Stop Press!
1. The Process Working group are drafting a Communication and Decision Making Process framework to review by the community.
2. We still need volunteers to become the Facilitators of the Groups. Several groups are already active, including EVE and the Old Dairy facilities management group. If everyone can join and participate in one group that will really help reduce the workload of others and move the community forward.
Please email support@villagehub.com.au if you can coordinate any group related to your interest. There are over 40 to choose from. Many are not overly active yet so there is very little work to do.
2. All Members - Please join the Groups you are interested in, to receive information on those topics The main AllMembers Group will soon be used for Generic Key Community information only.
3. Please keep your Profiles up to date.
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EPA's Ecological Footprint Calculators
This site offers calculators to determine environmental impacts in your home, office and school!
The calculations can be as detailed or brief as you like - there are enough questions to perform a ten minute test, or several hour audit of your impact on the planet.
http://www.epa.vic.gov.au/ecologicalfootprint/calculators/default.asp
ABC's Professor Scphinkee's Greenhouse calculator
This animated quiz is a quick and easy way to determine at what age you should die, based on a fair-go policy of the Earth's resources and on your personal emmissions. Great for big and little kids!
http://www.abc.net.au/science/planetslayer/greenhouse_calc.htm
Synergy Energy Appliance calculator
This unique site focuses on your personal consumption based on the appliances in your home.
The calculator estimates the approximate cost of running your different appliances (based on the residential A1 tariff), provide tips on how to save energy in every room, and calculates how much greenhouse gas each appliance produces.
https://www.synergyenergy.com.au/Service_Centre/Calculators/Calculators.html
Earth Day Ecological Quiz
This Ecological Footprint Quiz estimates how much productive land and water you need to support what you use and what you discard.
Contains significant multi-lingual content.