Environment
April 16, 2012
Jane and Neil Monk are once again running their Awakening the Dreamer Symposiums – at Glen Park in Bayswater (Vic). They are thinking global citizens and they support the purpose of the Awakening the Dream, Changing the Dream Symposium. Find […]
March 19, 2012
Taronga Park Zoo’s Harbourview Cafe is the first restaurant in Australia to become certified under the MSC’s (Marine Stewardship Council’s) seafood sustainability certification program. Look For The MSC Blue Ecolable The Harbourview Cafe won the privilege of bearing the MSC’s […]
February 19, 2012
Josie Feingold at Edendale Community Environment Farm, Eltham, in Melbourne’s outer NE, has contacted us about food swaps and environmental education at the farm. Local Food Swap Starting Saturday 25 February – and then the fourth Saturday of every month […]
February 8, 2012
Take a minute to learn about some new science re: photovoltaic cells in this video. Truly amazing! At the Massachusetts Institute of Technology research is being carried out into harnessing nature’s solar cells and it seems photovoltaic panels made from […]
December 31, 2011
Last year PWF introduced The Foundation for Indigenous Sustainable Housing. FISH has just launched its own website and in early 2012, in association with Landcorp and The Summit Homes Group, it will build a ‘charity home’ in Broome. The Annual […]
December 21, 2011
People involved in Permaculture, Community Gardens, City Farms and Transition Towns initiatives will be interested in the two workshops run by Robin Clayfield, Monday 20 February – Saturday 25 February 2012 at Eltham College in Melbourne’s outer northeast. 1. Dynamic […]
December 12, 2011
The Occupy movement has been described as a simmering stew and Brent Schulkin founder of Carrotmob says for 8 years he’s been thinking hard about carrots in this stew. What is Carrotmob? The Carrotmob campaign is a new way to […]
December 10, 2011
What do the following have in Common? the advent of the automobile the onset of WWII the Beatles the invention of the computer the Hubble telescope 9/11 According to Nassim Nicholas Taleb, each was a ‘black swan’ event: “large-impact, hard-to-predict, […]
November 23, 2011
Chris Plumridge has contacted us about a software consultancy company called Naturally Being. He is the Strategic Business Manager for this local Mobile Solutions house that assists with developing and designing strategies for iPhone, iPad, Windows Mobile, Android & Blackberry. […]
November 11, 2011
The Federal Government has approved the first technique which will allow farmers to earn money for reducing carbon pollution. The Carbon Farming Initiative Pig farming is the first industry approved to reduce methane emissions and trade carbon offsets. The Carbon […]
November 10, 2011
Two comments from the recent 2011 Net Impact Conference ‘reached’ me. The first by Craigslist founder, Craig Nemark: “I don’t feel I am an activist. I just get stuff done.” The second, an African proverb, by Lord Michael Hastings (Commander […]
October 29, 2011
A reader has alerted PWF to the November 7-9 Carbon Expo at Melbourne’s Convention & Exhibition Centre. The Expo will run in co-operation with Carbon Forum Asia. Four MPs and many, many others, such as Ross Garnaut and Karl Kruszelnicki […]