What you can do

Living Sustainably

GreenPower

How can I find out and do more?

Energy smart home

Making the switch to GreenPower is an important first step — saving energy is just as important!

Whether you rent or own your home, and whether you can only make small or large changes, you'll find opportunities to save energy that can save you hundreds of dollars.

Strategies and research

Find out about strategies and the future directions for GreenPower:

"GreenPower from Strength to Strength" – A formal Review of GreenPower options and the program itself was undertaken by the Department of Energy Utilities and Sustainability (DEUS). The aim "was to enhance the effectiveness of GreenPower in supporting new renewable energy development".

A discussion paper "GreenPower, From Strength to Strength" was released in June 2005, with submissions and responses to this paper forming the basis for the released outcomes paper.
Review of Australian GreenPower Schemes Feb 2002 – Published discussion paper by Robert Passey and Muriel Watt
"The GreenPower Tour" – community education campaign
Research Institute for Sustainable Energy – research studies and training opportunities

Green Electricity Watch

Eight of Australia's key environment organisations joined forces to survey national energy retailers, with thirteen of the fourteen electricity retailers participating. How did they score?

The survey process
Energy retailers showing a strong commitment to responsible environmental policy
The latest Green Electricity Watch Scorecard – How did they compare?

Kyoto Protocol and climate change

Kyoto Protocol – is an international treaty aiming to reduce greenhouse gases released into the atmosphere. The treaty sets legally binding limits on greenhouse gas emissions, among other things. Australia has signed the Kyoto Protocol and has committed to meeting its Kyoto Protocol target, and has set a target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 60 per cent on 2000 levels by 2050. Find out more
Find out about the science and impact of climate change
Read the Climate change science: questions answered publication
Visit the Australian Greenhouse Office and find out more about climate change via the Climate Action Network

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