February 28, 2008

Melbourne’s Comedy Festival And ‘An Inconvenient Truth’

Humour can be a fantastic way of communicating, so to keep getting the Climate Change message ‘out there’, the Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) and the Melbourne International Comedy Festival are presenting a Mark Watson’s Earth Summit – a totally different […]
February 27, 2008

Nine Men And ONE Woman To Head 2020 Future Summit?

PWF agrees with Claire Braund, Executive Director of Women on Boards, when she assesses the 2020 Summit as an opportunity to send clear message that Australian thinking, culture and values are the domain of all Australians – not just middle […]
February 26, 2008

Retire For Life – How To Exit Your Business A Winner

Right around Australia business owners may be wondering who they will sell to when 81% of baby boomers are looking to retire in the next ten years? In WA’s South West and Peel Regions 40% of businesses are expected to […]
February 24, 2008

Launch: Successful Strategies In Aboriginal Organisations

The Australian Collaboration believes that: “While the symptoms of Indigenous disadvantage are widely reported, inadequate attention has been given to examples of Indigenous creativity and leadership in tackling problems, NOR to the factors that lead to success in Indigenous organisations.” […]
February 23, 2008

Two Girls, The Fregie Sack And No More Placcy Bags

Put your vegies in a Fregie and say NO! to plastic pollution… Have you discovered Fregie Sacks? Most people agree the less plastic bags used the better and Fregie Sacks are an alternative to all those little plastic bags we […]
February 21, 2008

Connecting Up NonProfits And Info Technology In Brisbane

‘Connecting Up’ is a national conference – the only one – dedicated to bringing the NonProfit sector up to speed with information technology. This year, the fifth conference, will be held at the Brisbane Hilton, May 19-20. There will be […]
February 19, 2008

CoHousing – A New AFFORDABLE Australian Dream?

Living Cooperatively: Affordable Housing – Sustainable Development– a Swedish model – has aroused quite a bit of interest, and there were similar ideas on display at Melbourne’s Sustainable Living Festival. What’s happening in your state or territory? Sustainable Living In […]
February 18, 2008

Tourism: Terrorism, Farm Tourism, Backpackers Conference

The Tourism Industry Needs To Factor Terrorist Threats Into Business Risks There is still evidence of an ad hoc approach to security in Australia’s tourism industry, according to a new report. Terrorism and the Australian Tourism Industry, issued last week […]
February 17, 2008

Free Online: Guide To Ethical Supermarket Shopping

At Melbourne’s Sustainable Living Festival this weekend I heard Nick Ray of the ‘Shopping with a Conscience’ Supermarket Tours speak with passion – as usual – about food miles, products, companies and related issues that are all part of our […]
February 14, 2008

Apology, Day Two – Six Critical Issues: Peter Botsman

Professor Peter Botsman has worked as a volunteer for the Indigenous Stock Exchange since 2003 and currently edits Australian Prospect. With all the commentary on yesterday’s ‘Sorry’ Peter’s words are well worth absorbing – particularly by our pollies? Today, in […]
February 14, 2008

Eco-Clubbing In San Francisco… AND Oz?

The latest Green Pages Australia newsletter talks about green nightclubs and greening the obviously large numbers involved in the party scene – clever thinking by San Franciscan Paul Hemming, back in 2004. Paul is the owner and founder of Green […]
February 12, 2008

How SHOULD We Shop For Food?

Food Miles, the huge market power of the Coles-Woolies supermarket duopoly, and what we can do about this in our weekly food shopping, are topics being scrutinised fairly closely in some thinking parts of Melbourne – as I’m sure they […]