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Australia’s sixth electric motorcyclist - Nigel Morris

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Nigel Morris is the Director of SolarBusinessServices. After almost 20 years working for other companies SbS Director Nigel Morris, established the company in 2009 with a view to providing other organisations with the benefits of his wide experience in the renewable energy industry. This article is reproduced from solarbusiness.com.au with Nigel's permission.

Carbon Price gives a boost to green jobs

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With the carbon price coming into effect on the 1st of July this year, this is the first time we have been able to see the benefit for the green job market.

Green job ads have increased by 14% just since June, a significant jump considering the recent 3-month slump. All job ads are also on the rise, but the carbon price’s boost to the green market has brought the percentage of green job ads to an all-time high.

Driving for efficiency - Todays top tips!

Todays blog is courtesy of www.livinggreener.com.au. While electric vehicles run on sustainable energy resources may be the future, it's possible to drive more efficiently now, this article talks about how.
 
Efficient driving will not only reduce the amount of fuel you use, saving you money, but will also cut down on unnecessary wear and tear on the car and the amount of pollution your car generates.

Charlie wins the EMPOWERWA video competition

Charlie from Hamilton Hill has won the EMPOWERWA video competition and was presented with his prize today by Piers Verstegen from EMPOWERWA's lead project partner, the Conservation Council of Western Australia.

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If you haven't seen Charlie's video yet, you can see it here http://youtu.be/AYQkQ9R5kE4, ity has us singing along! There's no such thing as waste, there's no such thing as waste.......

World at tipping point for new era of clean energy

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Professor Tim Flannery has written for www.reneweconomy.com about how far Australia has come in the last 10 years in tackling climate change.

1. Taking the long view it is clear that we have come an enormous way in 10 years in tackling climate change.

CCWA takes tattoo test for renewable energy

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Former US President Bill Clinton spoke at a US National Clean Energy summit overnight in Las Vegas where he talked up energy efficiency, renewable energy and environment policy.

Barefoot Power - Renewable solutions to energy poverty

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The EMPOWERWA team came across this great renewable energy enterprise using renewable energy to provide safe solutions to energy poverty.

Barefoot Power is a social enterprise that manufactures and distributes solar phone charging, lighting, and energy products and business development services to people at the base of the global economic pyramid.

Re-fashionista's, the new sustainability frontier

Kylie Turner is the co-ordinator of the EMPOWERWA project and blogs for us today about her evolution in clothes shopping.

Bags not building another ark - lets act on climate change now.


Geoff Bice is a sustainability student from Murdoch University currently working as the Green Church Project Officer with the Uniting Church of WA. Geoff writes for EMPOWERWA about faith and sustainability.

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