Environment
August 24, 2005
EnviroProducts’ Russ Moody, a long-term hay fever sufferer, is passionate about ions and ‘ozone’, his EcoQuest air purifier dealership and the post-thunderstorm air freshness he believes his range of machines produces indoors through ionisation and electronic ozone generation. There is […]
August 23, 2005
A landowner near Biggenden in SE Queensland, is among the latest group of people to enter a voluntary conservation with the State Government. Elizabeth Pratt has agreed to protect 54 hectares of her Mungore Creek property and create the Rapids […]
August 10, 2005
Last weekend for the first time native plant products were on sale at Darwin’s Garden Spectacular. There were 70 exhibitors and the NT Government provided $30,000 funding for Darwin’s premier nature and outdoor living event. Wild thyme tea from the […]
August 10, 2005
Victoria is adopting a whole of government approach to the marketing, development and management of trails, with the release of the Victorian Trails Strategy 2005-2010. The State has more than 2,000 trails, with a total length of some 8,000 kilometres. […]
August 10, 2005
Tourism Victoria, Parks Victoria, and the Department of Sustainability and Environment are holding a series of workshops to give industry the chance to have a say on Victoria’s Nature-Based Tourism Strategy 2006-2010. The workshops are open to anyone working in […]
July 26, 2005
Vin Maskell and Sarah Hudson will present ‘To the Point’ an opportunity to refine your communication skills and become media smart on Saturday July 30, from 10am – 3pm: 1) Understand the media and how it works2) Discover how to […]
July 12, 2005
Planet Ark is calling on schools, community groups and individuals to help it plant more than one million trees in one weekend – this year National Tree Day is July 31st and Schools’ Tree Day will take place on July […]
July 11, 2005
Carlos Teuffer, a young man with a marketing degree from Mexico and an Australian Environmental Management Masters, has recently arrived back in Sydney after three years as an Ecotourism Coordinator with a Non Government Organisation (NGO) committed to the conservation […]
June 29, 2005
You don’t need to be a superhero to save the planet. Making a difference to the environment is about the little things in life. Sign up to doing 10 simple actions during 2005 and commit to making a difference to […]
June 15, 2005
Consumers should boycott Toshiba and Apple computers and instead buy more environmentally-friendly products such as Dell and HP, a major report card on Australia’s PC companies has found. The inaugural report card, the first of its kind in Australia, ranked […]
June 15, 2005
No-one likes what appears to be a gross waste of water by businesses such as plant nurseries, wineries or poultry processors. There are complaints to the EPA, who then have discussions with business owners, who then need practical solutions. Systems […]
June 14, 2005
The spontaneous sighting of wildlife in Tasmania’s natural environment is a treasured moment, so Tas. is planning to develop encounters such as, devils feeding, penguins and seal colonies. The approach taken in the new Tasmanian Wildlife Tourism Strategy is that […]