Environment
July 31, 2006
Toowoomba says ‘NO’, so what about cloud seeding? In the light of Toowoomba’s 60-40 ‘No’ vote to recycling sewage as a drought cure, the accusations made by a Nationals MP – reported in The Australian – saying government scientists are […]
July 25, 2006
Berlin Transit: 250 hydrogen buses by 2009 – 20% of the fleet? Read on for Treehugger’s report on diesel versus hydrogen fuel in Berlin: The Berliner Zeitung reports that state-owned BVG (Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe), the city’s mass-transit company, will buy up […]
July 20, 2006
Water vote critical for Australia says Don Burke Don Burke, the Chairman of the Australian Environment Foundation (AEF) today urged all Toowoomba residents to vote ‘Yes’ in the upcoming referendum. With Australia’s current water situation whether Toowoomba decides ‘yes’ or […]
July 17, 2006
A giant grassroots whiteboard? The PWF concept has come from recognising the potential magnitude of the small business and community group sector, with its enormous creativity, energy and concern for passing on to the next generation all the good things […]
July 13, 2006
Ethanol & diesel – what are the facts? The Treehugger website has provided some facts and about ethanol and biodiesel, as well as a heap of web contacts for further investigation if you feel so inclined! They leave it up […]
July 5, 2006
National Tour Guide accreditation is now available Seasoned travellers know that standards in tour guiding can vary widely. Anne Bottomley of Guiding Organisations of Australia (GOA) has kindly let PWF know about the new national tour guide accreditation program just […]
July 4, 2006
A new opportunity for the WA’s Wheatbelt? The Wheatbelt Area Consultative Committee (ACC) had an amazing report in their June 06 Newsletter, about Ironmaking possibly helping Australia tackle salinity; renewable energy; greenhouse emissions. For more than 3000 years the world […]
June 27, 2006
A business opportunity for Indigenous communities? There have been reports in the Australian media about camel pests and the possibility of exporting the meat. Problems that have to be faced are: the lack of abattoirs; transport; establishing markets. After reading […]
June 26, 2006
US Survey rocks established beliefs on CSR I was really interested to read – in ProBono’s latest newsletter – about a new US opinion survey. Contrary to what has been generally accepted to date, nearly one in two American consumers […]
June 22, 2006
Good news for oil mallee growers Up to 10 oil-mallee processing plants are planned in regional WA, south west of Perth – a successful outcome to a huge collaborative affort in experimental Integrated Wood Processing (IWP), designed to address greenhouse […]
June 22, 2006
Queensland scientist – a gene to eliminate female toads Just in case you haven’t caught up with this new approach… ….The Professor of Developmental Biology at the University of Queensland, Peter Koopman, is working on a ‘daughterless gene‘ that ensures […]
June 16, 2006
A canine called ‘Nifty‘ Cane toads are about 150km from the WA border, and could invade the state by the end of next wet season. Department of Conservation and Land Management (CALM) regional manager Gae McKay of the East Kimberley […]