Articles tagged ‘Environment’.
Labor and the Coalition’s about-turn on their support for nuclear submarines is a welcome acknowledgment that they made a mistake yesterday in a...
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A giant egg has landed in the front garden at Healing Well on Mostyn Street. It’s delighted the centre’s practitioners and intrigued passersby...
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Biodiversity and agriculture are often seen as separate entities, but this doesn’t need to be the case. On Tuesday evening, 20 March, internationa...
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Clearing waterways of vegetation will have a negative effect on the environment without solving flooding problems, warns water expert Professor Andr...
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Five hundred protesters marched through Melbourne today to mark the first anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear disaster and to demand an end to uraniu...
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By Christian Monahan, The Produce Garden The other week I was extremely excited at the prospect of attending a cider making workshop at a local food a...
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By Andrew McKenna Castlemaine Independent is offering rewards for whoever can conclusively prove who got up to mischief at the Western last Monday nig...
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From a Mt Alexander Shire press release: Mount Alexander Shire again experienced severe weather on Monday 27 February 2012. There was widespread dam...
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The axing of the Renewable Energy Bonus Scheme rebate could make it difficult for many people to afford solar hot water, says the Alternative Technolo...
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By Bronwen Machin Councillor, Castlemaine ward On Tuesday night at the Council meeting I supported the motion to stop the commercial collection of gar...
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A prototype thermal system may have a big impact on the carbon footprint of buildings by pulling double duty as solar panels and moderating temperatur...
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Photos and text by Cam Walker In January 2010, I moved to Castlemaine, in Central Victoria with my family. As someone with bioregionalist tendencies...
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Melbourne criminal barrister Charlotte Duckett will be the guest chef for the Newstead Community Garden’s renowned annual fundraiser dinner on March...
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The Mount Alexander Volunteer Network is putting the call out for volunteer assistance to help flood affected local residents. All sorts of help is n...
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By Ben Laycock Come to the Free Shop every week at The Wesley Hill Market for a truly unique shopping experience. At our shop absolutely everything is...
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You are invited to be part of a Big Solar launch on Saturday 10 March at 11am at the Castlemaine Market Building. Let’s make 2012 the year of def...
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By Matt Wobbly Mother nature has entered into the aquatic centre debate providing her own flood study of the Western Reserve. The study, which took a ...
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Penny Woodward is a well known herb aficionado, thanks to her herb ‘bible’. Read by thousands of gardeners, An Australian Herbal was first publis...
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Council is coordinating a recovery effort from last night’s floods. A community information and recovery centre is operating in the Ray Bradfiel...
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Dear CI, Last night’s monsoon (no climate change here) in Castlemaine vindicated Doug Ralph and all those who have warned about the unsuitability of...
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By Sami Grover We need more trees in our cities. But our cities also need to become more like trees. It seems to me that the challenge of building com...
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A solo exhibition of paintings by artist, Lars Stenberg, will be opened at the Penny School Gallery & Café in Maldon at 2.30pm on Saturday, 3 Mar...
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By Geoff Park, of Natural Newstead I’m afraid the feast of raptors shows no sign of abating. The photographs were provided courtesy of a very friend...
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For me there are two other things that are disturbing about this issue. First, a non-profit community based organisation in a neighbouring municipalit...
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Mount Alexander Sustainability Group (MASG) and Council are proud to be jointly hosting a sustainable house tour in Castlemaine on Saturday 25 Februar...
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Words and image by Geoff Park, of Natural Newstead At this time of year you can hear the distinctive trill of Rainbow Bee-eaters overhead in the bus...
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A partnership between three Landcare groups will see the clean-up of Barkers Creek, from its headwaters in Harcourt North to Castlemaine. Hosted by ...
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From a Council press release: Mount Alexander Shire Council and the National Trust are proud to present the Mount Alexander Heritage Awards 2012. The ...
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The Western … aah. Jan Wositzky confirmed the stories, with his History of Sex in Castlemaine. Not that many of the longer term residents needed...
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The quality of captive breeding enclosures and time spent in them may be crucial to the success of marsupials once released back to the wild, new rese...
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Council recently received a report to update us about the impacts of the January 2011 floods. Many residents were affected by the floods and many more...
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As a medical practitioner I know I am meant to be very interested in the numbers, stats and evidence. I am, but bottom line for me is that in my role,...
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A weapon invented by a WA farmer to smash and destroy weed seeds is nearing commercial production after further development by the Australian Herbicid...
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Dear CI, I attended the ‘Streamlining Waste Management’ consultation last night for the businesses affected by the decision to terminate the waste...
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