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This presentation was also made as the keynote address to the Coffs Harbour Vision 2030 Community Conference in May 2009. Peter is my PhD supervisor.nTo see each slide, click in the main window to advance to the next one. Designing Our Future Cities now, Peter Newman (ICLEI World Congress 2009) from ICLEI Local Governments for […]

Well, greenish! Three recently completed buildings at Coffs Harbour Education Campus have been designed with some green features:nSouthern Cross University/ North Coast Institute of TAFE School of Nursing: Below-ground pre-cooling labyrinth for airconditioning inlet Natural ventilation with automatic window controls to individual rooms Naturally-ventilated spine corridor to promote air-flow throughout Passive gain to north-west facing

From The Australian July 29th: THE Rudd government’s decision to enshrine practical sustainability training for apprentices as a key pillar of its new “green jobs” initiative has been deemed a “smart option” by two young apprentices.nJoel Scotton, 20, and Jesse Hollis, 22 — both Bovis Lend Lease apprentices — are working on the construction of

We just recently moved to a new (old) house on the edge of the village of Sawtell from about 1km from up the road. We are about 600m from the village and beach and 200m from Bonville Creek and 50m from Sawtell Reserve. We are amazed at the birdlife here: we are not “twitchers” (bird

Earlier this year, big storms lashed the mid-north coast of NSW. Over several weeks I saw king tides remove several metres of sandhill on the beachfront at Sawtell beach, including many quite old banksia trees. South of Sawtell at the northern end of Bongil Bongil National Park, the Bonville Creek estuary was dramatically re-shaped, wiping

Came upon this great article summarising the thinking behind small world networks and their capacity to change behaviour – from a NZ organizational consultant. Has big implications for sustainability culture change. This is the article from www.kudosdynamics.com: Everything Connects.nFunny how I came by this: interesting article in todays Australian by Finance Minister Lindsay Tanner about

Greensynergy Consulting will be commencing two new projects from the beginning of August. These projects are concerned with some of the deeper layers of sustainability thinking.nThe first is with Coffs Harbour City Council scoping how sustainability can be embedded within the Council organization. The second project is with Dr Kurt Seemann of the School of

On 5th August, 2008, the Sawtell Rotary Clock Tower was unveiled at a ceremony in Sawtell NSW, after five years of planning, design, fundraising, manufacturing and construction. Sponsored by Rotary, the project was a true community project, involving members of the Sawtell community, Coffs Harbour City Council, the Sawtell Progress Association, Sawtell Public School students,

AusIndustry announced on Thursday 30th October the opening of the long-awaited Green Building Fund. This fund was one of Kevin Rudd’s election promises. It aims to help building owners and managers to gain financial assistance for programs aimed at making commercial buildings more energy efficient and to lower GHG emissions.nYou can go here for details

This is the media release from the Desert Knowledge Co-operative Research Centre for a report which I co-authored.nHousing for Australia’s remote Aboriginal settlements that creates livelihoods – especially for young people – will last longer and deliver a much better return on the public investment.nThat’s the finding of a major study by Dr Kurt Seemann