Tourism
February 22, 2007
Autumn’s coming & lots of wonderful events…why not send us an email about yours? If there’s one ingredient common to the world of food, it’s flour. In an interesting take on exploring cultural diversity, Melbourne’s first ever International Flour Festival […]
February 21, 2007
Changing community mindset changes company culture & mindset Consumer disgust with tomatoes that didn’t taste or look ‘real’ led to supply-side change years ago now. It seems today there is a demand for more flavour in lettuce, also coupled with […]
February 18, 2007
Subscribe & go in the draw! We really do want to get grassroots Oz talking…. about supporting small business & sustainable community advancement about how communities like Maleny ‘do it’ about more efficient ways of allocating funds to community/small business […]
February 16, 2007
All the ‘big issues’ come down to short term thinking & politics….. Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Earth Challenge is offering $25 million for anyone who can figure out how to take vast amounts of greenhouse gases out of the atmosphere. […]
February 11, 2007
Murray Gardner, Kiwi founder of Dalsouple Australasia, and Ann Glasson independent rep. for ACN, a large direct seller of our ‘daily telecommunications’, met through skype on the internet – Ann’s business partner happened to be in Taupo where Murray lives. […]
February 11, 2007
People power to cause Beijing’s Forbidden City Starbucks to close? China’s growing blogosphere is demonstrating the power of the internet. It has turned on Starbucks, and the presence of a US coffee shop in the former imperial palace, as an […]
February 9, 2007
“Most TV producers aren’t interested in finding solutions…their main object is to choreograph drama & create conflict….you can’t just fill up a studio with people who loathe each other, that’s really the producers writing the storyline. We want more than […]
February 9, 2007
A PWF workshop: Melbourne, 11am Sunday 18 in the ‘Feel’ tent The Sustainable Living Festival is a three-day event held in the heart of the city at Fed. Square. People interested in ‘rethinking the way we live’ gather to celebrate […]
February 8, 2007
The People’s Choice Award (Vic) ‘Loser of the Year’ – Safeway & Coles Environment Victoria’s 2006 DUMP Award for poor packaging design has gone to the two major supermarkets for needlessly packaging fruit and vegetables in multipacks. Nearly 30% of […]
February 6, 2007
GetUp wants to demand a positive agenda to tackle the ‘real issues’ climate change & sustainable economic prosperity a fair go for all integrity in our relationships with other nations the guts to face our most pressing problems at home […]
February 6, 2007
Parents returning to work, mature age people, long termed unemployed & Indigenous Australians sought. Hospitality Magazine reports a new employment and training program ‘Best Way Inn’ to be launched by the Hotel Motel and Accommodation Association (HMAA) in the Hunter […]
February 3, 2007
“I wonder if our leaders will follow this trend locally and nationally – in the name of progress and development – and tell us it’s good for us, employment and our communities.” Jo Archer – Executive Officer, Launceston Chamber of […]