The Victorian Government’s, Jobs for the Future Economy action plan is a positive, proactive step forward by the Brumby Government for a sustainable future, says Australia’s leading household sustainability organisation, the Alternative Technology Association (ATA).
Ian Porter, ATA CEO, welcomed the plan. “We need to prepare all aspects of our economy for a sustainable future, [...]

This meeting was held at 5:45pm on Wednesday June 16th at the offices of URS, level 6 no 1 Southbank boulevard, Southbank (Click here for a map)
The topic:
ATA Melbourne Project Night
Convener: Paul Fritze
This month’s meeting had a very different format…
Around 20 members (including a few guests) ‘volunteered’ to put on show their personal projects. The [...]

Wednesday, April 28 2010

Now that it has put on hold its Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS), the Government should rethink its scrapping of the Home Insulation Program, says Australia’s leading household sustainability organisation, the Alternative Technology Association (ATA).

The ATA believes insulation is a crucial part of delivering on Australia’s energy efficiency potential and needs [...]

This meeting was held at 5:45pm on Wednesday May 19th at the offices of URS, level 6 no 1 Southbank boulevard, Southbank (Click here for a map)
Topic: Concentrating Solar Thermal with heat storage (e.g. molten salt)
Convener: Jim Lambert
Speaker: Patrick Hearps (Technical Director for the Zero Carbon Australia 2020 project)
Concentrating Solar Thermal has exciting capabilities for [...]

ATA South Australia Branch Meeting and Guest Speaker details
When:        Tuesday – 11th May -   7:30pm sharp
Where:       Enfield Community Centre, 540 Regency Road, Enfield SA
Entry fee: Gold coin donation to assist with hall hire  (non members are welcome to attend)
Program for the evening:
Smart Grids – 11th May
Presenter Tony Foster  will talk about smart grids [...]

Tuesday April 20, 2010

Australia has been acclaimed at the forefront of environmental design after the announcement of two awards from leading global sustainability website Treehugger.com

Sanctuary, a quarterly magazine which profiles Australia’s leading environmental homes, won Best Shelter Magazine in Treehugger’s Best of Green 2010 awards.

Andrew Maynard was named Best Young Architect for his innovative and [...]

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Role Description
The Advertising Manager will work within our dynamic communications team. ATA publishes ReNew: technology for a sustainable future and Sanctuary: sustainable living with style magazines which are sold on newsstands across Australia and New Zealand and have a growing subscription base. The team also maintain the ATA website [...]

ATA Cairns branch – Help spread the word on sustainability at the Argentea Field Day with Costa
When: Saturday 24th April, 2010
Time: 10am-4pm (set-up from 8am)
Where: Argentea Estate Palm Cove, 2 Muller St, Qld 4879

The Cairns branch is manning a stall at Argentea field day and Costa, from SBS’ Costa’s Garden Odyssey, will be onsite.

If [...]

This meeting was held at 5:45pm on Wednesday April 21st at the offices of URS, level 6 no 1 Southbank boulevard, Southbank (Click here for a map)
Topic: Greening your Garden with Stormwater
Convener: Jessica Davison
Speakers: Madeline Laurenson (raingarden expert) and Vaughn Greenhill (stormwater harvesting practitioner)
Did you know that it takes only 1ml of rain on an hard [...]

When: Thursday 22 April
Time: 7.15pm for 7.30pm start
Where: Albion Peace Centre, 102 MacDonald Rd, Albion (underneath Albion Overpass; UBD 140 Ref. D14)
Cost: $3, to help cover venue hire costs

All local members and friends invited to join in our members’ night this month. Individuals with a sustainable technology or story to share are invited [...]