As Australia's Parliament gets set to legislate a price on carbon, a forum of leading experts will ask whether the carbon tax is good policy or not.

Sustainable Living Expo (SLEX) 2011 invites all interested organisations and businesses to express their interest in having a site at this years' SLEX event, to be held 21-23 October 2011 at the Armidale Creeklands.

Find out what impact climate change has on new and existing buildings and learn how to propose design solutions to meet zero carbon building objectives.

In spite of the increasing policy importance of both climate change and energy security, there has been little rigorous analysis on how these twin challenges interact.

There will be three unique views on carbon pricing from three diverse energy and climate experts. Is your business prepared? A price on carbon is hot news at the moment, but what are the implications for Queensland business and the Australian economy? What should a carbon tax look like? Who are the winners and losers? How do you manage a carbon constrained environment? How can business decisions be made going forward?

As Australia searches for renewable energy sources and alternatives to emission-intensive energy production, there is an ever-growing opportunity for bioenergy.

Bioenergy is affordable, clean and renewable energy derived in most cases from material considered to be waste, often the by-product of agricultural and forestry activity.

Recent years have seen rapid growth in tree planting for carbon sequestration in Australia to service carbon markets.

The Australian Government's proposed Carbon Farming Initiative, as well as ongoing promises of a forthcoming government-mandated carbon market, will likely expand the potential market for this activity.