People, Planet, Profit!
May 12, 2009
The Ethical Consumer Group meets monthly in Melbourne to discuss aspects of living out sustainable alternatives in a consumerist culture over a BYO dinner and movie. This year the focus is on four themes: Equality & Enough Consumption & Waste […]
May 3, 2009
Just received this… sounds interesting so I’m passing it on… G’day, how’s it going? My name is Tim Denshire-Key, I’m currently studying Industrial Design at RMIT in Melbourne. This semester I am doing a study tour of Australia looking at […]
April 29, 2009
Young Sydneysider Caroni Joseph has had a wonderful eco-business idea – a very successful one – a selection of plantable greeting cards and wedding invitations (read it….plant it…watch it grow) plus a range organic body care products…her company’s mission statement […]
April 28, 2009
We hear that Zoos Victoria has recently launched a mobile phone recycling campaign aimed at gorilla conservation in West Africa. What do gorillas and mobile phones have in common? Every time your mobile phone rings, a tiny metallic ore inside […]
April 27, 2009
Umow Lai is an engineering services and sustainability consultancy and its South Yarra office fit out has just been awarded Victoria’s first 6 Star Green Office Interiors rating by the Green Building Council of Australia. The fit out shows green […]
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 22, 2009
Rachel Sullivan, writing for Ecos Magazine reports that Australian consumers are starting to understand the true cost of the food they buy…food miles is no longer a new concept, is it? Rachel cites Dr Bruce Lee of CSIRO’s Food Futures […]
April 16, 2009
Mature workers can help businesses survive the downturn writes Paul Edwards. “Good mature workers have unique values in the workplace, including experience and reliability. One leading personnel consultant says it makes great sense to hang on to good mature workers […]
April 11, 2009
Greenpages has reported on the huge Copenhagen (March 10-12) interdisciplinary International Scientific Congress on Climate Change. The University of Copenhagen hosted the Congress ‘Climate Change: Global Risks, Challenges and Decisions’ and discussed the latest knowledge on climate within a broad […]
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 […]
March 27, 2009
Given recent editorial comments on the Federal Government’s Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) effectively negating State and Local Government and individual efforts and possibly helping the large polluters keep on polluting, I’d be interested in hearing your thoughts on the following […]