Good Guys
We’re keen… we’re GREEN… we’re a socially responsible powered machine
and we work tirelessly to do good in the community. Read on to find out
just how good we are!
I want to ride my bicycle I want to ride my bike!
by Philip Wells on October 29, 2012
At the Adelaide Convention Centre we love getting together to be involved in community events especially those that are environmentally sustainable, support local charities and promote health and wellbeing. Ride 2 Work day and Amy’s Ride tick all of these boxes. Ride 2 Work day is Australia’s largest bike riding event and we took it on again on Wednesday October 17 th . Seventeen ACC riders (including myself) registered for the event and under clear blue skies we enjoyed riding to work and sharing the bike lanes with regular commuters. A couple of newbi...
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Recycling record for the centre and the state
by The Centre on August 08, 2012
Take a second to think about how much better our Earth would be if we took 300,000 cars off the road or planted 2 million trees... it’s a beautiful thought isn’t it. Well guess what? South Australians have set a new record for recycling, diverting the environmental equivalent of all of those cars or trees. Yep... in the last financial year the state managed to div...
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Helping the planet 500 trees at a time
by The Centre on July 25, 2012
Saturday July 14 a group of staff and their family joined their green thumbs to tackle the war on carbon… one tree at a time! From 8 different departments, 15 staff and 9 loving family members volunteered their time during a cold and rainy morning and planted an impressive 500 trees at Mount Effie (near Mount Compass). Trees for Life (TFL) team members Sam, Rudo...
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We all have a story to tell
by Philip Wells on Thursday, March 08, 2012
I’m one of the many ‘green crusaders’ at the ACC and we just love sharing what we do with anyone who’ll listen (or read in your case). A couple of weeks ago UniSA asked us to...
Consistently seeking silver
by The Centre on Monday, November 28, 2011
We’ve blogged before about our sustainability program – and bragged a little about the awards we’ve won and the satisfaction they’ve given us. Well, the latest bit of ne...
Ho! Ho! (puff, puff) Ho!
by The Centre on Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Just got back from the Variety HQ at Keswick with a carload of Father Christmas suits. For the first time, there’s 27 of us from the Centre entering the Santa Fun Run on Sunday 27 Nove...
Zero waste? Prove it!
by Alex Tietgen on Friday, September 23, 2011
Last time I blogged I told you how determined I – and the Centre – was to reduce the waste generated from exhibitions, primarily by people who use our venue. I had to start somewhere an...
'Waste not want not' - Exhibition Recycling
by Alex Tietgen on Tuesday, September 20, 2011
About twelve months ago I saw a doco about plastic – a whole hour-long program on the origins of plastic and the detrimental effects it’s had on our environment ever since it was mass p...
We've Got Worms - part 2
by Mark the Gardener on Wednesday, August 03, 2011
The only problem with feeding worms is that you have to shred their food up pretty small so they can eat it. A bit like you would for little kids really – except that the worms don't buck at v...