AI's environmental cost is well documented, but a new movement called Green AI is emerging to change that, cutting energy use while tackling biodiversity loss and climate resilience. The piece looks at what this shift means for companies and investors.
Working With Children Checks (WWCCs) in NSW and Working with Vulnerable People (WWVP) registrations in the ACT often attract a surprising number of myths. From concerns about privacy to assumptions that they're expensive or unnecessary, let's separate fact from fiction.
The Uniting Aboriginal and Islander Christian Congress (UAICC) in NSW/ACT is pleased to announce that we have a new website and a new electronic membership application form, allowing people to apply for membership online.
Devin North, Head of Risk, Audit, and WHS at Synod reflects on what years of working across the Uniting Church's governance structures have taught him: that good governance isn't measured by technical correctness, but by a simpler test - does it actually help the people who have to live with it?
Three years ago, a minister at Kippax Uniting Church left a basket of wool and knitting needles out during worship, inviting anyone to pick it up. Since then, that quiet gesture has grown into a steady stream of handmade blankets, teddies and angels, offering warmth and welcome to people sleeping rough, escaping violence, and rebuilding their lives after arriving as refugees.
A Reference Group comprising Lay Leaders and ordained ministers from rural, metropolitan, and CALD communities has been formed to develop a survey to identify the specific needs of our rural, regional, remote, CALD, and UAICC communities.