Green Maps
April 23, 2009
10 Australians have been short listed to become environmental ambassadors and attend the 2009 Bayer-UNEP Eco-Minds Forum in Auckland, New Zealand. The students were inspired by the cross-cultural camaraderie from previous Eco-Minds programmes, all geared towards generating a positive impact […]
April 9, 2009
The City of Hobsons Bay in Victoria’s inner north-west has hosted a series of Community Wide Study Circles that will be used to inform the Council’s Employment, Education and Lifelong Learning Plan. The 3 week round of circles was followed […]
April 5, 2009
Don’t you just hate waste – especially when jobs are disappearing? The US Yes Magazine is currently talking about producing local food. I followed up some ideas and found some good local info about growing and sharing produce. Permaculture Groups […]
April 4, 2009
Susan and Renska are two inspiring young Australian women who are putting their time, energy and passion where their belief is with Compassion in Action. Both have trained in Holistic Kinesiology at the Australian College of Complementary Medicine, they work […]
April 4, 2009
I recently met two young go-getters, Renee and Anthony Hasseldine, at a Nillumbik Homebiz brekky. FYI if you’re a Vic local – Post Office Cafe, Hurstbridge, 8-10am, every second Wednesday morning – a very friendly, informative business chat! Anthony and […]
March 23, 2009
Tim Blankenstein would like to express his interest in any job opportunities relating to caretaking/maintenance/tour guiding within any campgrounds/parks/stations etc throughout Australia. In their late twenties, both Tim and his partner have travelled around Australia in a 4wd for a […]
March 5, 2009
Many local businesses in Nillumbik Shire – in Melbourne’s lovely, leafy fringe – have been badly affected by the fires. The Council is putting in place a number of measures to assist local business directly and indirectly affected. Nillumbik Business […]
February 6, 2009
SustainableMelbourne.com and the Victorian Eco-Innovation Lab run regular Sustainable Cities Round Tables with speakers who provide three minute glimpses of what they are doing to create a sustainable Melbourne. These events are free but you must book. Sustainable Sharing – […]
January 29, 2009
PWF has bemoaned lack of leadership on this issue, now we see there have been over 4,000 petition signatures in just under 7 days… and the Feed-In Tariff team has only just begun! State by state here are the numbers […]
January 21, 2009
It seems cooperatives are weathering the difficult economic times quite well. The ABC’s 7.30 Report presented an interesting/uplifting segment on this topic a few weeks ago. The Report Starts Out Saying… “The world wide co-operative movement say that their banks […]
January 19, 2009
I have recently learnt that Permaculture, a term coined in Australia in the 70s by Bill Mollison and David Holmgren, is an approach to designing systems for human settlements that mimic the structure and interrelationship found in natural ecologies. Back […]
January 16, 2009
This letter was very welcome in my Inbox this morning: Dear Co-op America Member, On Monday of this week, I had the opportunity to meet with the Obama Transition Team along with several of our allies.. I was impressed with […]