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September 25, 2011

New Carbon Farming Practices Could Stop CO2 Increase

It is possible, as part of carbon farming, that breeding crops with deeper roots could stop CO2 increase ‘stone dead’ says the Carbon Coalition Against Global Warming. What Is Carbon Farming? Carbon Farming is farming in a way that reduces […]
August 17, 2011

The Service Cycle..Regenerative Business..’Green’ Profit..

Vale Ray Anderson. Ray was a sustainability maverick, often called “the greenest CEO in America for his crusade to turn his billion-dollar carpet company into an environmentally sustainable enterprise.” He died last week at his home in Atlanta, at 77. […]
August 2, 2011

Public Interest Journalism And ‘New News’

Newspapers face both threats and opportunities from radio, TV and the internet. Nick Evershed writes that advertising revenue is falling and new ways of funding journalism are being sought. I certainly discern a sentiment ‘out there’ that there is not […]
August 2, 2011

How to Make Your Home Office Greener

Laura Farrant tries to incorporate her green living principles in every area of her life and has applied the following ideas in her own office, where she works on logo design. As a PWF guest writer, Laura shares her tips […]
August 2, 2011

‘OzHarvest’ A Vital Link In The Community Food Chain

PWF would like to congratulate two social enterprises commended in the NSW Government’s ‘Green Globe Awards’ – OzHarvest and Starfish. You can see all the winners here. OzHarvest Highly Commended In Waste And Recycling Category OzHarvest is a charitable organisation […]
August 2, 2011

Successfully ‘Farming The Sun’ In New England

Farming The Sun’s success in achieving its goal and in being ‘Highly Commended’ in the NSW 2011 Community Sustainability Award is due to collaboration between the community, businesses and government says Adam Blakester – coordinator of the project along with […]
August 2, 2011

The Earthworker Co-op: A Commmunity ‘Acting Differently’…Leading?

No doubt we have all now heard how Gippsland’s Hazelwood power station in the LaTrobe Valley, producer of up to 25% of Victoria’s base load electricity – burning dirty brown coal – will most certainly be closed under a carbon […]
July 30, 2011

Awakening The Dreamer Symposium: August, Melbourne

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 13, 2011

International Motor Show: Castlemaine’s Electric Car Accepted

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

Affordable Housing – Living Cooperatively – Nubeena, Tasmania

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

Coal Seam Gas..Food..Trade With China..Democracy

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

Change Activism – Can You Help Important Research?

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 […]