People, Planet, Profit!
July 6, 2007
Here’s an extract from a beautiful article from The Age’s Epicure section last month where Australia’s first and favorite cookery writer, the “sprightly 82 year-old”, Margaret Fulton grills Australian of the Year, environmentalist, Tim Flannery about organic food, buying local […]
July 5, 2007
A new study has shown Australia is struggling to kick plastic habit. Meanwhile overseas, more and more regions are banning plastic bags altogether. Our retailers’ voluntary code to reduce the use of plastic bags has ended. According to a study […]
June 29, 2007
Did you read or hear the story about Daniel Epstein, a lawyer, pilates teacher and one-time Silicon Valley businessman and his idea of packaging greener fuel with healthier convenience goods? Apparently he had a discussion with Peter Edwards – a […]
June 26, 2007
“On the one hand I’m trying to do the right thing, but on the other hand I’m also trying to run a sustainable business.” Former high school teacher, Nick Savaidis from Melbourne started Etiko Sports to provide an alternative to […]
June 21, 2007
Writing for The Age and Sydney Morning Herald, presenting on the ABC News and now on his own website, The Eureka Report, Alan Kohler is one of Australia’s clearest thinking business journalists. One entertaining example is his recent article on […]
June 20, 2007
In trying times for small press in Australia (try keeping up with the recent Meanjin saga!), it’s good to see collaboration between small and independent publishers. Last year, the Small Press Underground Networking Community (SPUNC) was set up to represent […]
June 17, 2007
It seems we are at last having a conversation about the anti-supermarket feeling. Radio National ran hour interview/talkback segment and I see online comments about the ‘supermarket wars’ in the UK and US…AND regional Oz is doing something about fighting […]
June 16, 2007
The number of advertisements for Community Engagement Officers grows but does anyone KNOW what this entails? How do government officers or department heads in large organisations go about engaging ‘their particular community’? Recently I found an article about the ‘Melbourne […]
June 14, 2007
Our own rural industries and smaller communities can learn a lot from Jamaica’s jerk seasoning led tourism boom Even though it’s about a place on the other side of the world, we couldn’t help sharing the story from the Guardian […]
June 12, 2007
Now Microsoft have released a whole new range of software packages for PC and Mac OS X under the DonorTec program at huge discounts of hundreds of dollars off the retail price A couple times this year we’ve reported on […]
June 8, 2007
Three events in Footscray, Victoria put on by The Ethical Consumer Group to enlighten us on how to buy better. Before booking into these innovative grassroots activities, you could visit their website where you can download a terrific detailed supermarket […]
June 8, 2007
The Australian makers of The Thin Green Line, a new documentary on the world’s park rangers, invite everyone to join in on their film’s premiere. Sean Willmore, a Park Ranger from Warringine Park in Victoria sold his car and remortgaged […]