The 27-30 November 2012 Sustainability by Design conference themes are Mobility: How we get around,Resources: What we use (water, energy, food, oil) and how we get them (delivery mechanisms, infrastructure etc) and Liveability: How and where we live (lifestyles, housing, materials etc).
Presentations will envisage where we need to be in the future and develop the strategies, the plans, the research and the new ideas, which will move us to a sustainable future. Where can you and your ideas, innovations, research and company fit within these visions and how can you help make them happen?
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Monday, June 25, 2012
Rio+20 talks move up a gear
The Rio+20 conference is making progress, surprisingly quickly. Now it's up to the politicians to engage in any further horse-trading, writes Vernon Rive
With preliminaries out of the way, the second phase of the Rio+20 Conference kicked off with a three-day session involving more than 115 world leaders, as well as high-level political representatives joining officials and advisers who have been driving the process so far.
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With preliminaries out of the way, the second phase of the Rio+20 Conference kicked off with a three-day session involving more than 115 world leaders, as well as high-level political representatives joining officials and advisers who have been driving the process so far.
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New Zealand's wind energy industry will generate major employment
By 2030 New Zealand's wind energy industry will generate employment and GDP on par with oil and gas exploration and extraction sector, or aquaculture.
A BERL report for the New Zealand Wind Energy Association, Economic Benefits of Wind Farms in New Zealand, is the first to identify current employment in the industry and its potential growth.
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A BERL report for the New Zealand Wind Energy Association, Economic Benefits of Wind Farms in New Zealand, is the first to identify current employment in the industry and its potential growth.
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How about a home wind turbine for your backyard?
A revolutionary wind turbine could create benefits not just for New Zealanders, but also for less developed countries. Powerhouse Wind, the developer, expects to see its Thinair turbine on the market as a viable energy source. The power input from the turbine could potentially provide about half of what an average household would use.
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Australia needs to retain its carbon price floor
Amid tumbling international carbon markets and calls to weaken the carbon pricing scheme, Fergus Green makes the case for retaining an Australian carbon price floor.
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