Carbon Footprints

Video extracted and used with permission from IAG Insurance
Carbon Planet worked with IAG Insurance to audit the carbon emissions associated with typical accident repair centre, in this case the Bayside and Whitehorse Accident Repair Centres in Sydney. The video above is extracted from an in-house DVD prepared by IAG’s team to communicate what we [...]

I was lucky enough to meet Louis Fox, head of Free Range Studios at a conference in Korea last year and I am totally hooked on the stuff his studio makes. The Story of Stuff is the latest from the people that brought you The Meatrix and other brilliant, socially aware short films.
What is [...]

Koyanisqatsi is one of the most remarkable films ever made and this particular piece, Vessels, popped up while surfing through YouTube recently. It’s not really a climate change film, or even about climate change, but, watching this clip again, it’s just so damn relevant 25 or so years after it was first released. [...]

Greenpeace International have launched their latest video project, Message In a Bottle.
Want to be part of a Greenpeace action? Help us pass a message around the world! We all need to act, but this December people representing YOU will attend a vital UN climate meeting in Bali, Indonesia. Let’s all let them know that we [...]

Australian broadcaster SBS Television has launched their Change The World in 5 Minutes short film and photo programme.
Changing the world isn’t just about governments and corporations (though they have their own role to play). It’s about the small things you can do at home, and the changes you can make to your lifestyle. Like replacing [...]

Australian activists GetUp are running a campaign to get their latest climate change commercial, shown above, aired during the forthcoming Australian Football League Grand Final being played this coming Saturday.
Carbon Planet has been working with Origin Energy as part of their “Go Green for Footy” programme to audit and offset the greenhouse gas emissions for [...]

Awrad winning filmmaker Cathy Henkel from Hatchling Productions wanted to make sure that her new film, The Burning Season was a properly carbon neutral production. Cathy contacted Carbon Planet to organise a greenhouse gas emissions audit of the film’s production and to seek advice on ways the crew could ensure they minimised the emission [...]

I received an email the other day from Rex Rowley at Haskell Indian Nations University and the University of Kansas who pointed me to the work they have been doing with sea level rise mapping. They have Google Earth streaming data files for sea level rises of 1 to 6 meters. Their original [...]

“Black Balloons” by the Alliance for Climate Protection. Narrated by Tommy Lee Jones.
Bring[s] to life the contribution that each household is making towards climate change and demonstrate some very easy ways to help reduce it while saving money.
This is one of the most imaginative videos I have seen that makes the invisible visible. — [...]

I was interviewed on the Sky News Channel’s Eco Report show. It screened last weekend and I’ve taken the liberty of posting it up to YouTube for your streaming pleasure.
In the interview I discuss emissions audting, the reasons a company chooses to eliminate their greenhouse gas emissions, Carbon Planet’s involvement as an exchange participant [...]