Key Dates
10 February 2009
Green Office Buildings Discussion Paper Consultation - Darwin
The Agenda for the Darwin consultation, held at the Airport Resort in Marrara, is available to download here.
12 February 2009
Green Office Buildings Discussion Paper Consultation - Alice Springs
The Agenda for the Alice Springs consultation held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, is available to download here.
26 February 2009
Public Information Session on the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme – Alice Springs
Australian Government Department of Climate Change Public Information Session on the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme, via satellite, in Alice Springs.
10 March 2009
Release of Draft Legislation on the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme
Public release of exposure draft legislation on the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme by the Australian Government. See website for more details …
20 March 2009
Alice Solar City first birthday
The Alice Springs solar city project will celebrate its first birthday at the Araluen Cultural Centre at 5pm, Friday 20th March 2009. There will be give-aways, competitions, activities for children, food and drinks.
28 March 2009
Earth Hour
‘What began as a campaign to get Sydneysiders to turn their lights off, has grown to become one of the world’s biggest climate change initiatives. In 2009, at 8.30pm on March 28, people around the world will turn their lights off for one hour – Earth Hour. Earth Hour is a global effort to show that its possible to take action on global warming’ See website for more details …
22 April 2009
Earth Day: The Green Generation
‘With negotiations for a new global climate agreement coming up in December, Earth Day 2009 must be a day of action and civic participation, to defend the Green Generation’s core principles’. See website for more details …
3-9 May 2009
International Composting Awareness Week
‘…Such a huge amount of organically-active material buried ‘anaerobically’ (without air) in landfill causes over 3% of Australia’s total greenhouse gas emissions annually by producing methane: a gas with 25 times the global warming potential of carbon dioxide!’ See website for more details …
5 June 2009
World Environment Day
‘Clean Up the World is a non-profit, non-government, apolitical organization that unites communities with a common focus to clean up the world’. See website for more details …
24-30 August 2009
Keep Australia Beautiful Week
‘The national mission is to encourage the Australian community to protect and conserve the natural environment through individual actions.’ See website for more information …
7-13 September 2009
National Landcare Week
‘Landcare is a uniquely Australian Partnership between the community, government and business to ‘do something practical’ about protecting and repairing our environment.’ See website for more details …
12-13 September 2009
Sustainable House Day
‘…visit some of the country's best examples of sustainable houses, including those from Darwin.’ See website for more details …
2 October 2009
Walk to Work Day
‘Walk to Work Day is an event to promote regular walking and physical activity. It is an annual, national event in which the community can become involved in a healthy and environmentally friendly activity.’ See website for more details …
14 October 2009
National Ride to Work Day
‘…Commuters all over the country celebrated National Ride to Work Day with community and workplace breakfasts. 36,862 people registered for National Ride to Work Day, with 3,710 workplaces taking part.’ See website for more details …
9-15 November 2009
National Recycling Week
‘This year Planet Ark and sponsors are encouraging Australian householders, businesses and schools to Recycle Right ...to help save water, conserve resources and combat climate change.’ See website for more details …
7 – 18 December 2009
United Nations Climate Change Conference
The United Nations Climate Change Conference is being held in Copenhagen, 7-18 December. In 2007, Parties agreed to shape an ambitious and effective international response to climate change, to be agreed at Copenhagen. See website for more details …