Environment
July 5, 2007
If you discovered us by coming to read our recent stories about electric bikes, Melbourne to Sydney? An electric bike is ’suit-able’!, Legislation to increase electric bike power? and Electric bike ‘limits’…can we change the law?, you might want to […]
July 5, 2007
A new study has shown Australia is struggling to kick plastic habit. Meanwhile overseas, more and more regions are banning plastic bags altogether. Our retailers’ voluntary code to reduce the use of plastic bags has ended. According to a study […]
July 3, 2007
PWF reader, Mary Jane Gleason writes: “Thanks for your work, could I encourage you to consider including a link to the “The Coming Biofuels Disaster” in your next newsletter to give the “other side” of the biofuels debate? It’s a […]
June 29, 2007
Did you read or hear the story about Daniel Epstein, a lawyer, pilates teacher and one-time Silicon Valley businessman and his idea of packaging greener fuel with healthier convenience goods? Apparently he had a discussion with Peter Edwards – a […]
June 19, 2007
Friends of Nillumbik is a grassroots, not-for-profit, volunteer community organization with a supporter base of around 1000 people who live in Nillumbik. They lobby local councillors as well as state and federal governments on issues as planning, the environment, neighborhood […]
June 17, 2007
Kate Schwager from Wincott is delighted to see cooperation between Greening Australia, the Australian Government and Land & Water Australia, leading to funding for two Biodiversity Field Days. The field days will be hands-on experience for all those involved and […]
June 8, 2007
The Australian makers of The Thin Green Line, a new documentary on the world’s park rangers, invite everyone to join in on their film’s premiere. Sean Willmore, a Park Ranger from Warringine Park in Victoria sold his car and remortgaged […]
May 29, 2007
A profile of one of WA’s fastest growing towns by one of its most innovative and passionate wine makers. Wine by Brad’s Brad Wehr spoke to us last year about Australia’s wine industry. Brad has been in the wine industry […]
May 29, 2007
A reader has alerted us to ‘small grants for volunteers’ winners in Victoria and the National Australia Bank, as a sponsor of National Volunteer Week, reports on global trends in skill-based volunteering corporations. Help for Darfur community to meet & […]
May 28, 2007
There will be a large area dedicated to sustainability at Melbourne’s Building and Home Improvement Expo, for the serious builder and renovator, which probably reflects how much more seriously we are all taking our ‘ecological footprint’. Wanting to lead by […]
May 27, 2007
No dry old format for the Melbourne-based Sustainable Living Foundation (SLF)! At its AGM this coming Thursday, 31 May, they will run a ‘live in the studio’ Great Debate – ’Technological Makeover or Social Transformation?’ . People are invited to […]
May 21, 2007
PWF writes regularly about the achievements of Neighbourhood/Community Houses/Learning Centres but until a discussion with Dr Helen Sheil recently we hadn’t realised that ‘lifelong learning’ is education’s ‘poor cousin’ and there is no career pathway for those who teach adult […]