Kate Hennessy : Freelance Writer

Ancient jungles host rare animals, headhunting remnants and grassroots conservation programs on tropical Tetepare Island, a true lost world of the South Pacific.

‘Fortune Forest’ reads the side of a logging ship hulking just off the coast of Rendova Island. Heavy machinery sprouts from its hull and dwarfs the diminutive boat that passes by carrying visitors – soaked in warm sea spray – to neighbouring Tetepare Island. Both islands are in the Western Province of the Solomon Islands, a Melanesian archipelago five degrees south of the equator.

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Remember all that ‘Y2K bug’ hysteria? Predictions of social collapse; survivalists stockpiling tinned food and water? We may laugh now, but-the fear of worldwide calamity on New Year’s Eve 1999 was real. Founded on a deep- seated concern that we were too reliant on technology, now, 10 years later, we’re even more hooked.

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It’s the right thing to do for the planet, your children and your community. In some cases, going green can also result in some tidy cost savings as you improve the efficiency of your business operations day-to-day.

But what benefits does going green deliver to your customers? In among all those fantastic “business opportunities” green pundits talk about, what can you pass on to your customers that they’ll be happy with – and even possibly pay more for? Kate Hennessy takes a magnifying glass to some innovative Australian small businesses that have changed their operations to benefit their customers, as well as make greener profits.

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Think you know everything about your business?  Think again. The process of
measuring the carbon footprint of your business is the necessary first step in reducing your carbon impact. Unless you know where you’re bleeding, you won’t know where to stop the flow.

Conveniently, carbon reductions also lead to cost reductions. Sometimes, a series of small, early adjustments can save you money immediately, while other times cost savings may take longer to surface, especially if you need to invest in
environmentally friendly equipment. Either way, the cost of undertaking a carbon audit can pay itself back. So what are you waiting for?

You can read the rest of the article at Nett Magazine, here.

Over lunch with Coldplay, your old mate Brian Eno suggests you wing it to Australia, hop up on stage at the Opera house and pow-wow about your job for three hours. Sounds pretty awesome until you realise James Thornton’s job, CEO of legal charity Client Earth, got him listed in January as one of the Top Ten people who might change the world (for the better). Alongside Barack Obama. The pressure, no?

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