About lifestyle and living green
by Councillor Charles Jago I support an increase in medium rise development across Canada Bay, provided that the infrastructure is in place to support it. For environmental, economic and social reasons, medium rise offers more benefits than high density. Medium rise will still provide enough additional density to provide a very large number of new […]
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By Councillor Charles Jago Summary: For the Bushells site on Burwood Road Concord, councillors approved a development that was roughly twice the scale of surrounding developments, and strongly opposed by the community. Their argument was that if they did not approve it, the government would approve the same or worse. But they have never been
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Canada Bay Greens are fielding a diverse team of candidates for the upcoming Council elections on 9 September. Heading the team is Charles Jago who is also running as the Greens mayoral candidate. He is supported Alysha Hardy, James Okeby, Pauline Tyrrell and Steve Maxwell. During the 30 years Charles has lived in the Council
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Pauline Tyrrell, Greens Councillor, City of Canada Bay Council Here is a summary of my activities over the past year: Environment: I participated in several community events in support of: the Parramatta River Catchment Group’s ‘Make Parramatta River Swimmable’ Campaign; a meeting of Sydney Water with residents; Clean Up Australia Day with CBG members; and
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The $10.3 billion paid for the long-term lease of NSW’s high voltage transmission network raises serious questions about what guarantees have been given to the consortium and their costs for consumers and the future of the renewable energy industry, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye. Dr Kaye said: “The over-the-odds sale price looks like
TRANSGRID LEASE EXPOSES CONSUMERS AND RENEWABLE ENERGY TO UNCERTAIN FUTURE Read More »
Every hour, enough sunlight blasts the earth to power humanity for a year. By 2050, across the entire world, solar energy could power our computers, phones, lights, hot water – anything we use electricity for today. There would be no need to pollute the planet with oil, coal or gas. Plus, solar panels are cheap
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You don’t have to be a Grinch to have a Green holiday season. It should be a time to think about reducing waste as well as giving sustainable gifts to friends and family. “At Christmas time, the message is not just about receiving things but also about doing things that are good for other people
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