Cultural Heritage
February 9, 2007
A PWF workshop: Melbourne, 11am Sunday 18 in the ‘Feel’ tent The Sustainable Living Festival is a three-day event held in the heart of the city at Fed. Square. People interested in ‘rethinking the way we live’ gather to celebrate […]
February 6, 2007
GetUp wants to demand a positive agenda to tackle the ‘real issues’ climate change & sustainable economic prosperity a fair go for all integrity in our relationships with other nations the guts to face our most pressing problems at home […]
January 31, 2007
Economists & environmentalists to talk at a free ‘Future Leaders’ event A reader has emailed us about forum, so we’re passing it on…sounds as though it could be really stimulating and informative and the group behind it, Future Leaders, is […]
January 28, 2007
“The people said ‘no’ and the council ignored them. If the council doesn’t represent the people, just who does it represent? – Mudgee Business Association (MBA) NSW. “It’s the people and their attitudes that make a town successful”– Ian Plowman […]
January 11, 2007
Have you heard of BALLE? The Business Alliance for Local Living Communities is an international NonProfit that promotes the ‘triple bottom line’ concept that local businesses can simultaneously be profitable and foster social and environmental consciousness. It is catalysing grassroots […]
January 9, 2007
Profit vs culture? Barkindji people graduate with land management skills In far western NSW, 60km north of Broken Hill, Barkindji people operate Poolamacca Station through the Wilyakali Aboriginal Corporation. This NSW ‘corner’ country property is popular with 4WD treks and […]
January 5, 2007
“Given humanity’s seemingly limited capacity to act rationally….hope tends to peak at the start of every new year when we briefly believe that the personal and societal mistakes of the past year needn’t be repeated.” Playwright David Williamson writing in […]
December 27, 2006
“Never doubt that a small band of committed people can change the world. Indeed, nothing else ever has.” — Margaret Mead “There is nothing so powerful as an idea whose time has come.” — Victor Hugo A reader has passed […]
December 21, 2006
Vietnamese children’s festival leads to ‘Multicultural Leaders in Sustainability’ (MLS) Program Anyone aged 18-25 from migrant or refugee backgrounds can apply for MLS which will teach skills and knowledge to help educate communities about environmental sustainability issues. 12 – 16 […]
December 19, 2006
So we’re not ALL ducking of overseas! What’s the NT doing right? According to a Tourism Research Australia (TRA) survey there has been a 15.8% increase “(ie) 46,000 people, which means over 337,000 interstate holiday visitors came to the Territory […]
December 13, 2006
Maleny is standing up to Woolies – E-Aus encourages communities to follow suit Jeanette and 11 year old daughter Zoe live in Upwey, in outer Melbourne’s Dandenong Ranges. She loves the sound of animals around at night, possums thumping across […]
December 11, 2006
The times they are a-changin’ in some remote communities? The 500,000th member of the Aboriginal population was born this year and for the first time, Indigenous Australian numbers are back to the level they were at when the First Fleet […]