Starting from this month, individual customers in five Chinese cities can purchase hybrid and electric cars with a subsidy as high as 120 thousand yuan (equivalent to approx. $17,500 USD or $20,000 AUD).
With the theme “Planning conservation to achieving restoration”, the Australian Network for Plant Conservation (ANPC) 8th National Conference (Perth 28 Sep – 1 Oct 2010) is a conference for everyone involved in conserving Australia’s unique flora and native vegetation.
Managing our rivers has revolved around altering the movement of water – obviously through dams, extraction for irrigation, mining, water supplies, industry and water transfers and more cryptically when we consider groundwater use, virtual water, water sensitive urban design, water …
13th International Riversymposium Perth 11-14 October Read more »
National Water Week is an annual awareness week that aims to raise public awareness and improve understanding of water issues in Australia. National Water Week is the only event in Australia that provides a national focus for water issues. In …
The Western Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils Ltd (WSROC) invites you to attend the National Population Summit to be held on Tuesday 20 July 2010 from 8.45 am to 4.30 pm at the Casula Powerhouse, 1 Casula Road, Casula. Please …
WSROC National Population Summit 20 July, RSVP by 13 July Read more »
Keep Australia Beautiful NSW Sustainable Cities is the leading environmental and community awards program for NSW urban communities. This prestigious program recognises outstanding environmental initiatives implemented by local government authorities, schools, businesses and community groups, whilst raising awareness of a …
Keep Australia Beautiful (NSW) Sustainable Cities 2010 Awards Dinner 29 July Read more »
The Australia-New Zealand Climate Change & Business Conference (10-12 August, Sydney) brings together business leaders and policy makers from both New Zealand and Australia to facilitate taking action on climate change. It provides the ideal venue to learn more about the …
6th Australia-New Zealand Climate Change & Business Conference 10-12 August Read more »
Griffith University (Brisbane, Queensland) has received $21 million towards building the country’s first zero-emission and self-powering teaching and research building driven by solar-powered hydrogen energy. The $32 million Sir Samuel Griffith Building has been made possible with funding from the …
Australia’s first zero-emission and self-powering teaching and research building Read more »
The Hon. Tony Burke MP, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry is supporting the Landcare community to develop an Australian Framework for Landcare to guide Landcare over the next 20 years. The development of the Australian Framework for Landcare is …
Community Action Grants are the small grants component of the Australian Government’s Caring for our Country initiative that aims to help community groups take action to conserve and protect their natural environment. The Community Action Grants 2010-11 round is now …
Caring for our Country Community Action Grants now open Read more »