What have we been doing over recent years?

Sustainability- Our solid long-term background in environmental education in the 1970's and 1980's has provided a strong core of knowledge and experience that led to innovative work in sustainable business development in the 1990's. This has enabled some tried and true testing of tools and resources that now help organisations and communities to develop sustainable practices with confidence. Some new things are also in motion.

Green Street is a 'sustainability social networking' website and associated community engagement process accessible on www.greenstreet.net.au This is working in parallel with the Transition Towns movement to help buld sustainable communities.

Similarly the Cooeee Network www.cooee.org.au has been set up to help connect those who have workable 'sustainability' ideas with those who are prepared to give some guidance to it.

The MyKyoto Project www.mykyoto.org.au helps people to decide on the carbon reducing practices they may like to take on in their household.

Leadership - NACC has designed an Appreciative Action Learning approach to the development of Sustainable Leadership of companies and communities. The approach has been used successfully in a wide cross-section of organisations.

Community engagement and development - NACC was in the forefront of community engagement practices right from the 1970's. These have been sharpened even further in recent years through work with the Red Cross, Learning Network Australia, all three tiers of government, schools, communities and regional agencies.

Examples of recent work - covering the three areas of sustainability, leadership and community include working with:

Micah Projects, one of Australia's most highly regarded social justice organisations, facilitating a Sustainable Leadership Program and a sustainable enterprise program
Thirty-four businesses in West End and Blackall -Tambo as part of the Sustainable Business Clusters, helping to reduce carbon emissions and business costs
Developing an Environmental Management System with LANDS, a progressive community business working in the social justice arena. Includes also the facilitation of a Sustainable Leadership Program.
Developing sustainability policy and site practices with the Creche and Kindergarten Association of Queensland.
Facilitating a TechClinic on Cool Solutions for DEEDI in Queensland, helping western Queensland iconic tourist facilities to become more sustainable.
Connecting Kilcoy Community project in Kilcoy focussing on a community engagement process to develop sustainable futures from the community up
Delivering a paper at the International Conference on Sustainability in Germany in October 2010
Outback Gondwana Foundation, developing a marketing plan for an exciting new Outback dinosaur project
Kilcoy-Somerset Green Streets project, engaging scvhools and the community in 'having a go at being sustainable'
Designing and facilitating the 'Sustainable cities' workshop strand at the recent National Water Conference conducted by the Australian Water Association and the Water Services Association of Australia
Presenting at the Better Boards Conference and Australian Booksellers Association Conference in July 2010

Part of a Sustainability Award!

NACC Sustainability is proud to be associated with the winning of the Premiers Sustainability Award - Community Award. Our Green Street website and program as delivered voluntarily in Samford was the nominate project for the Award which was presented to the Pine Rivers Climate Action Network. Many thanks to Caboodle Web design for their work and creativity with www.greenstreet.net.au Nice recognition all round!

Not-for-profit activity

We are currently working on the following activities on a voluntary basis:

Samford Green Streets and Samford Green Streets School Challenge projects to engage the community in 'having a go at being sustainable'.
Developing a Samford green Street Business Precinct in conjunction with the Samford Chamber of Commerce
Cooee Network - Initiating a not-for-profit network to help get great and small ideas off the ground. www.cooee.net.au

Work in past few years

Climate Smart Business Clusters - NACC facilitated business clusters in Samford, Paddington and Longreach with 55 businesses working on being more eco-efficient and more sustainable generally.
Priority Building, DCQ and UCI - facilitating sustainable business development strategies that cover eco-efficiency, sustainable leadership and triple bottom line sustainability
Australia Post - facilitating an in-depth leadership program with young managers from National Office and three States
Department of Education Science and Training - managing two national Networking to Learn projects across most Australian states and Territories focusing on building professional learning communities
Australian Red Cross - Building on the natural facilitation skills of selected Horn of Africa refugees in Brisbane and the development of parenting support capabilities within the Eritrean, Somali, Sudanese and Ethiopian refugee community
Boeing Australia - Designing and facilitating a Future Leaders program.