July
July 31, 2007
There’s been much talk about last night’s 4 Corners report by Liz Jackson on the highly controversial approval process for Australia’s biggest pulp mill in Tasmania this morning. Today we received this email from one of our frustrated readers, Greg […]
July 30, 2007
A proud Gippslander has sent us this news about Australian cheeses making their debut on the Italian ‘Slow Food’ stage, as reported recently in The Age Epicurean. Australian cheeses will be making their first appearance at Cheese, Slow Food International’s […]
July 26, 2007
‘Information plus an entrepreneurial spirit = business success’ is a basic formula that sticks in my mind from teaching days. After listening to the radio this morning I am wondering if we at the grassroots OR our leaders/policymakers know enough […]
July 25, 2007
Last week we asked Why Not “Clean Green Print” Your Next Print Run? Well, this week Melbourne independent publishers, Aduki Independent Press and Vignette Press have announced they will stick to a new set of “ethical publishing guidelines”. The guidelines […]
July 24, 2007
There’s been quite a lot of talk about David Marr’s Quarterly Essay, His Master’s Voice: The Corruption of Public Debate Under Howard. It is indeed a cracker of a read but is there anything he says that relate to the […]
July 24, 2007
Walk with members of The Sustainable Living Foundation to find out more about the products, companies and related issues that are part of your weekly supermarket shopping adventures. Food miles, genetic engineering, multinational ownership, packaging and much, much more in […]
July 23, 2007
The PWF article Unpopular backpacker ’set down – pick up’ transport regulations under review in Victoria generated a lot of comment back in November 2005. Nearly two years on Greyhound Australia CEO, Robert Thomas has appealed to the Victorian Government […]
July 20, 2007
It doesn’t take much imagination or an insider’s knowledge to work out that printing can be tough on the environment. But as consumers, there’s much we can think about to reduce the environmental impact of that next print run. To […]
July 19, 2007
When we last wrote about 457 Visas in March, we would never have predicted they would hit the news like they have in the past couple of weeks. Previously we looked at a few companies who abused the scheme by […]
July 18, 2007
A feasibility study to explore the potential of sponge aquaculture in the Torres Strait began in 2004. Also an initiative for remote community development, the project aimed to identify ‘best practice’ commercial methods as well as coming up with a […]
July 18, 2007
“Don’t Eat That. You Don’t Know Where It’s Been!” How many times have we been warning our children just that? But is it time we start thinking about where and from how far away our food really comes from? In […]
July 18, 2007
Some wine and food ‘team games’ and a cookbook, A Taste of Australia, produced by Tourism Australia in the UK and designed to appeal to the business events market, was last week voted Best Promotional Brochure at the British Association […]