Climate Change - Get Involved
Get behind My Power
The My Power Team - Tom, Mereki, Anthony and Matt - are cycling 16,000 kilometres around Australia challenging people to see what sustainable changes they can make to their homes, property or way of getting around. UNSW is assisting the team make 12 short documentary films on “going green” and providing the group with satellite phones.
Click onto the My Power website for more info on their progress or check out the videos on the University YouTube channel.
To view Part One, click on the image at right.
Click onto the My Power website for more info on their progress or check out the videos on the University YouTube channel.
To view Part One, click on the image at right.
Watch the My Power Videos
Episode 1
The boys start off on their journey and stop off at Tathra to talk to some of the kids and see how the surf clubs are using renewable energy.
Episode 2
Check out the Falls Music Festival, the most environmentally friendly festival of its type on the planet.
Episode 3
Take a ride to the Food Forest, just north of Adelaide, which shows how an average family can live sustainably.
The boys start off on their journey and stop off at Tathra to talk to some of the kids and see how the surf clubs are using renewable energy.
Episode 2
Check out the Falls Music Festival, the most environmentally friendly festival of its type on the planet.
Episode 3
Take a ride to the Food Forest, just north of Adelaide, which shows how an average family can live sustainably.
The Sustainable Living Challenge
Rohan Geddes
Sustainable Living Champion 2005
Sustainable Living Champion 2005
The Sustainable Living Challenge is the chance for secondary schools to mount their own project and green their own part of the world.
Projects vary considerably. Just some that you should click on for inspiration are:
Projects vary considerably. Just some that you should click on for inspiration are:
Albert Nguyen from Randwick Boys High School, Sydney designed a house that was inspired by a leaf
Callan Dick from Lambton High School, Sydney developed a building that created its own energy through a novel vertical wind turbine
Cat Caggin from Marist Regional College in Tasmania compared the effectiveness of different forms of household waste on growing plant seedlings.
UNSW Landcare Group
Landcare tree planter
The UNSW Landcare Group, which comprises students, staff and friends of UNSW, come together twice a year for a mass tree planting event in the beautiful Capertee Valley, approximately three hours from Sydney on the edge of the Wollemi National Park.
“Two key areas of the University’s Environment Management Plan are greenhouse gas abatement and biodiversity enhancement,” said Cameron Little from the University’s Environment Unit. “The tree planting weekends are not only a heap of fun and a chance for us to get out of the city, but also a great opportunity for us to plant thousands of trees every year and link our local campus-based initiatives to projects in the broader community.”
The trees planted help to address climate change and also help to enhance the local biodiversity by re-establishing previously lost habitat.
Participants camp out and are rewarded with entertainment on the Saturday night, shared meals, stargazing and plenty of tall tales around the campfire.
For more information contact Cameron Little at the Environment Unit: cameron.little@unsw.edu.au
“Two key areas of the University’s Environment Management Plan are greenhouse gas abatement and biodiversity enhancement,” said Cameron Little from the University’s Environment Unit. “The tree planting weekends are not only a heap of fun and a chance for us to get out of the city, but also a great opportunity for us to plant thousands of trees every year and link our local campus-based initiatives to projects in the broader community.”
The trees planted help to address climate change and also help to enhance the local biodiversity by re-establishing previously lost habitat.
Participants camp out and are rewarded with entertainment on the Saturday night, shared meals, stargazing and plenty of tall tales around the campfire.
For more information contact Cameron Little at the Environment Unit: cameron.little@unsw.edu.au
