January
January 31, 2008
Tiny Maleny on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast, with a population of around 2000, NEVER ceases to amaze. Apparently the Maleny Film Society is one of the largest film societies in Australia and its Maleny Film Commission has contributed a small grant […]
January 31, 2008
Anyone interested in setting up a Green Map project for their region will be interested in Judy Wicks’ approach to sustainable development. Judy is a national leader in the North American local, living economies movement. A lot of us would […]
January 31, 2008
Everything IS connected to everything else isn’t it, especially in regional areas? I found out about this tourism promotion in Get Farming! Tourism Australia (TA) and US publisher Conde Nast are jointly profiling Australia in Conde Nast’s leading travel publication,‘Traveler’. […]
January 29, 2008
After reporting on the benefits of the electric car for some years AND on how the US car industry killed the first generation of electric cars in the 1990s, Co-op America is pressuring all its members to talk to local […]
January 25, 2008
The 2008 Australian Innovation Festival is coming up fast 26 April – 30 May. This year innovators, inventors and creative small businesses all around Australia can win over $50,000 in cash plus a range of other prizes by entering INNOVIC’s […]
January 23, 2008
More than three months after federal government approved Gunns’ $2 billion Tamar Valley pulp mill, The Australian reports that finance and building contracts etc are still be finalised. Conservationists and climate-change activists are hopeful that the delays to date plus […]
January 21, 2008
Pete Aldin is a personal and professional coach. He runs Great Circle, helping people interact more effectively with the people they lead, with their families, with their colleagues and partners. A PWF reader has alerted us to Pete’s success story. […]
January 17, 2008
DO we have a mind-boggling capacity to put up with extreme congestion and ‘epic commutes? Christopher Hume writing for Toronto’s Star says, “Whatever the appeal of the car may be, mobility has little to do with it…that’s why efforts to […]
January 16, 2008
Waverley Industries (WI), of Notting Hill, Melbourne – a Not-for-Profit operating since 1984 – provides employment opportunities for disabled people. With a new warehouse and undercover storage area that can accommodate semi trailers and containers they now have approximately 600sqM […]
January 10, 2008
We see that over 2007 Tourism Victoria has developed seven Tourism Excellence modules based on the view that “Excellence is not a skill. It is an attitude.” (Ralph Marston). Why not check them out in relation to your business or […]
January 9, 2008
Kym Cheatham, Manager, Communications and Client Services for Tourism Research Australia advises us that the latest visitor profiles and satisfaction reports from 2006-07 surveys are now available – and can be downloaded free in PDF format – from the Tourism […]
January 7, 2008
Ange Newton’s grassroots initiative to bring young city women into the bush for a fun weekend – and to possibly find romance with a love-starved beaut bush bloke – went national in ’07. The project, now supported by Beyond Blue, […]