When: Friday 2nd September
Time: 7:00pm
Where: Room E220, Gordon TAFE, East Campus, Boundary Rd, East Geelong
Map: www.thegordon.edu.au/About/Campuses/Pages/East-Geelong.aspx.
To get to Room E220 enter from Boundary Rd using the entrance near Hickey St. Continue along the driveway west until it swings around north into a larger carpark. At the north corner there is a walkway that heads east [...]

When: Wednesday 31 August
Time: 6pm to 7:30pm
Where: Manning Clark Lecture Theatre 3 (near the student Union), Australian National University
With quite a few events coming up, we’re thinking we probably don’t need to overload you with one of our own, so instead of meeting at the usual venue we’ll be attending the forum organised by [...]

Weymouth house – Twenty years in the planning.
I read my first house plans at the age of five, before I could read words, and I was hooked. It is only in recent years that I have come to accept that there are people who can look at a house plan and not be [...]

The Alternative Technology Association (ATA) welcomes the opportunity to respond to the AER price comparator website – Issues paper (the Issues Paper).

The ATA engages closely with its members on a diverse number of issues including feed-in and consumption tariffs, smart meters, retailer and distributor concerns, and renewable energy policy. The organisation has developed a refined understanding of consumers’ attitudes towards energy through dialogue with its members and, using this information, has been significant contributor to the energy policy debate at both the Federal and State level.

This submission has been directly informed by feedback from ATA’s Energy Policy Reference Group, a group of ATA members interested in energy-related policy processes and submissions.

Click here to view the submission: ATA Submission – AER Price Comparator Website – Final 280811 v1.3

House tour: Living with Appropriate Technology
When: Saturday 3rd September 2011
Time: 1pm to 4pm
Where: Weymouth 7252 area
BYO snacks, suitable outdoor clothing and notepaper.
RSVPs essential: call Edmund Pickering on 6334 1496 (As this event occurs at a member’s home, places are limited, so book in early!). Coffee and a choice of teas provided.
Come along to our first [...]

When: Wednesday 31 August
Time: 7pm
Where: Varuna, The Writers’ Centre, 141 Cascade Street, Katoomba
Join us at our first meeting at Varuna and celebrate the return of regular ATA Branch meetings in the Blue Mountains!
This meeting will be a chance for everyone to get to know each other and to talk about what local members want to [...]

August 18, 2011
The Worton family is a model for helping the environment and saving money at the same time.
Richard Worton and wife Lucy and their two children have dramatically improved the energy efficiency of their established four-bedroom house at Frankston in suburban Melbourne. They are saving hundreds of dollars each year on electricity bills as [...]

The Alternative Technology Association is calling on the Victorian Government Coalition to honour its 2010 election commitment and hold off on making major changes to the Victorian feed-in tariff for rooftop solar systems before an independent review is held.
The ATA understands the Victorian Government is on the verge of making an announcement to slash the [...]

WANTED – WORKSHOP SPACE
Several groups have joined together to look for a “Project Space”.  This space will be where each of the groups can operate from yet allow them to interact.  This is quite an exciting concept, one that we don’t believe has been tried anywhere else.  The potential from having these groups connect with [...]

When: Saturday, 6 August
Time: 1pm to 3pm
Where: Earthcare Centre, Cnr Science Rd & Campus Drive, University of Western Sydney, Hawkesbury Campus, Richmond, NSW www.earthcare.org.au
Free Entry. Afternoon tea provided.
Bookings essential. RSVP by 4 August: contact Erin Broken at ericbrocken@bigpond.com or Jenny Dibley on 6207 6430.
Want to find out more about the carbon tax? Is it [...]