Local Futures
August 2, 2011
Is it possible, as some research is showing, that heavy use of social media by adolescents is causing ‘mind change’ through the shrinking of brain tissue, as Oxford University neuroscientist Baroness Susan Greenfield claims? How Would This Occur? The Baroness […]
August 1, 2011
Hervey Bay’s Sheila King of Australia For All reports that at a recent meeting the Fraser Coast Regional Council agreed to install access ramps to the firm sand at Torquay, Scarness and Pialba, to enable people with mobility aids to […]
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
The ‘big boys’ of the Australian International Motor Show board initially excluded Castlemaine’s Ross Blade, Australia’s only maker of electric cars from the 2011 show. The Age’s Lawrence Money went into bat for him. WHAT Happened? Castlemaine’s Blade Electric Vehicles […]
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 […]
July 1, 2011
Jack Jumper Ant (JJA) stings can cause a life-threatening anaphylactic reaction. A Victorian group is gathering data to establish the need for a desensitisation program like the one already operating in Tasmania. About Jack Jumper Ants JJA are a close […]
June 27, 2011
Light up your winter with a visit to the ‘Colours Exhibition’ at The Granary Cafe, 2 Devonshire Road, Sunshine, says Maureen Ryan of Gallery Sunshine Everywhere, a NonProfit that links young artists with the broader community in Melbourne’s west. The […]
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 […]