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Inspiration
Waterwise Gardening
Friday, 19 June 2009As Peter Cundall tells us in the introduction to this DVD, waterwise gardening is the way of the future. Water is too just precious to waste.
Code Green: Experiences of a Lifetime
Wednesday, 25 March 2009This book shows us how to practise "responsible travel", taking into consideration the environment, the social/cultural traditions, and the local economy of the travel destination.
Living The Good Life
Friday, 20 March 2009Linda Cockburn and her partner Trevor decided to spend six months without spending a dollar, not to save money, but to reduce their ecological footprint to the bare minimum.
The Australian Green Consumer Guide
Friday, 13 March 2009Regular G columnist Tanya Ha shows you how to shop the green way. Ha encourages the reader to think about the environmental impact of every purchase, whether it's as small as a bottle of water or as significant as a car.
Endangered: Tasmania's Wild Places
Wednesday, 11 March 200925 photographers and conservationists have contributed more than 100 landscape and wildlife images and several essays to create a coffee table book with a powerful call to action.
ACME Climate Action
Monday, 22 December 2008This fun kit of posters, stickers, postcards, games and more is packed with classy retro cartoons and cultural references ("What did YOU do about climate change Daddy?").
The Future Makers
Friday, 5 December 2008This film covers advances in solar cell, solar thermal, ocean power and 'hot rocks' geothermal technologies. The Future Makers is an exciting snapshot of Australia's emerging sustainable energy industry and the technologies being developed. With so much hinging on the Rudd government's declaration of carbon emission reduction targets some time in December, this is a timely documentary for Australian viewers.
Terania Creek: Rainforest Wars
Monday, 1 December 2008Terania Creek: Rainforest Wars is a real page-turner and a must-read for anyone interested in conflicts in Australia's natural places. One of the unexpected bonuses of this book is that it offers an inside look at the forestry profession and how it fell from grace (in the public's eyes) during this campaign, never to recover again.
Half Gone: Oil, gas, hot air and the global energy crisis
Wednesday, 15 October 2008G co-founder and Monash University Chancellor Alan Finkel on the book that was his environmental wake-up call. Half Gone is an economic forecast from an oil industry geologist turned solar energy entrepreneur. This book restored Alan Finkel's faith in reasoned prediction.
Earth
Friday, 26 September 2008If your motivation to stay green is flagging and you've lost sight of why it's important, you should watch this film. Filmed by 40 specialist crews in 200 locations, from the Antarctic to the Kalahari, Earth presents a year in the life of the blue planet and the creatures that call it home.
