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| - | Welcome to '''Greenlivingpedia''', a free resource for sharing information on green living, now and for the future. This is a '''[[wiki]]''', so you can create and edit content to share information and collaborate with others on how we can lighten our footprint on the planet and live in harmony with nature and our environment. You can also publish original information in a protected article if you wish. Our goal is to provide an information resource that you can use and contribute too across a broad range of '''[[green living]]''' and '''[[community action]]''' topics. Articles about your project, your group and local community actions are welcome. | + | Welcome to '''Greenlivingpedia''', a free resource for sharing information on green living, now and for the future. This is a '''[[wiki]]''', so you can create and edit content to share information and collaborate with others on how we can lighten our footprint on the planet and live in harmony with nature and our environment. You can also publish original information in a protected article if you wish. Our goal is to provide an information resource that you can use and contribute to across a broad range of '''[[green living]]''' and '''[[community action]]''' topics. Articles about your project, your group and local community actions are welcome. |
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| <h2 style="margin:0;background-color:#ddcef2;font-size:120%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #afa3bf;text-align:left;color:#000;padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Green living news</h2> | <h2 style="margin:0;background-color:#ddcef2;font-size:120%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #afa3bf;text-align:left;color:#000;padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Green living news</h2> | ||
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| - | | style="color:#000"|CSIRO announced a [[CSIRO road trial of plug in hybrid electric vehicles|road trial of plug in hybrid electric vehicles]] on 28 October 2009. | + | |
| - | |- | + | {{News box item|[[Image:2015 Peoples Climate March Melbourne DSC 2253.JPG|right|150px]] 785,000+ people attended 2300+ Peoples Climate Change events in 175+ countries in November 2015 just prior to the [[COP21]] conference. Over 60,000 people attended the [[Peoples Climate Marches November 2015]] in Melbourne}} |
| - | | style="color:#000"|Police tactics for dealing with a '''[http://www.theage.com.au/environment/police-tactics-under-fire-at-hazelwood-20090913-fm7b.html protest at Hazelwood power station]''' in Australia, the dirtiest in the world, are criticised in September 2009. '''[http://www.switchoffhazelwood.org/ More information]'''. | + | |
| - | |- | + | {{News box item|[[Image:2014-09-21 Peoples Climate March Melbourne 600 0584.JPG|right|150px]] Over 30,000 people attended the [[Peoples Climate March September 2014]] in Melbourne}} |
| - | | style="color:#000"|The United States DOT announces funding for prototype '''[[solar roadways]]''' in August 2009. | + | {{News box item|[[Image:2014-08-10-Anglesea-Coal-Mine-Rally-600 9497.JPG|right|150px]] Over 500 people attended a rally demanding the closure of the [[Alcoa Anglesea brown coal mine and power station]]}} |
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| - | | style="color:#000"|'''[[Safe Climate Australia]]''' is launched by Al Gore in Melbourne, Australia on 13 July 2009. | + | {{News box item|[[Image:2014-06 Solar Power global.jpg|right|150px]] Top 10 countries for solar PV capacity in 2012}} |
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| - | | style="color:#000"|'''[[Bottled water]]''' is banned in New South Wales by Premier Nathan Rees on 8 July 2009. | + | {{News box item|[[Image:AntarcticaTemps 1957-2006.jpg|right|150px]] The '''[[West Antarctic ice sheet]]''' is collapsing due to global warming, three studies have concluded. Sea levels predicted to rise 3m in 100 years.}} |
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| - | | style="color:#000"|Dirty Clean Coal Lobby Gave $240,000 to Obama Presidential Campaign. The American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity (ACCCE) liberally funded both Democrats and Republicans, including both John McCain and Barack Obama in the 2008 U.S. [http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/04/clean-coal-lobby-have-240000-dollars-obama-presidential-campaign.php via Treehugger] | + | {{News box item|[[Image:2014-01-16 Australian heatwave.jpg|right|150px]] Australia experienced an '''[[Australian heatwave January 2014|extreme heatwave during January 2014]]''' with maximum temperatures in excess of 40C were experienced on 4 successive days.}} |
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| - | | style="color:#000"|Greenlivingpedia content now switches to '''[[Greenlivingpedia:Copyright|Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 (CC-BY-SA-3.0)]]''' license. | + | {{News box item|[[Image:Solana Power Plant.jpg|right|150px]] The '''[[Solana solar power plant]]''' was commissioned in October 2013. The plant in Arizona features arrays of solar mirrors and energy storage using hot salt.}} |
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| - | | style="color:#000"|People across Australia attend '''[[National Climate Emergency Rally Melbourne June 2009|National Climate Emergency Rallies ]]''' calling for immediate emission reductions and green jobs programs on June 13, 2009. | + | {{News box item|[[Image:2013-03-04 Angry Summer Report Australia.jpg|right|150px]] '''[[Australian summer of 2012-2013 was the hottest ever|The summer of 2012-2013 was the hottest summer in Australian history]]'''. January 2013 was the hottest month. January 7 2013 was the hottest day.}} |
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| - | | style="color:#000"|A '''[[Human sign St Kilda 2009|Human sign ]]''' stating '''"Climate change - our future is in your hands"''' was formed in Melbourne, Australia on May 1, 2009. | + | {{News box item|[[Image:2013-03 Australian Solar Power.jpg|100px|right]] Australia's solar era dawns with over 1.5 million rooftop power stations - equivalent to three medium sized coal-fired power plants.}} |
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| - | | style="color:#000"|A '''[[Public bicycles]]''' scheme is announced for Melbourne, Australia on May 17, 2009. | + | |
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| - | | style="color:#000"|The '''[[IMiEV electric car]]''' is approved for use on Australian roads on April 9, 2009. | + | |
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| - | | style="color:#000"|'''[[Tesla Motors]]''' announces their 7 seater Model S electric car with 500 km range, which will be available in 2011. | + | |
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| - | | style="color:#000"|The first '''[[EvMe electric car]]''' is built and sold in Australia on March 10, 2009. | + | |
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| - | | style="color:#000"|The draft legislation for the Australian '''[[Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme]]''' was released on March 10, 2009. '''[[Australian climate action groups]]''' have written a '''[[Joint open letter to Penny Wong by 65 Climate Action Groups|Joint open letter to climate change minister Penny Wong]]''' opposing the scheme. | + | |
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| - | | style="color:#000"|'''[[2009 Victorian bushfires|Disastrous bushfires]]''' sweep Victoria, Australia, killing 173 people and over a million native animals on February 7, 2009. | + | |
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| - | | style="color:#000"|More than 500 people from around the country gathered in Canberra at the first '''[[Australian climate action summit 2009|Australian climate action summit]]''' from 31/1/09 to 2/4/09 to produce a national, unified set of objectives for the community campaign of climate action for the crucial year ahead. | + | |
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| - | | style="color:#000"|The '''[[Australian Forest and Climate Alliance]]''' (AFCA) met in Canberra, Australia, on 29-30 January 2009 and called for the immediate protection of Australian native forests to preserve their biodiversity and the carbon they store. | + | |
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