Technology
August 27, 2008
To help eradicate homelessness there is now a new website focussed on bringing together resources, knowledge and ideas from around Australia. At this IT Clearinghouse you can: * add articles about a particular topic * make comments about an article […]
August 23, 2008
A Crikey article by Canberra writer Bernard Keane on the Business Council’s emissions trading submission and the way the mainstream media ‘falls for junk economics’ turned up in my inbox today. Bernard writes: “Independent consultants’ reports, that businesses and peak […]
August 17, 2008
The Get Farming ebulletin is inviting readers to start their own blog to kick-start a discussion if they feel the major political parties’ policies are missing something… etc etc For Starters: Government Silence On Broadband? SMARTfusion is a web design […]
August 14, 2008
Amazing – the reports on building $1 billion, 250 megawatt solar-thermal power stations in Australia – with the first possibly operating by 2011. WorleyParsons, a global engineering company and a service provider to the energy, resources and infrastructure sector, has […]
August 12, 2008
Have you come across MEN – Making Environmental News? MEN is a portal, not a newsletter, and it comes as a 3 minute read, daily email. Today there are two items of info on solar power rebates. 1. Brisbane City […]
August 7, 2008
Find out how your office performs in the Sustainable Office Challenge. This test has been specially designed for the Carbon Solutions Forum at the Convention and Exhibition Centre in Melbourne, 22-23 September, and at the Sofitel in Sydney, 9-10 October […]
July 30, 2008
A PWF reader has very kindly alerted us to the threat of a virus that could destroy your hard drive saying while it may be a hoax the threat is sufficiently serious to take care! The Warning The warning message […]
July 29, 2008
How are you coping with the complexities of emissions trading? I found the following New Matilda discussion and the alternative suggested enlightening. Writing about the Green Paper Drs Iain MacGill and Regina Betz – their academic qualifications are listed below […]
July 25, 2008
The Hepburn Renewable Energy Association (HREA) is a group of voluntary members who came up with the idea of a community owned wind farm to reduce the whole area’s greenhouse foot print. A Co-op known as Hepburn Wind has been […]
July 24, 2008
Interested in ecocars? Have a look at this video of new green Ford, Saab and Mini cars of the future – on show at the British International Motor Show. And From Norway… It’s being reported that Norway’s Think Global will […]
July 21, 2008
Are grassroots electric car tinkerers doing a better job than the big companies? Andrew – our 4 stroke polluting webmaster – has found an interesting viewpoint in ‘Our Electric Future’ in ‘The American – A Magazine Of Ideas’. Author Andy […]
July 16, 2008
DonorTec provides donated software and hardware from companies such as Microsoft and Cisco to eligible Australian NonProfits with Income Tax Exempt Status (ITE). Through this program you can get the latest products each year eg Microsoft Windows Vista. The story […]