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Creating Water Sensitive Cities in Australia |
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June 2008
YOUR HOME - updated
- Your Home Renovator's Guide
- Your Home Technical Manual - 4th edition now available
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Proceedings 'Climate change and landscape' seminar, Australian National Botanic Gardens, 14 November 2007.
The ACT group of AILA held its first CPD seminar on 'Climate Change and Landscape: challenges, opportunities and future strategies for the Canberra Region.' The seminar was organised by Edwina Richardson of the AILA National Office.
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Greenhouse Challenge Plus
The AILA National Office has joined the Australian Greenhouse Office's Greenhouse Challenge Plus Project.
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The Sustainable Canberra Garden website
The website consists of a series of fact sheets and case studies illustrating how Canberra residents can improve the sustainability of their gardens. Information was first added during 2007 and will undergo regular updates. |
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Water!
Irrigators urge caution
article from Outdoor Design Source news |
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What is Openecosource.org?
Our mission is to create a web base tool, which will help speed up the distribution of available knowledge and connect efforts that aim to create a sustainable environment. |
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Moon sensitive street lights could save gigawatts of power |
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There Oughta be a Park...Within a 10-Minute Walk of Every New Yorker |
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Climate Change - UK Government Site
Climate change is one of the biggest challenges we face today. The first step towards tackling the problem is to make sure everyone understands exactly what the challenge is and the difference they could make. |
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Need to reduce greenhouse emissions by 60% by 2050
Report from ABC on how the community, experts and politicians believe Australia can achieve a target reduction of 60%.
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Shaping a sustainable Australia
Ian Lowe, Emeritus Professor of Griffith University reports on "How can we live together in a sustainable way?". Rick Farley Lecture Series, Sydney, October 2006. Broadcast on ABC Radio National.
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Retrofitting gardens for climate change (Canberra)
To adapt to climate change gardeners in South Eastern Australia will need to increase shade, insulate buildings, harvest water, create 'mini-oasis' and grow vegetables...
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Proposed Chinese Eco-city
Dongtan, Shanghai will integrate wetlands with a city for half a million residents and have a small ecological footprint.
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Climate Change Mitigation
A Canadian manufacturer creates a forest to offset carbon emissions
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More
on Green Building
A view on where things could be heading |
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Climate
Change Strategies
draft strategies for South Eastern Australia
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Creating
more sustainable gardens for the Canberra region
speaker’s
notes. University of Canberra. Spring 2005.
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Grey
water re-use guidelines for residential properties - Canberra
links
to grey water guidelines |
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Green
Movement Sweeps U.S. Construction Industry
links
to current green initiatives in the US
see the
news pages |
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Your
Home
A joint
initiative of the Australian Government and the design and construction
industries.
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guides |
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NORTH
WATSON ECO-HOUSING & LANDSCAPE
A
demonstration housing and landscape project in North Watson reveals
how Landscape Architects can improve the sustainability of the built
environment.
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Water
Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD)
Guidelines
- ACT >
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on an
AILA members page: envirolinks |
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Growing
Australian native plants
Australian
Society for Growing Australian Plants
PDF: of
Jo Hambrett (2004) Rise of the Australian Plant Garden |
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In
the 2005 December edition of the ASLA journal, Landscape Architecture,
the editor Bill Thompson made comments regarding the design and construction
industry’s contribution to global warming. See the online article
via the AILA
news pages
Neil
Hobbs, an AILA National Councillor responds |
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Choosing
Sustainable Landscape Materials
Environmentally
Friendly Practices for The Garden
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some
other useful links: |
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The
Australia Institute
with a
motto: For A Just,
Sustainable and Peaceful Future |
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The
Australian Conservation Foundation
ACF is
committed to inspiring people to achieve a healthy environment for
all Australians. For 40 years we have been a strong voice for the
environment, promoting solutions through research, consultation,
education and partnerships. We work with the community, business
and government to protect, restore and sustain our environment. |
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some
past AILA events, papers, and statements |
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Sustainable
from the Ground Up
Landscape Soils and Their Use
AILA NSW
Event (November 2005)
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Tree
Management Forum:
Relic Object or Aging Organism
AILA NSW
Event (May 2005)
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Water
by Design:
Creating Water Sensitive Communities in South East Queensland
Article
by Fiona Chandler and Foreword by Anna Maccheroni
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here for statement
> Click
here for Water by Design site |
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Water
series
An AILA Qld talk Series - 2005
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