Articles tagged ‘Environment’.
By Christian Monahan, Produce Garden Farm For a while there the terms “tree change” and “sea change” were much bandied about, it seemed like a...
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Read the complete archive of poker machine stories by clicking the problem gambler at left ...
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Dear Editor, On Tuesday evening I stumbled into what seemed like an episode of ‘Thank God you’re here’ and I was the candidate. I wa...
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The Australian Greens have urged Labor to fix the Government’s cluster munitions bill and pass it into law before considering any US troop deplo...
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Victorian Minister for the Environment and Climate Change, Ryan Smith, allegedly has personal investments in the Coal Seam Gas (CSG) industry. He has ...
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For the past 18 months or so Ellen Madigan has been working on a great new project for the shire, and it will be launched on Thursday 24 November at t...
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Victoria’s wind farm policy threatens regional development and should be changed, according to delegates at a national Community Power Conference in...
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As a partner of Sustainable Regional Australia (SRA), the lead proponent of the Central Victoria Solar City project, your community could improve its ...
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CI has been loaning money to workers in poor countries through an organisation called Kiva. Verónica Natividad from Ecuador is our sixteenth loan. V...
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Government, industry leaders and academics will meet in Bendigo this week to workshop designs for local adaptation to climate change. Victoria Univers...
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Words and images by Alison Pouliot The International Year of Forests may be drawing to a close, but we need to consider every year as a year to fight ...
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Shire residents are being urged to prepare for the upcoming fire season. “This is a timely reminder of the need to work together – with your famil...
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By Peter Dewar* Conservation of the world’s wilderness areas is integral to everything Sanctuary Retreats do – and their lodges and camps ...
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A home-grown, low-budget documentary, Real Estate 4 Ran$om is being shown in Castlemaine at the Senior Citizen’s Room Mechanics Lane, Thursday 17 No...
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The $2.5 million improvements of the Castlemaine Botanical Gardens is complete and you are invited to enjoy the improvements. A Garden Party will be h...
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As the International Year of Forests draws to a close, Alison Pouliot reflects on the importance of connecting with forests across the globe. It takes...
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Talk by Tim Silverwood at the Ray Bradfield Room, Castlemaine on Tuesday, 6 December at 7pm. Tim will speak on the Take 3 initiatives, his role as Amb...
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By Christian Monahan, The Produce Garden It’s mid-spring (apparently) and if you have a protected spot in the garden from our obligatory late ...
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Australia’s new clean energy law, passed through the Senate today, is the result of more than a decade of effort by countless Australians who have w...
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Gladstone Ports Corporation is undertaking the biggest dredging operation ever attempted inshore from the Great Barrier Reef, and the Australians Gree...
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NSW Central Coast environmentalist Tim Silverwood has returned from a research expedition to the North Pacific Gyre – aka Great Pacific Garbage ...
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Climate change means pests such as fruit fly are now threatening local crops, and have the potential to devastate commercial and backyard growers. The...
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Words and pictures by Geoff Park of Natural Newstead A tell-tale scalding call alerted me to the arrival of another of our Spring migrants today – t...
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Objections are flowing in steadily but EPIC needs many more. Click here and scroll to the grey ‘comments’ form at the bottom of the page t...
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The Australia-US deal over the Naval Communication Station at North West Cape threatens Ningaloo Reef and needs a complete overhaul, the Australian Gr...
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By Andrew McKenna I was in a dilemma. I needed some timber to build a retaining wall in the back yard. I considered the possibilities: old redgum slee...
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By Chris Hosking Dr Rohan Miller of Harvest Data, the man and his organisation that conducted a telephone poll in and around Castlemaine on behalf of ...
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The Bendigo Sustainability Group held the 2011 Inaugural Bendigo Sustainability Awards on Friday night, and Castlemaine’s usethings received Hig...
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The Local History Grants Program provides grants of up to $12,000 to community organisations to support the cost of any project that preserves, record...
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By Isaac Sutcliffe I’m not sure who first came up with the idea of occupying Wall Street. I remember the first I heard of it was from the “hac...
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With the Bureau of Meteorology predicting a likely wetter season over most of Australia, now is the ideal time for householders to save water and mone...
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World renowned environmentalist Paul Hawken is heading to Bendigo on 28 October, and Bendigo Sustainability Group has plans for a massive celebration ...
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