Environment

September 29, 2013

‘Fluffy’ Labelling, Sustainable Forestry, And Jobs in Victoria

A few days ago I came across three young women touching up an enormous banner in an inner Melbourne park. It was a sign to be photographed from the air in the Toolangi State Forest, northeast of Melbourne, home to […]
August 11, 2013

Latest Green Gar Trends

Following is a guest post from Rachel MacDonald, a freelance writer specialising in the automotive industry. She likes to keep up to date with new trends and releases in the industry as published on http://www.motoring.com.au/ _______________________________________________________________ Could the Latest Green […]
June 21, 2013

Indi Electorate, bankmecu…Change-Makers Are Gathering…

Grassroots people in NE Victoria are gathering to support independent federal candidate Cathy McGowan after a series of ‘kitchen table conversations’ and last Wednesday evening, at bankmecu Melbourne, around 20 people interested in social change enjoyed a glass of wine, […]
May 17, 2013

Australian Communities To Re-Assess Coal And Gas Boom

Looking to a sustainable future, this weekend in NSW’s Hunter Valley, communities from around Australia will discuss what is happening with the coal and gas boom at a special gathering: Our Land, Our Water, Our Future — Beyond Coal and […]
May 12, 2013

Workers/Church/Green Alliance Strengthening Manufacturing Industry

The Earthworker Co-Op, Australia’s first worker-owned, green manufacturing plant celebrated the installation of its first solar hot water system at Kildonan Uniting Care in Coburg, Melbourne last month. This ‘job-saving’ approach to green technologies manufacturing is an alliance of unions, […]
April 3, 2013

A Voice For The Region…A-Political Kitchen Table Talks

Twelve Indigo Shire residents in Victoria’s lovely north-east are starting up an incredibly old but also an incredibly new idea – Voice for Indi – kitchen table talks to thrash out grassroots problems from which information can be passed on […]
April 2, 2013

Local Politics At Work – Democracy?

About 18 months ago PWF posted an article about democracy - NOT politics - at work in Nowra. Graeme Gibson, the convenor of that forum has now written and self-published a book, Beyond Fear And Loathing'on local politics and community activism.
March 6, 2013

Calling Changemakers – Vision 2020 – 2 Free Workshops

As part of the ‘Vision 2020 for Creating Sustainable Societies‘ Event 2 Free workshops will be held at the Wantirna Campus of Swinburne Uni, Melbourne, on Saturday 23rd March, presented by Be The Change Australia. Be The Change Australia is […]
February 3, 2013

Net Zero Energy Takes Office Buildings Off the Grid

Following is a ‘guest post’ packed with info by Brent Hardy – http://www.extraspace.com/ – writing about taking an office building ‘off the grid’. Twenty years ago, the thought of an office building without a monthly power bill would have seemed […]
November 6, 2012

Insufficient Research Into Wind Turbine Effects?

This week, The Australian’s environment editor, Graham Lloyd,
November 6, 2012

Household Rooftop Solar To Impact 2013 Election?

Rooftop solar panels are now a political issue according to some fascinating analysis from Giles Parkinson of RenewEconomy. A series of surveys and postcode analysis have shown that Australians have one of the highest numbers of small scale solar PV […]
November 5, 2012

VW’s ‘Chinese Tiny Car’ – 258mpg – $600US

An email received yesterday tells me that next year China will launch a tiny’ single seater car that does 258 miles to the gallon and will cost 4000 Yuan – $600 US. Produced by Volkswagen, the initial objective was to […]