Green Maps
March 13, 2012
The development of a salt-tolerant variety of durum wheat ia an Australian breakthrough. Researchers at Adelaide Uni’s Waite Research Institute have shown an improved grain yield by 25 per cent on salty soils. Addressing Rising Soil Salinity Caused by overdrawn […]
February 19, 2012
Longtime PWF contributer Alan Greig of The Mercury Centre has sent us the following socially innovative observations on worker ownership and global prosperity. Shared ownership helps to diversify rather than concentrate wealth, and it roots the value it generates in […]
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 16, 2012
PWF has recently heard about the newly formed Sydney Travel Group. Last year Lee, the organiser of the group, googled ‘seeking travel companions’ and two PWF posts Seeking Travel Companions? and Grey Nomad Travel Companion For UK & Continent Via […]
February 8, 2012
Even though record numbers of Australians are holidaying outside the country The Backpacker Trade News reports that the outlook for the tourism industry is not all doom and gloom. The Department of Immigration’s latest six monthly report states that applications […]
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 29, 2011
Valerie Lee tells us she is a very practical person who would like to find some casual or short term work, especially in the Kimberley. She has previously owned and worked on a small cattle-sheep property. About Valerie Valerie is […]
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 20, 2011
Graeme Gibson, from www.realoptions.com.au has emailed PWF about a grassroots forum in Nowra, NSW. With little support from elected Councillors, and public discouragement from some of them, Graeme reports that 110 people participated with a view to starting a community […]
December 19, 2011
Kate Allsopp of Renew magazine writes that a basic feature of a sustainable future is a reduction in consumption. Some new online-based initiatives can help us in our quest to consume less and live more sustainably. The Sharehood was born […]
December 18, 2011
Whenever someone leaves a Travellers Aid’s office with a ticket in their hand and a problem solved, Travellers’ Aid CEO Jodie Willmer says to Pigs Will Fly: “What Travellers Aid achieves is the result not just of the extraordinary efforts […]