FRESH the movie celebrates the farmers, thinkers and business people across America who are re-inventing the food system. Each has witnessed the rapid transformation of American agriculture into an industrial model, and confronted the consequences: food contamination, environmental pollution, depletion …
Spreading urbanisation and population growth are putting pressure on agricultural lands on the fringes of Sydney. The NSW Parliamentary Library Research Service e-brief Agriculture in the Sydney Region: historical and current perspectives presents an overview of the history of policies …
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The Hawkesbury Nepean River Recovery Program (HNRRP) aims to help improve the health of the river system by reducing the amount of nutrients entering the river system and making more water available for environmental flows. The March 2011 issue of …
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The Cumberland Plain in western Sydney is Australia ‘s fastest growing and most populous region. Many of its unique natural attributes need special effort to maintain their values and ensure their protection. Just 13% of western Sydney ‘s native vegetation …
EfS Hub professional learning workshop for Sydney back by popular demand! The NSW Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water NSW (DECCW) invites you to a free special three hour workshop on Friday 25 March to discover how the Education …
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More than 60 Beijing residents have auditioned for a chance to rebuild their homes as models for low-carbon living. Organised by environmental NGO Friends of Nature, the green rebuilding project will see 25 families given up to 10,000 yuan and …
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From the suggestions of participants in the Sydney Metro Catchment Management Authority (CMA) 2009 Community Forum, the CMA has recently produced the excellent resource 101 Secrets for a Successful Environmental Volunteer Group. For any additional information please contact Helen Kemp, …
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Each year, the Marine Education Society of Australia (MESA) runs Seaweek to promote educational issues of relevance to the marine environment. In 2011, the theme is ‘Spotlight on Marine Science’. This theme profiles marine science endeavours exploring the earth’s least …
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The international observance of World Water Day is an initiative that grew out of the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro. World Water Day 2011 has the theme Water for cities: responding to …
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Earth Hour started in 2007 in Sydney, Australia when 2.2 million individuals and more than 2,000 businesses turned their lights off for one hour to take a stand against climate change. Only a year later and Earth Hour had become …