Environment
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 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 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 […]
February 6, 2009
SustainableMelbourne.com and the Victorian Eco-Innovation Lab run regular Sustainable Cities Round Tables with speakers who provide three minute glimpses of what they are doing to create a sustainable Melbourne. These events are free but you must book. Sustainable Sharing – […]
February 4, 2009
The Local Governments – Pathways to Sustainable Tourism program is a free, practical, self-guided OR facilitated workshop program now available to councils around Australia – developed by the Sustainable Tourism Cooperative Research Centre (STCRC). What Does The Program Do? It […]
February 4, 2009
INNOVIC’s Next Big Thing Award is offering inventors a possible share of $60,000 cash/prizes and $100,000 of promotion including a six week exhibition of finalists at Melbourne Museum. Categories include: sustainability/green innovation excellence community benefit people’s choice You Can Enter […]
February 2, 2009
What can we, as individuals, do to help combat power outages when 40+ heat means people cause supply problems by cranking up air conditioners so transformers and fuses blow? Here is a VERY good idea from a Sustainability Engineer in […]
February 1, 2009
After Friday’s ‘meltingly successful’ 45.1 degree training day for Community-Wide Study Circle facilitators at Melbourne’s Altona Meadows Library and Learning Centre, I was interested to read follow-up news of the diverse group that had travelled from country Victoria, Canberra and […]
January 29, 2009
PWF has bemoaned lack of leadership on this issue, now we see there have been over 4,000 petition signatures in just under 7 days… and the Feed-In Tariff team has only just begun! State by state here are the numbers […]
January 29, 2009
What do you think of this idea reported by Alternative Energy? “A new power packed performance super car has been designed in California that can run at the speed of 155 mph without conventional fuel. For startup this car will […]
January 21, 2009
It seems cooperatives are weathering the difficult economic times quite well. The ABC’s 7.30 Report presented an interesting/uplifting segment on this topic a few weeks ago. The Report Starts Out Saying… “The world wide co-operative movement say that their banks […]