Environment
June 14, 2006
Up-to-date info on the cotton nappies vs disposables debate An extensive Royal Women’s Hospital (RWH) online article offers parents and health workers accurate and current information about nappies in order to enable decision making based on fact rather than marketing […]
June 13, 2006
Another ‘lateral’ approach to trapping the pests The last eight minutes of the Socceroos vs Japan match sounded gritty and determined – the Aussies just didn’t give in! I see a similar grit and determination in the fight against the […]
June 6, 2006
Solar is a real option: CSIRO Report says sun will soon match coal Just as Australia’s mainstream media acts on the Prime Minister’s declaration that we need a debate on nuclear power, reports on OTHER power sources are coming to […]
May 30, 2006
“Intellectually exhilarating….a necessary film” A. O. Scott, New York Times The website RealClimate says ?It is an inspiring film, and is decidedly non-partisan in its outlook (though there are a few subtle references to the Bush administration?s lack of leadership […]
May 28, 2006
Clean, green Australian grown veg to be marketed under Coles’ house brand AUSVEG and Strawberries Australia, recently won a US Environment Protection Authoritiy’s Award for leading Australia’s phase-out of methyl bromide – an odorless, colorless gas used as an agricultural […]
May 25, 2006
Healthy people & healthy Parks Over the long weekend in March a group of 45 people from VicWalk and 4WD Victoria joined together to put ‘something extra’ back into Victoria’s Alpine National Park, in working to help protect high country […]
May 21, 2006
Just WHAT is a Nappuccino? The last week in April saw ‘Nappuccinos’ and nappy fashion shows held all over the UK to mark the 10th anniversary of Real Nappy Week – a nappuccino is a chat over a coffee about […]
May 15, 2006
What is the Australia-wide Innovation Festival? It is an event that encourages networking and business opportunities across all industry sectors – focussing on creativity, connections, collaboration and commercialisation in 2006; It aims to increase public awareness of innovation and entrpreneurship; […]
May 4, 2006
Bottoms up to waste water! Gavin King in the Northern Territory News wrote recently that Yulara residents and tourists will be the first in Australia to drink recycled waste water as part of a $1.3 million project. Effluent will be […]
April 27, 2006
Great excitement amongst local & interstate ornithologists The Australian Painted Snipe is a striking bird; males have greenish backs and wings with chestnut spots and females have a dark maroon head and throat with fine barring on their wings. It […]
April 17, 2006
Will Toowoomba residents follow overseas countries? Toowoomba residents will decide by September whether they are desperate enough for water to become the first Australians to drink recycled sewage. The town, a 90-minute drive west of Brisbane, has been on water […]
April 2, 2006
Until January I had not heard the term ‘greenwash’ – what about you?? While chasing up info on green power, I came across the term term “greenwash” on a website called www.ecoshout.org. I found this site very interesting and certainly […]