Interesting if somewhat scary video about the potential ramifications of ignoring climate change.
Every day we shape our planet's future when we make small life decisions - what we buy, what we eat, how we travel. The future of the planet is in our hands; the future is man-made. And we are all "Futuremakers". If we choose to live sustainably, we can assure a future for all living things. And we can have some fun doing it too!
This site, created by WWF-Australia, is a place where you can share ideas with other Futuremakers so that we can live more sustainably. We hope the tips and stories here will be useful for you. (More about this site)
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Jan
06
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Dec
11
Earth Hour 2009 is coming!
Turn off for Earth Hour
It’s that time of year again - we’re launching Earth Hour! This year we’re aiming for one billion people worldwide. Over 93 councils in Australia have already committed to taking part. It’s a crucial time for Australia and the world to put pressure on leaders to commit to good emissions targets.
World leaders will meet in Copenhagen in December 2009 to commit to emission reduction targets to replace the Kyoto Protocol. Preliminary meetings are taking place in Poznan, Poland, right now. We need to put as much pressure on our leaders between now and then as possible. There are a few ways you can do this -
- take part in Earth Hour 2009
- contact your local representative and let them know how you feel about climate change
- donate to the WWF Australia Earth Hour appeal.
Earth Hour Australia is a project of WWF-Australia, and this year we are asking for your help to make it the biggest one yet. If you are able to, please consider donating to the WWF Earth Hour Appeal
Hope to see you there!
Nov
19
FutureMakers reader Simon has written a great post on relative poverty and ways he is changing his life to reduce his impact on the environment; he kindly allowed us to share his post with you.
poverty is a strange concept for a lot us growing up in Australia these days. for the majority of us, we live in relative comfort. we have access to jobs to earn money, if we can’t work we have access to a (relatively) good welfare system. if we get sick, we have a (relatively) good health care system to get us better. we have access to clean water, electricity, & telephone / internet services.
so when we hear the word poverty mentioned, its pretty hard to imagine a life without all those luxuries and relate to the hardships that the majority of the world’s people are going through.
even harder is trying to fathom that almost 50% of the world’s population live on less than $2.50 a day.
and 80% live on less than $10 a day. 80%!!!
Read the whole article here.
Nov
17
What are you doing to cut down your carbon emissions?
carbon emission reduction at home
Are you cutting down your carbon emissions? How are you doing it? If you want to be featured on the blog here, drop us a line with a story or a link to your Youtube video (it doesn’t have to be fancy, use your webcam!).
Also, if you’re on Twitter you can add us here: @wwf_australia and @earthhour. Tag your posts with #earthhour so we can see what you’re up to! You can also tag your Flickr photos with ‘earthhour’ or ‘WWF’ and they’ll show up here too.
Keen to take action on climate change, but worried about being tagged ‘carborexic’? Well there’s a few things you can do! For starters, check out the Climate Change Action page here. We’ve set up the page so you can email Senator Steve Fielding, Senator Nick Xenophon, Minister for Climate Change and Water Senator Penny Wong, Greg Hunt MP, Andrew Robb MP, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, Treasurer Wayne Swan and Leader of the Opposition Malcolm Turnbull in only a few minutes! Let our leaders know how you feel about international climate change.
Secondly, check out the list of ways you can lower your emissions here.
Lastly, tell your friends! Leading by example is one of the most effective ways to convince others. There’s plenty you can do without having to visit your family doctor!
Oct
30
A Tern for the Better? Rare Bird Found Breeding in the Coral Sea.
Simon Mustoe, Director Applied Ecology Solutions.
An expedition to the crystal clear waters of the Coral Sea in 2006 found a new breeding bird for Australia (see http://www.ecology-solutions.com.au/trip_reports.html). The New Caledonian Fairy Tern is a little known and threatened bird which breeds on remote Pacific islands. In Australia, we usually associate Fairy Terns with a different form which nests on southern coast beaches.
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Australia is fortunate to have a number of interesting animals and the tiger quoll, also known as the spotted-tailed quoll, is certainly one of them. The size of a cat, with sharp teeth and a spotty tail, these carnivores roam the forests of eastern Australia – but they are not as common as they once were. They are the largest marsupial carnivore living on the mainland but are now endangered due to habitat loss and introduced predators such as foxes.
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Oct
09
Remember the heady days of BMX bandits? Many people are looking cool again with new BMX bikes, but did you consider how cool a bike could be for your health, bank balance AND well being?
Oct
09
Day 3 - Ancient Green Mariners and Missing Minkes
Given that we had such an amazing encounter with the Minke whales, we anchored at night in the shelter of Challenger bay. Challenger Bay is located at the southern tip of Ribbon Reef #10. The site is composed of a back reef slope with an outstanding diversity of corals and a sandy slope with patches of corals, which drops to approximately 35m. This bay is well renowned dive site given its stunning coral gardens and abundant fish life.
At 7.30am, John Rumney took us out on The White Knight a small little rib used predominately for shark research, for a morning snorkel. As we immersed ourselves in the water we were unexpectedly greeted by a school of thirty Bumphead parrot fish. It is the largest of the parrot fish family and can grow wup to 1.3 metres in length and can live up to 40 years.
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WWF now has a screensaver that demonstrates a powerful message that we can all help stop global warming and the effects can be seen in some of the most beautiful places in the world.
Be sure to download the screensaver here - wwf.org.au/act/takeaction/screensaver.
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