ACF Suggested actions for change

FYI and ACF Action Suggestions

I thought I would include a little something from usual flood of email which could be relevant and useful to many people with a sustainability and environmental bent(and interest in climate change and needed lifestyle changes that will be required now and in the future to improve and make more sustainable our lifestyles on this fragile planet).Enough of the lectures though.Some good initiatives and information to be had.

Australian Conservation Foundation - 40 years of action

Hi !

Take action in March!





1. Demand action on climate change!

Federal Finance Minister Senator Nick Minchin continues to be the Government's number one climate change sceptic. Email Senator Minchin. Ask him to get his facts straight on climate change, and start financing the solutions - renewable energy and energy efficiency.


2. Order your free climate change action kit


Get all the information and tools you need to make a real difference and help reduce global warming...more


3. Become part of our Lights Off Australia challenge

Register to join thousands of Australian households that are participating in this monthly event...more


4. Start saving water today

Discover the easy things we can all do to reduce our household's water consumption...more

What's new on the ACF website:


1. Want to go 'carbon neutral'?

Been wondering how you can reduce your contribution to climate change? There are many ways to make your lifestyle more carbon neutral...more


2. Green Electricity Watch

Here's how each of us can help change climate change today by making the switch to accredited GreenPower electricity....more


3. Go green on a budget

You don't need to spend a fortune to help the environment at home - there's plenty you can do for under $20...more


4. Opposition to nuclear power and more uranium mining grows

New polling shows strong public opposition to nuclear power and nuclear waste and also uranium mining, in particular by women...more


5. Certification system for forestry industry

The Forest Stewardship Council has launched a certification system to better enable consumers to make ethical timber and paper choices...more


Last month's most read articles:

1. An Inconvenient Truth wins an Oscar!

2. Six critical tests for the Murray-Darling agreement

3. Clock ticking on Howard's nuclear agenda

4. The science is in: time for action on climate change

5. GreenHome offers sustainable alternatives to air-conditioners



Join our no new mines e-card campaign


Send an e-card to the ALP urging them to keep their no new mines policy

Events:


Palm Sunday Peace March and Festival (Melbourne)


Australian International green build & renewable energy exhibition and conference (Sydney)


The Trouble With The Traveston Dam (QLD)

Source: acfonline.org.au

ACF Suggested actions for change

FYI and ACF Action Suggestions

I thought I would include a little something from usual flood of email which could be relevant and useful to many people with a sustainability and environmental bent(and interest in climate change and needed lifestyle changes that will be required now and in the future to improve and make more sustainable our lifestyles on this fragile planet).Enough of the lectures though.Some good initiatives and information to be had.

Australian Conservation Foundation - 40 years of action

Hi !

Take action in March!





1. Demand action on climate change!

Federal Finance Minister Senator Nick Minchin continues to be the Government's number one climate change sceptic. Email Senator Minchin. Ask him to get his facts straight on climate change, and start financing the solutions - renewable energy and energy efficiency.


2. Order your free climate change action kit


Get all the information and tools you need to make a real difference and help reduce global warming...more


3. Become part of our Lights Off Australia challenge

Register to join thousands of Australian households that are participating in this monthly event...more


4. Start saving water today

Discover the easy things we can all do to reduce our household's water consumption...more

What's new on the ACF website:


1. Want to go 'carbon neutral'?

Been wondering how you can reduce your contribution to climate change? There are many ways to make your lifestyle more carbon neutral...more


2. Green Electricity Watch

Here's how each of us can help change climate change today by making the switch to accredited GreenPower electricity....more


3. Go green on a budget

You don't need to spend a fortune to help the environment at home - there's plenty you can do for under $20...more


4. Opposition to nuclear power and more uranium mining grows

New polling shows strong public opposition to nuclear power and nuclear waste and also uranium mining, in particular by women...more


5. Certification system for forestry industry

The Forest Stewardship Council has launched a certification system to better enable consumers to make ethical timber and paper choices...more


Last month's most read articles:

1. An Inconvenient Truth wins an Oscar!

2. Six critical tests for the Murray-Darling agreement

3. Clock ticking on Howard's nuclear agenda

4. The science is in: time for action on climate change

5. GreenHome offers sustainable alternatives to air-conditioners



Join our no new mines e-card campaign


Send an e-card to the ALP urging them to keep their no new mines policy

Events:


Palm Sunday Peace March and Festival (Melbourne)


Australian International green build & renewable energy exhibition and conference (Sydney)


The Trouble With The Traveston Dam (QLD)

Source: acfonline.org.au

WorkChoices a threat to safety?

'This is an interesting article from a safety point of view from a human resources magazine.It cites not so much the direct consequences of the legislation but the way that employers and workers interpret and try to adjust to unhealthy expectations of job performance and its results.'

"News March 21, 2007

WorkChoices a threat to safety?

By Melissa Yen



WORKCHOICES IS one of the biggest threats to the health and safety of Australian workers, according to the Safety Institute of Australia (SIA).


The Federal Government’s year-old industrial relations system leads to stress and high workloads, said Victorian vice-president of the SIA, Kevin Jones. “It’s the greatest threat to workers’ health since asbestos because it harms people from all walks of life in such an insidious way.”


According to the Victorian WorkCover Authority, stress-related injuries already make up a growing proportion of the approximately 30,000 workers’ compensation claims filed in Victoria each year, amounting to almost $134 million.


“It’s not just the workers and their families who will suffer either – employers can expect productivity to fall as a result of rising absenteeism and presenteeism,” he said.


However, Peter Hendy, chief executive of the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI), strongly disputed the SIA’s claims.


He said the claim misrepresented the relationship between workplace reform and safety.


“WorkChoices is about wages, conditions, agreements and awards. As industrial relations legislation, it does not in any way interfere with or reduce the very substantial safety obligations of employers under federal and state/territory occupational health and safety (OHS) laws.”


According to Hendy, Australia’s safety record has improved substantially since workplace reform commenced in the 1990s.


“Workers’ compensation data demonstrates that between the commencement of the Workplace Relations Act in 1997 and 2003 (the most recent comparable data), compensated fatalities have decreased by 40 per cent and compensated injuries by 15 per cent,” Hendy said.


Economic pressures on individuals and family members encourage people to ‘cash in’ annual leave, leading to huge numbers of exhausted, stressed working Australians, according Jones.


In response to this, Hendy said pursuing national consistency in OHS laws and producing a more balanced and effective framework of OHS regulation would assist employers and employees in achieving even greater improvements in workplace safety."




20 March 2007

Source: humanresourcesmagazine.com.au