May
May 27, 2010
Ross and Marianne Allen from Mullumbimby are heading off for Tigray province in Ethiopia as part of their water wells project. Ross says: “We’ve been associated with the wells programme since 2002, having seen first hand the villagers’ need for […]
May 26, 2010
Tourism Research Australia’s latest International Visitors Survey has reported an increase in backpacker numbers to Australia, a longer length of stay and larger average spend in 2009 compared to 2008. For the year ending December 31 2009, 570,000 backpackers visited […]
May 24, 2010
The May 2010 Australian Nanotechnology Alliance Newsletter presents the results of testing on houses built almost entirely of steel that have been subjected to a range of bushfire conditions. Read on: “CSIRO scientists have \’flame-tested’ a steel-framed house near Mogo […]
May 23, 2010
The Chairman of FISH – Foundation for Sustainable Indigenous Housing – asks is there info such as a printed booklet/handout for Indigenous families that points out the positive and negative aspects of home ownership in remote communities? WA Government Considers […]
May 23, 2010
Food For All is a VicHealth project. The learnings of this program will be shared at ‘Making The Difference’, a practical, thought-provoking forum to be held on 25 June at Flemington Racecourse 9-3.30. Over the past five years eight Victorian […]
May 22, 2010
Victorian holidaymakers are being scammed by aggressive telemarketers who don’t like to take ‘no’ for an answer OR accept cancellations. Consumers are being warned about buying discount travel and accommodation packages from telemarketing companies. PWF has received a first hand […]
May 22, 2010
South Australia’s thirteenth Living Artists Festival (SALA), the largest visual arts festival in Australia, is coming up and online registrations close soon, on 24 May 2010. About SALA SALA enables South Australian artists of any age, ability and medium, to […]
May 22, 2010
The following is valuable tourism research on important topics. It is available for download through the Sustainable Tourism Cooperative Research Centre (STCRC) online bookshop www.crctourism.com.au/bookshop. The links provided go to the latest reports and their executive summaries. The Latest Reports […]
May 22, 2010
‘Small Business, Big Opportunity: Sustainable Growth’ is a publication available free online or via snail mail. Sensis commissioned John Dee – co-founder of Planet Ark and NSW 2010 Australian of the Year – to write up practical info and tips […]
May 19, 2010
I recently visited several Indigenous communities in WA’s remote Fitzroy Valley and was impressed by a new network’s comprehensive understanding, sensitivity and sheer determination to create a better ‘now’ for First Australians. With the ongoing stories of schools right around […]
May 17, 2010
Social epidemiology is “the study of how social interactions—social norms, laws, institutions, conventia, social conditions and behavior—affect the health of populations” On 6 May in Toronto, Canada, the 3rd International Congress on Physical Activity and Public Health had as its […]
May 17, 2010
After writing about weasel words, engagement, collaboration etc as well as how governments get feedback from rate/taxpayers I see there is to be a workshop in Results-Based Accountability (RBA), run here in Vic by Community Indicators Victoria. We are told […]