Environment
September 5, 2009
FYI GetUp is collecting signatures – to which you may choose to add yours – to support Indigenous people wanting to save their remote homelands. They already have 1800 signatures and the number is growing. Exactly What Is Going On? […]
September 4, 2009
Windows of the World is an amazing sounding event that will run in Melbourne’s Fed Square 12,13 and 19 September. It will “provide a window through which we can see other cultures and they can see us. Understanding and appreciating […]
September 4, 2009
When her baby daughter was suffering asthma and eczema Sandra Davies discovered Dominant eco-cleaning products at the Whittlesea Show – on Melbourne’s outer fringe. She was told to take a free sample of laundry powder and try it. That was […]
August 27, 2009
I have been inspired by a list (!)…of entrepreneurial profiles and exploits. Social enterprise at its inspirational best will be up for discussion 6-8 October 2009 at the Social Enterprise World Forum (SEWF), Melbourne, co-hosted by Social Ventures Australia (SVA) […]
August 24, 2009
A very lucid reader has contacted PWF about several infrastructure projects to which there have been viable alternatives but which have not been discussed in a public forum. Let’s have that discussion… starting with drought-struck Victoria’s desalination plant at Wonthaggi. […]
August 20, 2009
Toby Smith is the Toby in NSW-based Toby’s Estate Arabica Coffee which has recently launched a social, ethical and environmental (SEE) responsibility project. About Toby Toby is passionate about coffee. He has trekked in Central and South America, Indonesia, India […]
August 20, 2009
Working in partnership with Tanya Ha – author, TV presenter, enviro champion and mother of two – Melbourne’s Hobson’s Bay City Council recently developed and ran a series of 8 ‘Mama Green’ workshops to teach Mums – and Dads – […]
August 4, 2009
More grassroots advocacy – this time from the third tier of government… A national conference ‘The Future is Relocalisation – Communities in Transition’ will be hosted by the Municipal Association of Victoria 8-9 September ’09. EVENT SUPPORTERS Bank of I.D.E.A.S. […]
July 27, 2009
Thank you so much to Bruce McCubbery for these photos – via Bob King I believe. I find the green shoots quite inspirational. We humans, our communities and our forests are resilient aren’t we? We share the common experience of […]
July 14, 2009
AgriWest in Melbourne’s west is holding a half-day info seminar 21 July in Melton, looking at the benefit of using biosolids as the price of traditional chemical fertilisers rises. Biosolids? Biosolids are a by-product of wastewater treatment processes, a nutrient […]
July 13, 2009
John Waters has emailed us about his evolving Base Camps Conservation Network project. He says most of his days are spent researching other ‘intentional communities’ trying to get it right, especially the legal aspects. Base Camps For People Who Want […]
July 12, 2009
There is always discussion about nappies and this month there will be two workshops imparting heaps of info in Melbourne. The Environment Shop says: “Did you know that a baby can use up to 5,000 nappies (creating 1, 750 kg’s […]