Homes that care for the environment.

What was 10 years ago perhaps a picture that was not really in focus, with work every year this has come into sharper and sharper focus and now we can understand very much better how serious things are. And I suppose the work of the last five years is really now telling us that we have probably got to make some pretty major decisions which will have profound effects on the earth's climate for many decades, and we've got about ten years in which to do it.
Lord Ron Oxburgh, former Chairman of Shell, UK, on ABC TV Lateline, 23^rd October 2006

This information provides tips on how to make your home energy efficient and environmentally friendly.The purpose is to pull together the abundance of information that exists across many resources and present it as a synthesis to get you started. We thought it would be important and practical to provide this information to women, as reports state that women are initiating many of the changes toward a safe and healthy environment. The following information was sourced mainly from the Australian Greenhouse Office and Sustainability Victoria, and also includes additional web links so that you can further investigate any of this material.

We have largely focused this information on your household. If you want to explore action in relation, for example, to business operations, you will find suggestions on the Sustainability Victoria website as well as the Australian Greenhouse Office website.

“Only when the last tree has died and the last river has been poisoned and the last fish has been caught will we realise that we cannot eat money.”

Cree Indian proverb

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