Environment
May 13, 2009
Diederik and Tara Haneveld’s account of building a fire bunker on their property Bodhidharma, at Shepherd’s Flat near Daylesford, Vic – passed on to us by Soumitri Varadarajan – is worth reading. Yes, there were fires in the Wombat State […]
May 13, 2009
John Rimmer, EO of the Arts Industry Council of Victoria has requested all networks pass on info about the ‘whole of community sector’ (all not for profits) consultation about establishing a peak community-based body for the state. The Community Leadership […]
May 12, 2009
There is Grey Nomad work available at Ben Burn Organic Packers Pty Ltd in Irymple, NW Victoria, a 10 minute drive from Mildura and the Murray River. About Ben Burn The company is NASAA certified Organic and its Director/Owner is […]
May 12, 2009
The Ethical Consumer Group meets monthly in Melbourne to discuss aspects of living out sustainable alternatives in a consumerist culture over a BYO dinner and movie. This year the focus is on four themes: Equality & Enough Consumption & Waste […]
May 7, 2009
The American agribusiness lobby reaction to Michelle Obama’s decision to make her new White House vegetable garden entirely organic just might be opening up a community-wide discussion on how our crops are grown. America’s new First Lady has been asked […]
May 3, 2009
Just received this… sounds interesting so I’m passing it on… G’day, how’s it going? My name is Tim Denshire-Key, I’m currently studying Industrial Design at RMIT in Melbourne. This semester I am doing a study tour of Australia looking at […]
April 29, 2009
Young Sydneysider Caroni Joseph has had a wonderful eco-business idea – a very successful one – a selection of plantable greeting cards and wedding invitations (read it….plant it…watch it grow) plus a range organic body care products…her company’s mission statement […]
April 28, 2009
We hear that Zoos Victoria has recently launched a mobile phone recycling campaign aimed at gorilla conservation in West Africa. What do gorillas and mobile phones have in common? Every time your mobile phone rings, a tiny metallic ore inside […]
April 27, 2009
Umow Lai is an engineering services and sustainability consultancy and its South Yarra office fit out has just been awarded Victoria’s first 6 Star Green Office Interiors rating by the Green Building Council of Australia. The fit out shows green […]
April 24, 2009
Tourism WA is looking for quality employers interested in joining the Aboriginal Employment Initiative – traineeships and cadetships are available where participants gain experience with some of tourism’s top organisations while getting paid. Traineeship Placements Needed There are nine highly […]
April 23, 2009
10 Australians have been short listed to become environmental ambassadors and attend the 2009 Bayer-UNEP Eco-Minds Forum in Auckland, New Zealand. The students were inspired by the cross-cultural camaraderie from previous Eco-Minds programmes, all geared towards generating a positive impact […]
April 22, 2009
Rachel Sullivan, writing for Ecos Magazine reports that Australian consumers are starting to understand the true cost of the food they buy…food miles is no longer a new concept, is it? Rachel cites Dr Bruce Lee of CSIRO’s Food Futures […]