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Collaboration drives collective impact

The change we need will to tackle our trickiest problems will be led and delivered by people.

War on Waste team seeking cast for new doco

The team behind the War on Waste is working on a new ABC documentary that will focus on Australia's role in climate change.

Stepping up the war on waste

When China stopped taking most of our recyclable plastics and paper in January, Australians were presented with a new inconvenient truth. We are not always in fact recycling our commecial waste. We are collecting it. But hidden in this mountain of waste is a massive opportunity. We have a number of new resources to help your organisation to address waste.

Global-sized savings in energy efficiency

A Sydney office taking part in the CitySwitch Green Office program has saved the same amount of emissions that a medium-sized family car would produce travelling around the world three and half times.

CitySwitch signatories celebrate record achievements

Signatories reported a record 840 energy efficiency projects last year. Combined, these initiatives delivered a saving of $14.4 million and reductions of over 85,000 tonnes of carbon emissions and 75 GWh energy.

Find out more about the program's collective achievements in the newly released 2014 CitySwitch National Progress Report.

CitySwitch heroes celebrated at the Sustainable Living Festival in...

Five CitySwitch signatories are being celebrated for their environmental leadership and excellence, with 15 large scale posters on trees across the city centre.

CitySwitch National Award winners announced

CBRE was awarded National Signatory of the Year and New Signatory of the Year was awarded to Echo Entertainment Group. A collaboration between City of Greater Geelong - Future Proofing Geelong, Ryrie Centre Property and the 12 companies occupying 235 & 237 Ryrie Street, Geelong was awarded CitySwitch Partnership of the Year in recognition of their development of the first two CitySwitch vertical communities in regional Victoria.

CitySwitch NSW & ACT Award winners announced

Congratulations to all the NSW & ACT state award winners announced at the awards night at the Mint in Sydney.

CitySwitch Green Office awards now open

Businesses are being encouraged to enter the CitySwitch Green Office national awards, which recognise sustainability leadership and carbon pollution savings.

The Awards are open to existing CitySwitch signatories in the Signatory and Partnership of the Year categories and new signatories signing up to the program before the cut-off date on 15 October will be in the running for the New Signatory of the Year award.

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Positive Power posters

Download the Power Positive posters for your office and help to switch to GreenPower.

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