Environment
January 24, 2006
Coping with fires & trying to fill community development jobs What incredible heat and what a devastating period for southern Australia, Victoria in particular – our thoughts are with the family and friends of those killed, those who have lost […]
January 20, 2006
After the comparative frenzy of Melbourne Christmas dinner seating 23, our extended family celebrates a January birthday at a relaxed country gathering. This year the birthday was a 91st and we lunched casually on the deck at Chateau Tahbilk’s new […]
January 19, 2006
South of Perth, in the wheatbelt town of Narrogin, an experimental Integrated Wood Processing (IWP) – designed to address greenhouse gas emissions and farmland salinity – is slowly being brought online. The demonstration plant will provide renewable energy for 1000 […]
January 18, 2006
Recently, at a 91st birthday party, we had three generations all agreeing! After the comparative frenzy of a Melbourne Christmas dinner that seats 20 plus, our extended family celebrates a January birthday with a relaxed country gathering. This year the […]
January 12, 2006
Following Michael Long’s spontaneous and gutsy 658km walk from his lounge room to the Hume Highway and to Canberra last year ‘to see the Prime Minister and talk about indigenous issues’ a whole movement has grown and the symbolism of […]
December 15, 2005
If your family loves to travel, enjoys meeting people, and doesn’t mind a little bit of hard yakka, perhaps you should give wwoofing a go. Wwoofing stands for Willing Workers on Organic farms. The concept originated in England and has […]
December 15, 2005
Up to four ‘solar cities’- a $75 million pioneering concept to create more energy sustainable communities – will be established in Adelaide and up to three other grid-connected urban areas around Australia. Senator Ian Campbell, Minister for Environment & Heritage […]
November 30, 2005
‘Enviromeat’ is now available in three Melbourne butchers and fine food stores and is already selling fast. Melbournians can now choose to buy meat from farms accredited as having minimal impact on the environment, stress on animals, and it’s guaranteed […]
November 17, 2005
As the cane toads march west, with large numbers probably reaching Darwin in the coming wet season, the NT Government has committed $1.2 million to a battleplan. CURRENT SITUATION 1)Paul Baker’s cane toad trap, winner of the 2005 National Cane […]
November 15, 2005
Golden Perch, Silver Perch and many small native fish species are spawning in the Barmah wetlands following the recent release of an environmental water allocation. Up to 500 gigalitres of environmental water is keeping flows in the Murray River downstream […]
November 3, 2005
Ford, Toyota, Mitsubishi and Holden management will jointly decide on the wording and appearance of ethanol labels by December, ready for a roll-out on new vehicles in early 2006. Australian Industry Minister, Ian Macfarlane would prefer labels being stuck close […]
November 1, 2005
Researchers believe traps, which have a solar-powered light to attract insects for toads to eat, may be a way to halt the cane toad invasion of Kakadu National Park. Trials of toad traps in Darwin and nearby wetlands appear to […]