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The ABC’s Inside Business has provided a very positive picture of a Hepburn Wind an Australian community owned social enterprise.

This registered cooperative is Australia’s first community owned wind farm.

A Strong Conclusion From Collaboration

Hepburn Wind …

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Oil-Eating Microbe Discovered In Gulf Of Mexico

Have you seen the reports about an oil-eating microbe that scientists have found ‘flourishing’ in the Gulf of Mexico after the BP oil rig explosion?

Terry Hazen, researcher at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in Berkeley, California, reported the finding …

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Our Future – Some Sane Words On Election Day

The Age’s Ross Gittins made some election day observations on broad economic management that resonated with this voter:

Dodging Climate Change

Climate change is roughly equivalent to the GST in unpleasantness for the public. In dodging it our leaders …

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CERES Sustainable Home Workshops: Sept – Nov 2010

CERES, Melbourne’s award-winning Community Environment Park in Brunswick is running a new series of Sustainable Home Workshops Saturday afternoons 1.30pm-3.30pm. They will focus on reducing our environmental impact at home, for example:

  • Insulation and Glazing
  • Green Cleaning
  • Buying Green
  • Living your Choices
  • Sustainable Design and

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A HUGE Green & Community Directory – Blue’s Green Mate

Paul has contacted PWF to introduce a brand new, very comprehensive, green and community resource. The Blue’s Green Mate website is a forum, directory and news outlet – with news feeds from Alternative Energy News, The UK

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