Being a very regular Google user, this news comes as a pleasant surprise. Google has announced it will spend hundreds of millions of dollars to investigate alternative energies like solar, geothermal and wind power.

The incentive is for Google to reduce its own rising energy costs in running its data centres but also to fight climate change. Read the full story on the New York Times.

Apologies for the recent silence but I have been really busy trying to hand in a final assignment for my Masters degree. And, yes, I have finally finished. Yay! After three years, my degree is finally done and dusted. Well, I have still have to graduate but the hard work is over.

Over the past few weeks I have been feeling guilty over my neglect of Greenfoot but a friend recently sent me an article from the Sunday Age reviewing this site.

The article “The laptop greenie” appeared in the paper on 18/11/2007 and covered the things people can do online to be environmentalists. It reviewed a number of sites, including Greenfoot, of which it said: “One of the best Australian eco blogs is Greenfoot, produced by Sydney greenie Trina Tune. While she updates us on her own organic gardening efforts in the mortgage belt, she also links to local events and information sites, and it’s very easy to navigate.”

I have got to say this made my day, and put my guilty feelings at ease a little. Anyway, I aim to be back on board again with more regular posts, and it has reminded me to post some other interviews I did earlier this year.

Last year roughly 80,000 people joined in the Walk Against Warming rallies across Australia.

This Sunday, November 11, the walk is happening again and just before the federal election. The walk aims to show the next Australian government that Australians demand urgent action on climate change.

So get your walking shoes on this Sunday to help push climate change to the top of the political agenda.

Find out where a walk is happening near you.