A central Victorian PWF reader tells us a well-meaning 2 May media release from the Powerline Bushfire Safety Taskforce, about community info meetings, only reached her yesterday, 1 June. She is concerned Gippsland and Mitchell Shire survivors will have been […]
London-based global economics magazine ‘The Economist’ – has praised our successes but damned our political leaders for failing to make the most of the China boom. Survey Of Australia SOME POINTS MADE: The political leaders…are perhaps the least impressive feature […]
World Challenge is a global competition to identify and reward people and groups that bring economic, social and environmental benefits to their local communities. It is run by the BBC World News and Newsweek, and Shell. BBC presenter and sustainable […]
A reader has passed on this excellent website with info on how to calculate all sorts of emissions. It says: “The time to act for the environment is now. We can no longer go on pretending that we aren’t personally […]
Democracy is evolving. There are many disparaging comments about today’s leaders – but what a job! The new Wheatley-Frieze book says we must recognise we are all in this together. We can no longer depend on one heroic leader because […]
Are you concerned about what is happening in our world and feeling daunted, overwhelmed, and/or fearful, but want to play a role in making a difference? Participate in the Awakening the Dreamer, Changing the Dream Symposium and discover a new […]
Dr Daniel Bray, lecturer in international relations and teacher of security studies and environmental politics at La Trobe University, Melbourne, gives the following explanation of the politics of the current polarised climate change/carbon tax ‘debate’: “Against the instincts of the […]
There is an ongoing interest in PWF articles on CoHousing and Community Land Trusts. I’ve just heard a Radio National podcast with ‘Urban Coup’ , an initiative of a group of Melbournians who want to create not just housing, but […]
Landshare Australia – newly launched at Randwick Community Gardens, Sydney – is a matchmaking service for gardeners to help produce more homegrown veggies across Australia. It introduces people with spare land to others wanting to grow fruit and vegetables, but […]
EcoGeek reports how America’s tallest building – the Willis Tower in Chicago – is going green. EcoGeek writers believe there’s a safe balance between technology and nature and the articles on their website explore this symbiosis. Greening America’s Tallest Skyscraper […]
The content of the Closing the Gap report, 2011, has been called ‘underwhelming’…and it seems SOME insightful thinking on this issue just never sees the light of day, either in political circles it seems, or in mainstream media. Government Should […]
Commercial buildings are far more energy efficient than the residential sector according to data released at last week’s Green Cities 2011 Conference by property investment analyst IPD, AND commercial properties outperform non-rated buildings financially, reports The Age newspaper. Sustainability engineers […]