The 21 January issue of CO2 News includes: News New study shows a drop in NSW emissions Funding available for Victorian councils to implement ‘green’ office program All Tasmanian councils to undertake greenhouse gas emissions audits Many councils may have …
CLIMATE: Latest issue of CO2 News, 21 January 2009 Read more »
Andrew Campbell20 January 2009 We have recently been reminded of how easily the immediate swamps the important. Collapsing world credit markets and myopia on Wall St are of course important, but in the long view they are but an artefact …
Food security is a topic that is increasingly in the public consciousness. Covering fast food, health food, institutional food, and more, ‘The No-Nonsense Guide to World Food’ shows how “real food” has become increasingly scarce, dominated as it is in …
FOOD SUSTAINABILITY: New book, ‘The No-Nonsense Guide to World Food’ (Wayne Roberts) Read more »
Vital Planet contains interviews with highly credible people whose work is contributing to a sustainable future – in the areas of Environment & Science, Wellbeing & Fullfillment, and Sustainable Business. With serious issues such as climate change and the ‘spin’ …
The USSA (Urban Sustainability Support Alliance) co-ordinated a unique poster presentation session for NSW sustainability practitioners at the Department of Environment and Climate Change/NSW Environmental Trust Integrating Sustainability in Local Government Symposium. Ten local government presenters got on the USSA …
SUSTAINABILITY: ‘Onya Soapbox’ Poster Presentations can now be viewed online Read more »
Greenhouse gases going up. Oil and gas depleting. House prices exploding. Overloading Australia explains why – and how to stop it. The press of numbers on this continent affects us all – those living, as well as those yet to …
POPULATION: New Book, ‘Overloading Australia’ (Mark O’Connor and William Lines) Read more »
The Hon Peter Garrett AM MPMinister for the Environment, Heritage and the ArtsMedia release 10 December 2008 A further achievement in Australia’s comprehensive response to combat climate change was realised today with the sealing of Australia’s fifth Solar City agreement, …
RENEWABLES: ‘Green light for Central Victoria Solar City’ Read more »
It takes a Living Donor to make a difference in this world. Someone willing to give everything they’ve got – their heart, brain, determination and all the rest – to change the world for the better. The Vodafone Australia Foundation …
FUNDING: Become a Living Donor – Vodafone ‘World of Difference’ Program Read more »
Every two years, Global Footprint Network along with WWF and the Zoological Society of London issues the Living Planet Report, which uses complementary measures to explore the changing state of global biodiversity and of human consumption. The report documents the …
SUSTAINABILITY, BIODIVERSITY: Living Planet Report 2008 Read more »
The successful establishment of biodiversity corridors in urban areas requires the behavioural involvement of local residents in terms of their gardening practices, that is, gardening for habitat protection. This study by the Murdoch University School of Psychology investigates exactly how …