National Ride 2 Work Day is Australia’s largest celebration of commuter riding. It is an event that encourages commuters to bicycle to and from work. 

It helps those who never tried commuting by bike to give it a go. It allows regular riders to motivate others, especially their workmates to get involved. 

Riding to work improves your health, save money, care for the environment, increase productivity and make commuting safer. It is also the most time-efficient way to fit exercise into a daily routine. Instead of taking your car,  you can get your recommended daily exercise without having to spend extra time or money at the gym. 

Celebrate and enjoy the benefit of riding to work!

The purpose of World Homeless Day is to give attention to homeless people’s needs locally and provide opportunities for the community to get involved in responding to homelessness.

Causes of Homelessness were lack of affordable housing due to rising property values, limited housing, poverty, loss of employment, under-employment, family breakdown, etc. 

It is something you can point to on the calendar each year and use to make a significant difference in your local community. 

Let us celebrate this day by helping to raise awareness for the homeless in our own community, educate the people about the homeless and help them how the existing infrastructure can be improved. 

The science is now unequivocal, 97% of climate scientists say climate change is occurring and is human-induced. Already Australia is feeling the impact, with 123 weather records broken last summer and the hottest 12 months on record.

At Environmental Action, we know that no one action will solve the climate crisis. But we also believe that, working together, we can speak loudly enough and often enough to turn the country toward a cleaner, greener path.

We must oppose the opening of more coal mines. We must not let our land be bought and opening spoiled by billionaire mining giants who lack any environmental responsibility.  We must enact a plan to switch to renewables with a realistic goal of 50-100% by 2030

Let us all respect the will of the people and embrace climate action.

Save us from a climate crisis, before it’s too late. Check out this link and sign this petition today. 

Such a great day held each year for people to showcase the fabulous homes they have created and share their knowledge and experiences.

Check out your location on their website to see where to visit. Learn about how to reduce energy and water use. See properties built of hemp or earth. Be inspired, get ideas, appreciate and find the keys to sustainable living.

We are creating new norms for business and have been for over 20 years now. So join us Friday September 20 for the Strike and then take actions every week to address climate change emergency.
The phrase ‘business as usual’ gets thrown around a lot in corporate settings.

But there is nothing ‘usual’ about climate change and the alarming rate at which we are and have been damaging our planet. And it is certainly not business as usual for Australia’s students and young people to be asking adults to participate in action against climate change.

So for the Global Climate Strike this September 20th, Eco Real Estate won’t be doing business as usual. Instead, we are closing our offices, paying all our staff, and encouraging all to attend the action in their town or city.

What is the Global Climate Strike?
Over the past year, millions of young people participated in school climate strikes to send a clear message that the climate crisis needs immediate attention.

This Friday September 20, those same school students are calling on adults to join them on the streets to demand an end to the age of fossil fuels. Millions of adults will walk out of their workplaces and homes to support solutions to the most important crisis facing our world.

Find out more at: https://globalclimatestrike.net

Why we support and are ourselves hitting the streets for climate
Our climate is too important for our families and our workplaces to ignore. And we know that the number one reason that people won’t strike is because of work.

You should not have to choose between a payday and the planet. All of us benefit from living in a healthy, stable climate. It’s what has allowed us to build inspiring businesses in the first place.

So, my message to everyone at Eco Real Estate and all my fellow business leaders is: take action now, both yourself and to support others.

Are other businesses are getting involved?
The reality is that while it’s not up to the private sector to lead climate action, we can do our part in this unique moment. Every business in Australia can do something.

A number of Australian businesses are making a pledge to their employees that they will support their participation in the climate strike, through different means. So, you can close for the day, you can use your special leave arrangements to join the strike, or you can hold a “no meetings” day” so that at least everyone can organise their schedule to join the #Climatestrike in some way.

Why is it an emergency? Just this week we have learned that each person on the planet consumes the equivalent of a business card amount of microplastics – every year. So, imagine how much every breathing creature is consuming!

The reality is that once scientists developed plastics they should have only ever had very, very limited use. Instead we have polluted our planet with these virtually indestructible but very destructive substances now polluting our soils, our oceans, and all living creatures.

We have created alternative sources of power to coal but still our governments refuse to implement serious climate emergency actions for our people and businesses to implement.

How many young people do you know who have died of bowel cancer at 32; who have serious reproductive problems (both men and women); who have endless rounds of antibiotics year in year out for infections (and often only viruses).

Celebrating Community Action – Landcare Week
Sept 1-8 2019

This week we are celebrating Landcare as one of our best national oganisations of the last 30
years, when farmers and conservationists came together to help protect the landscape for
future generations.

Now with over 6,000 groups and hundreds of thousands of volunteers across rural and urban
Australia, they play an important role in enhancing sustainable farming and conservation
activities, all within building local community.

There are many ways you can become involved as a local community or as a landholder.
What improves farming outcomes, values of assets and healthier lifestyles, also protects our
environment.

Plant native trees, shrubs and grasses to create habitat for native animals to improve
biodiversity and excellent windbreaks. Restoring native habitat also assists threatened species
like the koala, platypus and native birds, from the impact of urban development and climate
change. Care for the soils helps prevent salinity and erosion as well as increases biodiversity.
Your local community can be involved in planting days, weed and rubbish removal, installing
bird nesting boxes.

Manage invasive pests like feral pigs, foxes, deer and other animals that destroy the
landscape and kill native animals

Use energy and water-usage efficiencies, such as farming effluent recycling, sediment control
and solar panel installation.

Innovative farmers are now consulting with traditional owners about local land management
and decision making- see Bruce Pascoe’s work on aboriginal agriculture that has increased
Australia’s awareness of the original landcarers work managing our resources.

See more activities here and how to find your local group
https://landcareaustralia.org.au/landcareweek2019/

So many things can be done at home to reduce plastic. The joy (and ease) of making your own yoghurt. No more plastic containers every week. Just one nice permanent glass jar.

Our worm farm is a delight – we love our little creatures and what they take as waste and turn in to magnificent juice and castings for our garden cannot be underestimated. The reduction of waste to landfill and plastic bags for waste is such a bonus too.

How easy is it to buy fruit and vegetables and place them in a bag immediately. Not a plastic bag, a permanent bag that can go straight in the fridge if you need to.

So many people think their takeaway coffee cup is paper and recyclable. Not so. How easy though is it to have a keep cup and use it on all your travels and in the workplace.

We have no problems making changes. It is all about habit and behaviour. When we think how much landfill we save, how much waste in to our oceans and rivers, how good is that.

July can be a month of commitment to making changes. The plastic free july website has lots of other ideas so check it out.

Check out loans the Farm Business Concessional Loans Scheme for eligible farm businesses for Drought Assistance from the Department of Agriculture & Water Resources (Qld, NSW, Tas NT, SA), Business Improvement (Qld, NSW, Vic, Tas, NT, SA) , Dairy Recovery (NSW, Vic, Tas, SA).