Welcome to Green Down Under!

It is with great pleasure to welcome you on the Green Down Under site of our Festivals website. As a lifelong Environmentalist, it warms my heart to see that at last many more people and children start to realize that what has happened to our Planet Earth the last 60 years or so, could not continue and that we were on the way destroying all that is beautiful, clean and healthy (air, water, nature, animals becoming extinct etc).

We have now Governments becoming more involved, like our own Australian Government under the leadership of our Prime Minister, John Howard, with his Global initiative on Forests and Climate and the opening of a Fund with a grant of 200 million dollars as start to encourage every and all other nation in the world doing the same and help save the Forests and world from any further Global Warming destruction.... [Welcome Continued]

Cheers,

Brigitte von Bulow, CEO & Chairman
The Australian Festival, USA

Latest Green News:

The following article appeared in newspapers on September 29, 2007 and has strengthened our support for this wonderful airline even more. We adore Air New Zealand and are very proud they are our official airline. When you are planning to visit Down Under, show your support for ANZ and their wonderful initiative and book your flights with them. You shall come to love them as much as we do...

Air NZ jumbo on a biofuel test flight
October  1, 2007
In a world-first experiment, the airline is partnering with Boeing and Rolls-Royce, writes Aviation writer Steve Creedy | September 29, 2007. AIR New Zealand will start ground-breaking aircraft testing of biofuels as early as next year and believes the technology could become commercially viable for airlines sooner than expected... [Full Story]

1000 Hour Day Expedition
September 1, 2007
So here’s the deal – back in July 2005 Chris Bray (then 22 and Australian Geographic Young Adventurer of the Year) and Clark Carter (then 21), plunged deep inside the Arctic Circle to do what no one ever had – travel unsupported across Victoria Island, the world’s ninth largest and largely unexplored island. Their route - from the most Easterly tip of the to the most Westerly – would take them past approximately 1,000km of incredibly varied terrain – everything from mud, rock and grass to frozen coastlines, high plateaus, lake-strewn marshlands and even sheets of ice...[Full Story]

Wildlife Reserve To Be Named After 'Croc Hunter'
July 23, 2007
BRISBANE, Australia - The late “Crocodile Hunter” Steve Irwin, killed in a stingray attack last year, will be honored with a new wildlife reserve in Outback Australia, the government announced Sunday. A 333,585 acre chunk of land near Weipa in the far north of Irwin’s home state of Queensland will be named after the popular television host and managed by his family, Environment Minister Malcolm Turnbull said... [Full Story]

Prime Minister Announces Climate Initiatives
Prime Minister Howard Addresses Melbourne Press Club
July 18, 2007
Today I want to address the issue of climate change in the hope of striking the right balance for Australia. Climate change is a large, complex and serious global challenge that will occupy the world for decades to come... [Full Story]

Australia to Lead the World: 
Global Initiative on Forests and Climate
March 29, 2007
Today the Australian Government launched a Global Initiative on Forests and Climate. This represents a material advance in the global effort to tackle climate change and protect the world's forests.. [Full Story]

The Glass Ceiling - In Depth
February 20, 2007
IT MAY be a bit fat and old-fashioned compared to sleeker, modern alternatives, but how did the humble incandescent light globe earn its reputation as greenhouse enemy number one.. [Full Story]