Bathurst Community Climate Action Network

Check out the link here:
http://www.abc.net.au/insidebusiness/content/2010/s2989984.htm

The federal budget has been proclaimed and the opposition has predictably poored scorn on it.
Mr. Rudd does not seem to have been given the bounce from it he may have hoped and he is still being roundly criticised for his abandoning of the government's proposes Emissions Trading Scheme.  Having trumpeted so loudly that this was the great moral challenge of our time and then to have been so critical of the opposition for not embracing it - nay it was an act of political cowardice to do so, he then so glibly walked away from it himself.

Meet for a quick photo at the Bathurst Visitor Information Centre to support the national launch of the 100% Renewables campaign, 10 am on Sunday 2 May 2010.
 More information at 100% Renewables campaign

Feeling a tad exhausted after just having pedalled in from Lithgow, against a stiffening breeze, a friendly face approaced the cafe where I was carbohydrate loading and liguid replenishing.

It was none other than Lis Bastian, who many will know from the various presentations she has given in Bathurst around the topic of Climate Change. Lis is a trainee of Al Gore and has worn out much shoe leather across the length and breadth of the Central West and beyond, imparting her passion and informing and cajoling us to make the effort to stem the tide of global warming.

I currently have a hot water system which uses electricity and in winter utilises heat from our slow combustion stove.
I would like to add a solar booster to assist and to help cut down our electricity bills which are likely to increase in the near future.
Any advice on best models suited for the central west and local suppliers/installers would be gratefully received.

During the week just gone, the ABC 7.30 program ran an intriguing series on the topic of population which concluded with a panel of experts from Tim Flannery to people with expertise in business, cities and planning.

Too long between blogs for me - New Year's Resolution number 1. Make my blog regular every week.
I have to admire Tracy who gets her newspaper article written on time every week for publication in the Advocate. It is an incredibly valuable service for the community and for BCCAN. I know this blog is not in the same category in terms of readership but if I hope to attract readers and more particularly, regular visistors to the BCCAN website, then some sort of consistencey is essential.
There - I have given myself a good talking too so we shall see.

This image was uploaded with the post CSU Sustainability Conference - Wagga Wagga.

Last week I attended Tech Trade 09 at the Wagga Wagga campus of CSU and as the theme of this conference was sustainability, I thought it was worth reporting on here and passing on some of the lessons being learned by CSU which are worth noting in our community too.
Issues which were covered included building, energy efficiency, renewable energy sytems, community awareness  , carbon polution abatement, food production, biodiversity, transport systems and water conservation.