Climate change is one of the biggest challenges of our time. A recent study has found telecommunications could help reduce Australia's carbon emissions by almost 5 per cent per year, or around 27 million carbon tonnes, by 2015(1).
Telstra has launched a new sitelet that allows people to calculate how much carbon they could save by simply using telecommunications like video conferencing, rather than flying or driving to meetings.
Chloe Munro talks with nowwearetalking's Chief Editor Jeremy Mitchell about the new 'Smarter, greener, together' sitelet on nowwearetalking.
The sitelet also highlights seven opportunities for telecommunications to reduce carbon emission, some that are for the future, and others that people can make use of now. For example, information on video conferencing, how to make a video call, and recycling your mobile phone.
The sitelet is hosted on Telstra's nowwearetalking website, allowing visitors to openly discuss, debate and contribute to this vital issue.
Telstra's new Smarter, greener, together sitelet helps build awareness about how telecommunications can help Australia tackle climate change.
NEW! Find out how to be Smarter, greener, together
Want to know how much carbon you could save by video conferencing, rather than flying to a meeting? Visit our new Smarter, greener, together sitelet to find out about how telecommunications can help Australia tackle climate change. Find out about what you can do today, and what's coming in the future.
1. Based on the Telstra commissioned report, Towards a High-Bandwidth, Low-Carbon Future: Telecommunications-based Opportunities to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions (published October 2007) prepared by climate change experts, Climate Risk Pty Ltd. The Report was peer-reviewed by independent experts WWF Australia's Chief Executive Officer, Greg Bourne, and leading Australian energy and environmental authority, Dr Hugh Saddler. A copy of the report can be downloaded from the Telstra (www.telstra.com.au) website.