Environment
May 18, 2007
Enlightening responses from a recent survey of Victorian businesses on their responses to climate change. The Victorian Employers’ Chamber of Commerce & Industry (VECCI) recently surveyed 91 Victorian businesses on their attitudes on working with the environment. The impressive and […]
May 8, 2007
Worldwatch Senior Researcher Brian Halweil argues that while the scientific evidence isn’t necessarily there, eating local food has to be better for your health. Click the “read the rest of the article” link to watch the two minute YouTube video.
May 6, 2007
Sustainability Forum – $35 including morning tea & lunch – at the Melbourne Business School, Carlton, will focus on global warming and its part in sustainability. Four organisations will present the steps they’ve taken towards sustainability: 1. South East Water […]
May 6, 2007
Kevin Rudd has promised a $300 million solar/water plan that means about 200,000 households could get cheap loans of up to $10,000 to install ‘green devices’. Repayments would be ‘in line with capacity to pay’ and the policy could generate […]
May 6, 2007
Cooloola Shire, SE Qld, has joined the Climate Change groundswell. Zela Bissett emailed us about their small steering committee ‘trying to get things sorted’ for the region’s new Sustainability League. They have a lot of issues to deal with, so […]
April 28, 2007
The world’s largest cities have a big role to play in the fight against climate change. As cities are responsible for three-quarters of the world’s energy consumption, the world’s 40 largest cities meet every two years at the C40 Large […]
April 26, 2007
There is a huge amount of interest in power-assisted electric bikes! After reading Ray Fealy’s comments in ‘Electric bike ‘limits’…can we change the law?‘ Graham Bradshaw, EO of the Retail Cycle Traders Industry – the national association for specialist bicycle […]
April 22, 2007
Seeing the breadth and passion of grassroots action groups in North America, the UK, Ireland and a few here in Oz – all working towards a sustainable future – I am amazed there has been NO news coverage of their […]
April 22, 2007
‘Learn how to get your customers talking about you – and win those repeat visits’ is an approach discussed in the most recent Tourism Tasmania Newsletter. The following seems to make very good sense – it would be great to […]
April 21, 2007
Here is a problem and what seems a sensible suggestion that should be considered by the ‘authorities’ if we/they are serious about emissions and sustainable development in all its dimensions…….. The PWF article ‘Melbourne to Sydney? An electric bike is […]
April 21, 2007
This big umbrella, The Australian Collaboration brings together some of Australia’s highest profile community organisations. You can lose yourself in it for hours as it investigates: social, cultural and environmental interests; acts as a forum for exchanging ideas and information […]
April 12, 2007
What exactly are we talking about when we refer to ‘cultural heritage’? While researching an update to last year’s Burrup Peninsula story, we came across a fascinating poll hidden on the margins of the Australian Conservation Foundation website. When asked […]