Environment
September 24, 2010
Following are four tweeted ways to enliven your ‘green marketing” – thank you Kelly Spors. Greenwashing As you probably know this is when companies claim they’re good environmental stewards but are not really very much that way at all. This […]
September 21, 2010
Sugata Mitra is an Indian education researcher. His ‘Hole in the Wall’ experiments have shown that, if motivated by curiosity and peer interest, children can teach themselves and each other without formal supervision. He says in every country there are […]
September 18, 2010
Chris Ross from the NSW south coast saw the need for a self sustaining funding process to develop youth programs while working for the Bega Valley Council. He had a brainwave, put up his own money, and set up a […]
September 6, 2010
We hear through Monique Decortis’ excellent Vic Climate Action Calendar that the Alternative Technology Association is looking for help with managing visitors to homes on Sustainable House Day Sunday 12 September 2010 10am-4pm. Help give out info and have fun […]
September 6, 2010
Caroline Smith tries to live a green lifestyle and enjoys the challenge of recycling secondhand items to give them a new lease on life. Here, as a PWF guest writer, Caroline explains ‘freecycling’. _________________________ WHY FREE-CYCLING WORKS A major tenet […]
August 29, 2010
The ABC’s Inside Business has provided a very positive picture of Hepburn Wind an Australian community owned social enterprise. This registered cooperative is Australia’s first community owned wind farm. A Strong Conclusion From Collaboration Hepburn Wind chairman, Simon Holmes a […]
August 25, 2010
Have you seen the reports about an oil-eating microbe that scientists have found ‘flourishing’ in the Gulf of Mexico after the BP oil rig explosion? Terry Hazen, researcher at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in Berkeley, California, reported the finding in […]
August 21, 2010
The Age’s Ross Gittins made some election day observations on broad economic management that resonated with this voter: Dodging Climate Change Climate change is roughly equivalent to the GST in unpleasantness for the public. In dodging it our leaders are […]
August 10, 2010
CERES, Melbourne’s award-winning Community Environment Park in Brunswick is running a new series of Sustainable Home Workshops Saturday afternoons 1.30pm-3.30pm. They will focus on reducing our environmental impact at home, for example: Insulation and Glazing Green Cleaning Buying Green Living […]
July 28, 2010
Paul has contacted PWF to introduce a brand new, very comprehensive, green and community resource. The Blue’s Green Mate website is a forum, directory and news outlet – with news feeds from Alternative Energy News, The UK Guardian-Environment, The Independent-Green […]
July 26, 2010
Are you looking for a space for your next function or do you need to hire a hall for an event, workshop, performance, class or meeting? After heaps of volunteer hours’ work there is now an eco heritage hall for […]
July 22, 2010
Minister Penny Wong has announced an overhaul for the troubled Green Loans program. A new grants-based Greens Start program will be rolled out in response to flaws detected. “The new program will be conducted in two stages. Stage one will […]