July
July 14, 2008
Nick Ray from the Ethical Consumer Group invites Melburnians – and out-of-towners, if you’re around – to join this month’s ‘Meet And Movie’ at Yarraville (Shaun and Neesh’s place), Thursday 17 July. The group meets for a ‘BYO dinner and […]
July 10, 2008
FYI, eco-aware shoppers! The Biological Farmers Association’s (BFA) soil scientist Owen Gwilliam says problems associated with desertification, over-cultivation and soil degradation are less likely to grow under organic systems, new reasons to buy organic. International Recognition For Australian Farmers Several […]
July 9, 2008
Jenny Millar, from Melbourne’s Diamond Valley LETS – Local Energy Transfer System – has written to say she’s glad they were able to help Maureen when she broke her leg. Jenny gives us an explanation of the LETS system – […]
July 8, 2008
The conversation we have to have has certainly kicked off. Listening to the passion and divergent opinions on an ‘extreme future’ you have to wonder if we’ll ever agree, especially given “Australia emits less than 1.5% of global greenhouse gases, […]
July 7, 2008
12 months ago we wrote about former high school teacher, Nick Savaidis, who started Etiko Sports to provide an alternative to sweatshop made products. Back then Nick said: “On the one hand I’m trying to do the right thing, but […]
July 3, 2008
We see Sydney’s 2008 Good Food & Wine Show recycled more than 80% of waste produced and attracted more than 50,000 visitors over the June 20-22 weekend – almost double the recorded numbers for 2007. UK chef Gordon Ramsay was […]
July 2, 2008
July’s free Fuel Cell Technology Update announces a Fuel Cell blog, at www.fuelcellinsider.org and passes on the latest on progress in this field. What Is A Fuel Cell? A fuel cell is an electrochemical device that combines hydrogen and oxygen […]
July 1, 2008
How? Check out this US film clip sent to PWF this week…amazing stuff to a non-scientific mind. Coincidentally this weekend’s Australian newspaper published a section on Sustainable Investment (29-30 June 2008) reporting: “An Australian Company may be the first in […]
July 1, 2008
Barb Gabogrecan of Micro Biz Navigator and Home Based Business Australia is also President of MCEI and she’s offering PWF readers Early Bird Prices for the inaugural MCEI (Marketing Communication Executives International Association) Mini Expo and Conference where 12 experts […]