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Kick the Carbon week

 

Something strange is going on around 774.

During 774 ABC Melbourne's Kick the Carbon week, 774 presenters were in a race to see Who's the Greenest of Them All! The final audit has been conducted and the winner is… Lindy Burns! Queenest Greenest Lindy and team have taken the green crown with auditor Roger Kluske from Sustainability Victoria declaring Team Lindy 95 percent green. Click on images below to see how the rest of the presenters ended up. What a week it has been! Be sure to take a look at our green page to see how competitive and mischievous our presenters became! Also have a look to see what else you can do to help Kick the Carbon.


See how they went


Click on each image to see final results on how green each presenter has been

 


 

Kick the Carbon features

 

And who is the greenest of them all? We have an answer!
With Kick the Carbon week coming to a close on 774 ABC it is time to discover which of our talented presenters can honestly declare they're officially the greenest of them all.   [ more ]

Derek Guille talks to Marcus Ward about building and designing energy efficient houses
Continuing the evening show's week of bringing you interesting green related experts, green architect Marcus Ward was Derek Guille's guest on Wednesday night to talk about building and designing energy efficient houses.   [ more ]

Derek speaks to the owner of a permaculture property
For the last of our green related experts on Derek Guille's evening show, we invited Bruce Hedge into the studio to talk about running the world's longest established permaculture property.   [ more ]

Your green vote decided
Who is the greenest of the 774 presenters?   [ more ]

Stubbs team on it
Team Stubbs says they can take the 774 Kick the Carbon crown.   [ more ]

Thanks Jon
Does Derek Guille know something about Jon Faine's low Kick the Carbon audits?   [ more ]

The Jon Faine office plant
Will Jon Faine do anything to be the Greenest Of Them All?   [ more ]

Tonya shows how its done
While others have rolled out the astroturf, power pedalled their own programs and covered their desks with 100 plants, on Thursday Tonya Roberts and Helen Razer raised the bar, and then some as the battle for greenest presenter entered its final hour.   [ more ]

Doug Falconer talks to Derek Guille about his green friendly abode
Continuing the Evening show's theme this week of making things greener around the house, Doug Falconer popped in on Tuesday night to talk to Derek Guille about water.   [ more ]

Red Symons has a moment of fiery Faine related fury
Perhaps Red Symons has taken his status as the punters' favourite to win the Who's The Greenest Of Them All competition to heart, because he's suddenly begun lecturing the other presenters about being green savvy - and he hasn't been afraid to voice his disgust if he believes any of his coworkers have neglected to do the right thing by the planet.   [ more ]

Shock revelations - the truth about Tonya Roberts
Saturday morning presenter Tonya Roberts has been a shining example of all things good during 774 ABC Melbourne's Kick the Carbon week, with her socially and environmentally responsible ways impressing the auditor from Sustainability Victoria and pushing her to the front of the pack in the Who's The Greenest Of Them All competition.   [ more ]

Earth Garden Magazine and their solar powered office
Alan Gray is the editor of Earth Garden Magazine.   [ more ]

Tips to carbon kick
Environmental campaigner Tanya Ha shares a few tips to kick carbon.   [ more ]

Carbon correspondent updates
Can't get enough of Lima Green?   [ more ]

Pod green audit for the cafe
Every wondered what you can do at your café to kick the carbon?   [ more ]

Pod green audit for the school
Ever wondered what you can do at school to kick the carbon?   [ more ]

Red Symons takes the concept of going green to a visual place
Red Symons has a history of donning thematic outfits whenever the mood strikes him, so it's no surprise he's taken the idea of "going green" to an aesthetic level.   [ more ]

Who is Lima Green?
Reporter Lima Green has tongues wagging and local radio positively a-buzzing after she was recruited by ABC management to work as a carbon correspondent on 774 ABC Melbourne during Kick the Carbon week.   [ more ]

Breakfast borrows the famous Spicks and Specks bicycle
The launch of our Kick the Carbon celebration saw Red Symons and Hilary Harper borrowing the famous bicycle-powered record player from the Spicks and Specks gang.   [ more ]

Pod green audit for the home
Ever wondered what you can do at home or at school to kick the carbon?   [ more ]

Red Symons' new Poll-O-Meter unafraid to ask the big question
Never the types to shy away from tackling the "big issues" head on, 774 ABC Melbourne's Red Symons and the rest of the Breakfast team have decided to put their infamous Poll-O-Meter to environmental related use.   [ more ]

Richard Stubbs and the 10 Hot Questions
During Kick the Carbon week, Afternoons presenter Richard Stubbs will be cornering his guests in the studio and asking them 10 Hot Questions about what exactly they're doing in order to do their part for the planet.   [ more ]

Stubbs cleans his desk
It's been six months, are you game to see Richard Stubbs's desk before the clean up?   [ more ]

Top tips for kicking carbon in your workplace
There are many ways you can help kick the carbon in your office environment, something which'll not only help out the environment but also save your business money! Give the following suggestions a go and do your bit for the planet.   [ more ]

True green
Simple things you can do to save the planet, Tonya Roberts shares some green tips.   [ more ]

Vive le green
Before starting Kick the Carbon week, we had Roger from Sustainability Victoria come into 774 ABC Melbourne's headquarters to audit the workspaces and lives of our presenters, giving points for examples of carbon conscious behavior and pitting our talented announcers against each other so at the end of Kick the Carbon week, we will know for sure who in fact is the greenest of them all.   [ more ]

 

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