Climate Tasmania

Our built environment is a significant contributor to carbon emissions, but it also offers plenty of scope to reduce them. The Sustainable Buildings forum in Hobart this week will show how, followed by Tasmania’s premier sustainability event, the annual Sustainable Living Expo. [2 November 2010 | Peter Boyer]
As you read this, the chances are you’re sitting [...]

As we face the challenge from climate change and peak oil, the Transition movement is helping our communities re-shape and re-invigorate themselves in preparation for coming changes. [7 July 2009 | Peter Boyer]
On this cold, still Tasmanian winter’s day, I feel a warming, quickening sensation. On the airwaves, in the newspapers, in mail traditional and electronic, [...]

Climate change will require us to find strength in our local scene, re-discovering the pleasures of social interaction and food production.