Collaboration …or not
February 22, 2009
Soumitri Varadarajan, from RMIT’s School of Architecture and Design, writes a blog Faint Voice. He is posting ideas from many people – designers and architects – about bunkers, shipping containers etc as fire protection. Some of the architects have offered […]
February 21, 2009
I find living in Melbourne’s urban fringe with the knowledge that the fires are still there and that the wind could rise at any moment is taking its toll, and it seems many people, no matter where they live, are […]
February 21, 2009
A free online Carbon Calculator is now available – developed by the Sustainable Tourism Cooperative Research Centre (STCRC). A recent study from Roy Morgan Research showed that while 62% of Australian holidaymakers are interested in participating in a carbon emission […]
February 21, 2009
Is Your Tourist Guide Qualified, asks GOA (Guiding Organisations Australia)? Today, International Tourist Guide Day, 21st February 2009, the World Federation of Tourist Guides Associations (WFTGA) is launching a campaign to encourage tourists around the world to question whether their […]
February 21, 2009
There is a huge amount of effort going on in communities and businesses everywhere to support those fighting the bushfires and those impacted by the fires. PWF has received a message from Jane at the Serendipity Lavender Farm about her […]
February 19, 2009
We hear from Peter Botsman of the Indigenous Stock Exchange (ISX) that Tahlia Burchill, a young Aboriginal girl from Mossman, may have succeeded in drawing Oprah Winfrey to Far North Queensland. Tahlia has worked at the Daintree Eco Lodge & […]
February 18, 2009
Hugh Nicholls, City of Sydney’s Cultural Development Officer, wants to let people know about their Accommodation Grants Program that offers subsidised use of City properties to not for profits and community organisations. 3 New Properties Available 1. Waterloo Library Offices […]
February 17, 2009
A new study of 12,500 Australian holiday-makers shows over half of us use online posts/reviews when choosing a destination or accommodation. The Sustainable Tourism Cooperative Research Centre (STRC) study lists the top four sites used by survey respondents: Trip Advisor […]
February 14, 2009
In 2008 Connecting Up Australia (CUA) commissioned Digital Business Insights to conduct and analyse a survey to benchmark the technology capacity of Australia’s nonprofits. Over 930 organisations of all types and sizes responded from all round Australia and the results […]
February 14, 2009
Our Community has packaged up in one place all the various ways people can help out and give to people affected by the Victorian bushfires through their Giving Centre – which is supported by their alliance partner Westpac Bank. This […]
February 14, 2009
A Hurstbridge Wildlife Fund has been set up by Drs Adam Russell and Chris Andrews, vets at Hurstbridge on the fringe of the fires. Adam’s email was passed on to me. He says: “A few people have asked how they […]
February 14, 2009
Lyn Beinat, CEO of ecoMaster, has contacted us to say several PWF readers have been in touch about the Green Loans Home Sustainability Assessor training and she asks us to update the info for greater clarity. Lyn says: “As the […]