Environment
September 27, 2007
Tourism Queensland’s (TQ) Winter News says: “Tourists are seeking new and enriching experiences from their holiday and consequently destinations are being chosen not only for their scenery and tourist services but also for the natural adventure component they provide.” Anyone […]
September 26, 2007
Queensland’s Northern Gulf Resource Management Group’s (NGRMG) Carpentaria Ghost Net Program won the Indigenous ‘Caring for Country’ Banksia Award 2007. The Alert Sea Rangers had noted that turtles were being caught in ‘ghost nets’ – fishing nets that have been […]
September 26, 2007
Community eco-cultural concerns are going beyond buying energy-efficient light bulbs, using enviro bags and buying raffle tickets ‘for a good cause’. Hospitality Magazine reports that some consumers are now considering the environmental implications of what they eat, where they dine, […]
September 25, 2007
Kate Everke is a passionate person. Last year she was encouraging people to sign a petition for more humane treatment for pregnant pigs, and now she is right behind a home-based income opportunity that is also about protecting the planet […]
September 21, 2007
With ground conditions more like mid-summer than spring in Victoria, I look at beautiful trees in public parks and on public land and cannot imagine them all dying…Indigo Shire Council in Victoria’s northeast has a really practical suggestion for its […]
September 20, 2007
Heidi Lenffer from SBS Television has contacted us about a new project called Change the World in 5 Minutes, aimed at people – like PWF readers(?!) – who want to do just that! Change the World will feature nine short […]
September 19, 2007
During July 07, Seattle’s Jim Diers, author of Neighbor Power: Building Community the Seattle Way ran some inspirational workshops for communities and groups in Victoria, NSW, Western Australia and New Zealand…reported in the Bank of I.D.E.A.S. (Initiatives for the Development […]
September 13, 2007
PWF has just been contacted by Peter from the Rainbow Power Company in Nimbin, about how, with the right equipment and the gearing, the 200W power limit on electric bikes be ‘more acceptable’ in terms of hill climbing. Rainbow provides […]
September 12, 2007
With over 2.5 million hectares of salt affected land in Australia, there has been considerable interest in using salinised land and water resources to cultivate marine and estuarine finfish. The WA Maritime Training Centre in Fremantle has been investigating the […]
September 7, 2007
Are you on the Avaaz.org email list? Avaaz, meaning ‘Voice’ or ‘Song’ in several languages, is a ‘global community’ of people who take action on major issues facing the world today. They would like the views and values of the […]
September 5, 2007
Maleny, in the hinterland of Queensland’s Sunshine Coast, is a community whose history (pdf) and current activities I find quite inspirational, and I am certainly inspired by the final draft of their vision statement that Karyn Maher has emailed to […]
September 4, 2007
I went on a Shopping with a Conscience supermarket tour last Friday night and I do confess the complexity is ALMOST overwhelming. This is just what Supermarket Buying Guide and the campaign Your dollar is your vote – who did […]