Green developers say $100,000 award will help them build a village

The group behind a series of "deep green" inner-city apartment projects – which attempt to cut profit-driven developers out of the construction process to reduce housing costs – has won a $100,000 state government award to push ahead with their latest project.

Architects Fairley Batch (left) and Rachel Nolan on the
 site of what will become Nightingale Village.

Nightingale Housing will on Thursday be given the first grant from the Andrews government's $1 million "Social Impact Investment" sustainability fund.

The not-for-profit organisation was established to share knowledge and support architects, who often invest in the projects. Profits are capped at 15 percent - far less than is normal in the Australian development sector.

Read the story in today’s Age by Clay Lucas - “Green developers say $100,000 award will help them build a village.”

Progress depends upon de-legitimizing fossil fuel bodies

Little progress will be made on de-carbonizing society until the constituent parts of the fossil fuel industry are de-legitimized.

An example of our inability to see beyond the obvious is the giving of a “Climate Leadership Award” to the company behind the construction of pipeline integral to the worsening of the world’s carbon dioxide emissions.

The Huffington Post reports about this dilemma in a story headed: “Keystone XL Oil Pipeline Owner Wins Climate Leadership Award”.

It reports: “The company that wants to build the Keystone XL pipeline was recognized this week for leadership on climate change -– to the shock of environmental activists.”