Reduce your CO2 footprint

You’re already using one of the world’s great resources for fighting climate change

Just keeping your home 1ºC cooler in winter and 1ºC warmer in summer could reduce your home’s emissions by 10 percent.¹ Small changes can make a real difference and they’re a good place to start.

To learn how you can help prevent climate change, the web is a fantastic information resource. These Australian government sites are just a few of the thousands of useful online references:

• Australian Department of Climate Change:
  www.climatechange.gov.au
• Australian Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, “Living Sustainably”:
  www.environment.gov.au/settlements/energyefficiency/index.html
• Australia Green Vehicle Guide:
  www.greenvehicleguide.gov.au
• NSW Department of Environment and Climate Change:
  www.environment.nsw.gov.au/sustainingourenvironment
• Queensland Environmental Protection Agency – Sustainability:
  www.epa.qld.gov.au/environmental_management/sustainability
• Queensland ClimateSmart Living:
  www.climatesmart.qld.gov.au
• ResourceSmart Victoria
  http://www.resourcesmart.vic.gov.au
• South Australia - Sustainable Living Choices
  www.sustainableliving.sa.gov.au
• Western Australia – Sustainable Energy Development Office:
  www.sedo.energy.wa.gov.au/

1. ¹ Climate Change: What You Can Do About It, Holper and Torok, CSIRO Publishing, 2008