April
April 29, 2009
Young Sydneysider Caroni Joseph has had a wonderful eco-business idea – a very successful one – a selection of plantable greeting cards and wedding invitations (read it….plant it…watch it grow) plus a range organic body care products…her company’s mission statement […]
April 28, 2009
How difficult is it looking for work when you’re female, single, newly arrived here or have been out of the workforce for years? On top of this you may not have the ‘right’ clothes and when it comes to that […]
April 28, 2009
We hear that Zoos Victoria has recently launched a mobile phone recycling campaign aimed at gorilla conservation in West Africa. What do gorillas and mobile phones have in common? Every time your mobile phone rings, a tiny metallic ore inside […]
April 27, 2009
Umow Lai is an engineering services and sustainability consultancy and its South Yarra office fit out has just been awarded Victoria’s first 6 Star Green Office Interiors rating by the Green Building Council of Australia. The fit out shows green […]
April 24, 2009
Tourism WA is looking for quality employers interested in joining the Aboriginal Employment Initiative – traineeships and cadetships are available where participants gain experience with some of tourism’s top organisations while getting paid. Traineeship Placements Needed There are nine highly […]
April 23, 2009
10 Australians have been short listed to become environmental ambassadors and attend the 2009 Bayer-UNEP Eco-Minds Forum in Auckland, New Zealand. The students were inspired by the cross-cultural camaraderie from previous Eco-Minds programmes, all geared towards generating a positive impact […]
April 22, 2009
Rachel Sullivan, writing for Ecos Magazine reports that Australian consumers are starting to understand the true cost of the food they buy…food miles is no longer a new concept, is it? Rachel cites Dr Bruce Lee of CSIRO’s Food Futures […]
April 16, 2009
Mature workers can help businesses survive the downturn writes Paul Edwards. “Good mature workers have unique values in the workplace, including experience and reliability. One leading personnel consultant says it makes great sense to hang on to good mature workers […]
April 14, 2009
PWF is pleased to pass on details about ‘A Taste Of A Positive Future’. This means enjoying dinner in beautiful NE Victoria where the popular ‘Chef’s Special Dinner’ is on again in Whitfield at the King Valley Cucina, and the […]
April 11, 2009
Greenpages has reported on the huge Copenhagen (March 10-12) interdisciplinary International Scientific Congress on Climate Change. The University of Copenhagen hosted the Congress ‘Climate Change: Global Risks, Challenges and Decisions’ and discussed the latest knowledge on climate within a broad […]
April 9, 2009
The City of Hobsons Bay in Victoria’s inner north-west has hosted a series of Community Wide Study Circles that will be used to inform the Council’s Employment, Education and Lifelong Learning Plan. The 3 week round of circles was followed […]
April 8, 2009
A reminder about the upcoming one day Workshop in Melbourne, 17 April, on preparing for a round of community wide study circles – facilitated by Dr Mark Brophy, Australian Study Circles Network (ASCN) and Sally Thompson, ACE (Adult Community Education) […]