Environment
August 2, 2011
Green Renters is a not for profit organisation for those who want to lead a responsible ‘sustainable’ existence but who are renting! It offers help by providing ‘a voice’ and resources such as a website, workshops, opportunities for discussion. It […]
July 30, 2011
The indefatigable Jane Monk has contacted PWF about an ‘Awakening the Dreamer’ symposium, to be held in Bayswater in Melbourne’s outer east. About ‘Awakening The Dreamer’ Some quotes to set the scene: “Never doubt that a small band of committed […]
July 18, 2011
A national conference – 1-2 August at the Angliss Conference Centre, Melbourne – will explore community responses to natural disasters and the need for effective disaster risk management and emergency services. COAG Report Leaves Implementation To Governments & Bureaucracies The […]
July 13, 2011
Lynne Seddon from the Tasman Village project has contacted us about their ‘affordable’ community village project at Nubeena on Tassie’s south-east coast. The Mercury reports that plans for a 65 lot community village on nine hectares at Nubeena have been […]
July 12, 2011
Ten Victorian property owners are trialling life with no mains electricity to reduce the risk of bushfires sparked by power-line failure. They have signed up to the ‘Remote Area Power Supply’ trial and over the past six months have been […]
July 12, 2011
Cougar Energy has been ordered to shut down its trial underground coal gasification plant near Kingaroy by the Queensland Department of Environment and Resource Management, after traces of the cancer-causing chemical benzene were found in groundwater monitoring bores last year. […]
July 5, 2011
We all know there are people who stand up for matters important to society and who want to make a change. Petra Meyer is a PhD Commerce candidate and her research is part of an ongoing project to develop theory […]
June 30, 2011
Moira Lanzarin (nee O’Brien) and Clair O’Brien are after a babysitter, from 1 July – 7 July approximately, at Numul Numul Station, Roper Highway, Mataranka, during mustering. You can be part of the family and activities. About The Babysitting There […]
June 24, 2011
Apparently our wonderful supermarket duopoly has very narrow fruit and veg specifications. We consumers must not be offered ‘ugly’ fruit and veg. It must be the right shape, colour and look! A demanding lot, aren’t we???? The question is, what […]
June 24, 2011
Hepburn Wind is Australia’s first community-owned wind farm and in central Victoria it has just begun exporting energy to the electricity grid. Congratulations! Premier’s Sustainability Award For Community Engagement There has been considerable interest in the project from universities and […]
June 19, 2011
This info on the ‘Cities Most Prepared For Climate Change’ I found on Fast Company, collated by Ariel Schwartz. Very interesting to see the local government action around the world. As more than half the people on Earth now live […]
June 19, 2011
Did you read Peter Shergold’s thoughts on how to get welfare actually working, published this week on The Conversation? Peter Shergold – Centre for Social Impact, University of NSW – says as a senior public servant he felt “too many […]