Environment
July 2, 2008
July’s free Fuel Cell Technology Update announces a Fuel Cell blog, at www.fuelcellinsider.org and passes on the latest on progress in this field. What Is A Fuel Cell? A fuel cell is an electrochemical device that combines hydrogen and oxygen […]
July 1, 2008
How? Check out this US film clip sent to PWF this week…amazing stuff to a non-scientific mind. Coincidentally this weekend’s Australian newspaper published a section on Sustainable Investment (29-30 June 2008) reporting: “An Australian Company may be the first in […]
June 26, 2008
Clearwater Filter Systems’ Sales Manager Tom Cannard called us about our Bottled Water Responsible For Huge Emissions article and he’s sent us some info about Clearwater Systems. They have a clever slogan… H2-Know. Do the green thing, switch to the […]
June 25, 2008
In Processed Food And The 100 Mile Diet we gave a brief review of the 100-Mile Diet book by Canadians Alisa Smith and J B McKinnon. This book about a pair of Canadians ‘eating local’ for a year will be […]
June 24, 2008
Glenn Peters has pointed out the sentiments expressed in an Alertnet article about food production and farming in developing countries… arguments put forward that are relevant for Australian communities. The UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and delegates at the High-Level Conference […]
June 21, 2008
From mid to late July, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Newcastle will run two-day ABCD for Inclusion Workshops facilitated by Ted Smeaton and Mike Green who have developed and run these workshops throughout North America, Asia, Australia and New Zealand. Both […]
June 20, 2008
PWF has been following the large number of comments on the electric bike posts (Electric bike ‘limits’… can we change the law?, Legislation to increase electric bike power? and 300W electric bikes? An update on the legislative process) with interest. […]
June 15, 2008
Co-housing has not yet taken off in Australia, BUT there is definitely interest, reports Sue White, freelance journalist writing for the Sydney Morning Herald. In Sydney – with sky high house prices and the rapid pace of city living – […]
June 3, 2008
The Australian newspaper reports today that a $2 billion coal project to turn brown coal into urea is to be launched in Victoria’s Latrobe Valley. Apparently every year Australia imports 550,000 barrels of oil a day and 1.3 million tonnes, […]
May 29, 2008
A frustrated reader passionate about leaking taps/toilets – in essence, the mis-use of water – in public buildings/places and the need for a bit of common sense, communication and coordination, has emailed us saying: “How many times do you go […]
May 26, 2008
You have to admire Marc Aussie-Stone’s passion about doing something for rural tourism. He just does NOT give in AND he backs his ideas with his own funds. PWF believes his ideas are good and we hope with a new […]
May 23, 2008
‘Bringing green mainstream’ is what www.cleanlife.com.au is all about. This week their newsletter asks if people realise that about 60% of total waste water produced by the average household can be safely re-used around the house? Kristen Barker writes: “What […]