet each other and...
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You may have heard the shocking news
that that the Victorian Government is slashing Environment Victoria’s funding
We don’t know exactly how much funding we’ll lose but here’s what we know so far.
On state budget day, the Transport Minister pulled our funding to engage...
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- Victoria: green and growing |
- State budget submission 2009–10 |
- Victoria - the Green Jobs State. Siezing the opportunities |
- Victoria: The Green Jobs State - creating a green, prosperous and socially inclusive Victoria |
- Green Jobs Summit - Program |
- Green Jobs Summit - Tony Nicholson, CEO, Brotherhood of St Laurence |
- Building comparative advantage in the low carbon world: Victoria’s clean energy jobs opportunities |
- Increasing Victoria’s competitive advantage in green jobs. Tim Piper, Australian Industry Group |
- Barriers & opportunities through energy efficiency. Paul Murfitt, Moreland Energy Foundation |
- Ensuring that disadvantaged job seekers are involved in the emerging green jobs market. Michael Horn |
