Technology
June 10, 2009
This morning I see Treeehugger is reporting that the German town of Lünen will become the first in the world to have its own dedicated biogas network – something for our Transition Towns to think about? “The 6.8 MW power […]
June 4, 2009
Lane Burdett of businessresources.com.au has sent us this link to a great piece of lateral ‘ecological’ thinking. Check it out for your next business card. The Idea Instead of PRINTING a business card, the business ‘card’ morphs into a rubber […]
June 4, 2009
With all that rain in NSW people are again saying “Grafton floodwaters would save Murray-Darling—build the Clarence Scheme!” Are some of the old ideas gaining currency? I was fascinated by the following; The Bradfield Water Schemes – for ‘nouveaux’ engineers […]
June 2, 2009
We hear from Shane Strudwick on behalf Victoria’s Murray River tourism community that they have developed and recently launched one of Australia’s first tourism specific mobile phone and devices web site. What Does This Mean? Via your mobile phone there […]
May 25, 2009
Once again – amazing. No sooner do I realise Victoria is getting into relocalisation and Transition Towns than I see Sydney is right into it too – and involving Robert Pekin of Brisbane’s successful Food Connect. The live local website […]
May 24, 2009
As a city person in SE Oz I am glad to see something positive reported in our drought – can you believe all that water up north that we’re ‘willing away’? A recent ABARE (Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource […]
May 23, 2009
The Housing Industry Association-Boral GreenSmart Awards have now been running for 10 years. They recognise the importance of environmentally advanced housing. The following list of winners would have to be a ‘good green starting point’.. Award Winners Across Australia TOP […]
May 13, 2009
Diederik and Tara Haneveld’s account of building a fire bunker on their property Bodhidharma, at Shepherd’s Flat near Daylesford, Vic – passed on to us by Soumitri Varadarajan – is worth reading. Yes, there were fires in the Wombat State […]
May 7, 2009
The American agribusiness lobby reaction to Michelle Obama’s decision to make her new White House vegetable garden entirely organic just might be opening up a community-wide discussion on how our crops are grown. America’s new First Lady has been asked […]
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 […]
May 1, 2009
This video of a Russian fighter plane, SU-30 Vectored Thrust with Canards – some say No 1 in the world – has been on the internet for around 18 months from what I can see. There are all sorts of […]
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 […]