Are you: A volunteer? Member of a Board or Committee of Management? Manager of Volunteers? CEO of a Not-For-Profit? Responsible for corporate volunteering? Then Volunteering Australia needs your input to the National Survey of Volunteering Issues. Help identify the issues …
2010 National Survey on Volunteering Issues – survey now open Read more »
International Volunteer Day (IVD) was established by the United Nations General Assembly in 1985. IVD is now celebrated worldwide with thousands of volunteers involved in a range of IVD initiatives including clean-up campaigns, conferences, exhibitions, morning teas and many other …
International Volunteer Day – Sunday 5 December 2010 Read more »
The October 2010 issue of the Applied Environmental Decision Analysis (AEDA) research hub Decision Point magazine is a special 16-page bumper issue on Marxan – the most widely used conservation planning software in the world. AEDA didn’t create Marxan but …
AEDA Decision Point – Marxan conservation planning software special issue Read more »
The Australian Institute of Criminology Report Environmental crime in Australia provides a comprehensive overview of environmental crime as it is perpetrated, detected and dealt with in Australia. Employing a stocktake of existing literature, the report summarises for the first time …
Matthew E. Kahn, professor at the UCLA Institute of the Environment, says that we have released the genie from the bottle: climate change is coming, and there’s no stopping it. The question, according to Kahn, is not how we’re going …
New book: Climatopolis: How our cities will thrive in the Hotter Future Read more »
Resilience and Transformation explores what factors contribute to Australia’s resilience, what trends are apparent, and what actions are required to better prepare us for the immediate and longer term future. Resilience is a word used more and more across societies …
New book: Resilience and Transformation, Preparing Australia for Uncertain Futures Read more »
At this City Talk Allan Jones MBE will launch the City of Sydney’s green infrastructure plan which will deliver an innovative city-wide decentralised energy, water and waste system. The plan will position Sydney as a global environmental leader energised by …
CityTalks 2010 – Sydney’s energy revolution: Building a low-carbon city, 25 October 2010 Read more »
If you are interested in learning more about, or becoming a part of the practical and innovative opportunities that we can develop and harvest as a community to protect our future, our children’s future, our agriculture, our food, our families …
Organic Agriculture Association Conference, Bairnsdale Vic, 8-9 November 2010 Read more »
Established in 2004, the Creative Cities Network connects cities who want to share experiences, ideas and best practices for cultural, social and economic development. Cities may apply to be endorsed by the Network and join the programme to ensure their …
The Green Building Council of Australia and the Property Council of Australia invite you to attend Green Cities 2011. At Green Cities 2011 you will hear from world leaders, local experts and government visionaries. Come along and commit to the …
Green Cities 2011 Conference, Melbourne, 27 February – 2 March 2011 Read more »