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From: Inquiry into Tackling Climate Change in Victorian Communities
Sent: Tuesday, 16 July 2019 2:14 PMTo: ClimateChangeInquirySubject: New Submission to Inquiry into Tackling Climate Change in Victorian Communities
Inquiry Name: Inquiry into Tackling Climate Change in Victorian Communities
Ms Suzanne Stojanovic
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The Victorian State Government can support the sequestering of carbon by acting on the recommendations of the Pachamama Alliance (pachamama.org) and Project Drawdown Australia. The Victorian Government is already involved in the Back to Earth initiative, which is brilliant. Can we also look at plantation timbers replacing logging of native forests, and banning of logging of native forests for anything other than fire safety. In addition, the government should look at planting trees on barren land - or providing the seedlings to volunteer working committees to plant on allocated land. The government can ensure that they work on a public transport system that is easy to use wherever you are in Melbourne. In addition, a high speed rail connecting our rural hubs with each other and Melbourne could be a game changer on many levels. Having a thoroughly connected bike network to encourage people to ditch the car and cycle will pay off not only in terms of carbon not put into the atmosphere by in terms of money saved on fixing public physical and mental health. The government can look at how they can foster a local recycling industry and a local manufacturing industry that makes use of these recycled materials. The government could do something to supplement the retrofitting of grey water supply to toilet cisterns and water tanks to clothes washing machines. Pumping and cleaning water requires energy. Really the only clean water that we need pumped is that which we drink or cook with. Encouraging telepresence for more work situations would allow for more flexible and family friendly workplaces, and most importantly reduce carbon emissions from the daily commute to work. And of course alternative forms of energy production - waste to power, on and off-shore wind, solar, methane from landfill, district heating from waste energy by-product of industry, wave and tidal, among others. Thank you for considering my submission. I look forward to reading about the results of your inquiry.
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