December
December 23, 2009
Merrilyn and Peter are recently retired with their van and vehicle. Peter is a civil engineer, and a great handyman, and Merrilyn is an experienced primary school teacher with a keen interest in meeting people,writing, art and singing. The pair […]
December 21, 2009
The Age’s Paying the price of going solar spells out some problems. Linda, a western Victorian reader, has also alerted us to the problem of doing the right thing but being ineligible for any of the Green Loans available if […]
December 20, 2009
Retirees Keith and Helen Cowie faced a financial crisis three years ago when their nest egg nearly petered out
December 17, 2009
Passing on the Avaaz message: “With three days to go, the crucial Copenhagen summit is failing. Tomorrow, the world’s leaders arrive for an unprecedented 60 hours of direct negotiations. Experts agree that without a tidal wave of public pressure for […]
December 14, 2009
Research into strategies to boost backpacker tourism in Australia has recommended the introduction of new short-term working holiday visas for international students on completion of their studies. Researchers at the Sustainable Tourism Cooperative Research Centre (STCRC) estimate that nationally these […]
December 9, 2009
Could there be hope for an Alzheimer cure in alternative medicines? Trials on herbal preparations used in India traditionally to enhance intelligence and mental functioning are underway at Swinburne University’s Brain Sciences Institute in Melbourne. Search For Scientifically Valid Evidence […]
December 8, 2009
The Tourism Satellite Accounts provide all states and territories with comprehensive data on the economic impacts of visitor expenditure on their economies. The 2007-08: Summary Spreadsheets have just been released and are available free from the STCRC (Sustainable Tourism Cooperative […]
December 8, 2009
HAS there been a community discussion/debate on the merits of a Carbon Tax versus the cap and trade Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS)? Dick Warburton, former company director and former Reserve Bank board member who chairs an advisory committee on aid […]
December 1, 2009
The linkage between water, energy and Climate Change raised its head at the 12th International Rivers Symposium in Brisbane September 09. Thank you to Bernard Eddy of AWN for providing some thought provoking leads. Julia Imrie of Rivers SOS wrote […]
December 1, 2009
Become A Green Loans Home Sustainability Assessor has been a very popular PWF article for many months now. However an assessor cap has been applied and on 24 December the Government will cease certifying assessors. In a recent Green Loans […]
December 1, 2009
The Tasmanian Greens have launched a ‘Cooperative Tasmania’ (pdf) initiative and have a proposal for the McCain vegetable processing plant there due to close November 2010. Putting the business into the hands of the community rather than simply bailing out […]
December 1, 2009
Lane Burdett has sent us info about a new community project designed to keep Victorians up-to-date with fire news this summer. A new website – created by Harshit Sekhon – uses live feeds from the CFA/MFB, Police and the Bureau […]