Greensynergy Blogs

Last Thursday 18th April, I ran an intensive Train-the-Trainer session for staff and trainers of the Enterprise + Training Company. The staff and trainers deliver the Diploma of Management through businesses throughout NSW. The Diploma of Management is a nationally accredited qualification that contains two sustainability related units, particularly focussed on creating workplace policies and

With great pleasure, I can now introduce our new service called EcoPractice: a suite of programs designed to activate sustainability and create sustainability culture in all parts of your organisation and its programs, projects, processes or actions. I have developed the EcoPractice suite as a result of my PhD research program under Professor Peter Newman

As an accredited assessor on the now-defunct Energy Efficiency for Small Business (EESB) Program in NSW, I have been in a constant state of “wonder” about the future of such programs, since before the election of the O’Farrell Liberal-National government in NSW nearly 2 years ago.nWe have been extended in 3 and 6 month periods

In September I was interviewed for the on-line TV show: Light Home Green Building Show. The topic was about reducing carbon footprint in new and existing housing. My main point is that we often try to reduce our carbon footprint after all the bad decisions have been made. And one of those is to try

Great day last Sunday for the Coffs Cycle Challenge, except for almost being run off the road by Tony Abbott and the Parliamentary Peloton, somewhere near Bonville on the return leg.nVery happy to have lasted 47 of the 60k ride on minimal training – 2 hours and 45 minutes later, including a stop or two

I meant to post this a couple of months ago. This image is of a python sunning itself on the hedge just outside my office window. That was remarkable enough, but the “ladybird” was a bonus. It was only after enlarging the image did I realise that the “ladybird” was actually 2 ladybirds mating! Talk

At the recent Opportunity Green Summit 2012 in Melbourne, I had the opportunity to test drive a Mitsubishi iMIEV all-electric vehicle. As these are on the market for around $50K, driving an electric vehicle is not likely to be a common experience. Everyone who drives an electric vehicle talks about the quietness – this fooled