Green Card Environmental Training

Course Overview

Public pressure for action on climate change, combined with the global financial crisis has meant the need for saving resources both at home and through business has greatly increased.

The Green Card Office (Australia) course is suitable for anyone wishing to obtain a broad understanding of environmental issues in Australia and a set of skills to enable them to facilitate change in their workplace or community.

Course Outline

Module 1: State of the Environment

Course includes:
	What's happening in Australia		Australia's response (including legislation)
	How Australia compares with the rest of the world		The international response
	What will happen in Australia over varying temperature changes		The Garnaut Review
	Vulnerabilities and Regions		Join the Debate

Module 2: Energy Efficiency

Course includes:
	Tackling Energy		Renewable Energy
	7 steps of an energy monitoring program		Reporting back to staff
	NABERS energy rating scheme for offices		Practical Actions: Heating and Cooling, Green purchasing
	Excercise 1: Office walkthrough and action plan		Lighting, IT Equipment

Module 3: Office Sustainability

Course includes:
	Green Purchasing: Waste reduction principles		Office Fly Through: Office
	Green Purchasing: Cost Compare and Actions		Office Fly Through: Warehouse and Factory
	Transportation: Organisational and Green Travel		Leading Change: Company buy in
	Transportation: Case Study		Leading Change: Communication, Case Study

Module 4: Carbon Footprinting

Course includes:
	Ecological footprints		Tracking emissions over time
	Carbon footprints		Typical sources and Case Study
	The Greenhouse Gas Protocol		Recording Data
	Setting boundaries: Organisational and Operational		Sample carbon footprint calculation (Step by step)