Byron Community College has a new 19.3kW rooftop solar system at the charity’s college in Mullumbimby, NSW. An interest-free loan of $14,700 – sourced entirely from donations – financed the project and was provided by national climate action charity, Citizens Own Renewable Energy Network Australia (CORENA).

People once believed the planet could always accommodate us. That the resilience of the Earth system meant nature would always provide. But we now know this is not necessarily the case. As big as the world is, our impact is bigger.

To ensure that countries keep their climate commitments, more needs to be done to rein in ‘super-emitters’ such as power plants, megacities, refineries, and giant factories.

Buying emissions drops isn’t as effective as reducing your emissions.

A newly developed concrete – made from recycled construction waste and industrial exhaust gases – could reduce construction emissions.

Electricity emissions in Byron Shire were reduced by 21 per cent in April this year, while private transport emissions were estimated to have reduced by 50 per cent to 75 per cent over the month of April.

Mangroves are highly valued for their efficiency in storing the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide. But those calculations need to be adjusted to account for the methane emitted during the carbon burial process

Highlighting the significant reduction of green house gas emissions that the choice to go vegan can have, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) have urged the Byron shire council ‘to take a bite out of climate change by serving only vegan food at official meetings, functions and other events.’

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