Articles tagged ‘Nature/science’.
What do you think of a community owned wind farm in the Mount Alexander area? Online survey NOW open. This important survey is an opportunity to have ...
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With the federal government’s carbon scheme set to take effect on 1 July, energy economist Bruce Mountain will explain the carbon price and what ...
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New research identifying greater dangers for whales from the Government’s plans for increased fossil fuel exports should cause the federal Environme...
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Christian Monahan, The Produce Garden So there I was, money in hand at the local wood fired “artisan” bakery, before I even mention that the very ...
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During compost week get into this inspiring film, DIRT. DIRT! The Movie, tells the amazing and little known story of the relationship between ...
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Dear Editor, Currently community forums are being held around the Mt Alexander Shire to discuss community based wind turbines, as inspired by the Hepb...
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Long-term planning, upstream investment and early action prevent harm. We must get better at preventing harm – to people, planet and the economy. Th...
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Another Local Council has come out in support of a moratorium on coal seam gas (CSG) operations in Victoria. On Thursday, Colac Otway Shire Council vo...
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Wild koala populations are rapidly declining and the species needs urgent protection under national environment laws, the Australian Greens said today...
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Is Fukushima’s Doomsday Machine About to Blow? By Mike Whitney April 19, 2012 “Information Clearing House” — Mounting troubles...
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Monday 23 April, 2012 Gravel Hill Salvation Army Complex 65-71 Mundy Street, Bendigo Bookings essential: $80/$60 concession trybooking.com/BEHC Contac...
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Many environmental behaviour change campaigns target small, easy actions, such as taking shorter showers, believing this will motivate other green beh...
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The Victorian government wants more coal – the community wants farmland and clean water FoE is launching a new campaign today against new coal and C...
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Australia has rediscovered the joy of cooking. Alongside the awakening of the palette, Australians are re-evaluating the social and environmental rela...
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Dumping CO2 emissions targets, greenwashing brown coal blocking wind farms new coal-fired power station approved sending the cattle up into the high c...
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By Christian Monahan It’s a known fact that in the past I’ve used what money I had to buy books instead of food, not that I’m ashamed of, or glo...
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The Victorian Government’s back-peddling on climate change action is alarming, says the Alternative Technology Association (ATA). The ATA is con...
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Liberal MP for Bass, Ken Smith, has become the first MP within the Coalition to break ranks over the government’s relentless push for further develo...
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The fate of Queensland’s Bimblebox Nature Refuge lies with how much power Clive Palmer will have over a Queensland LNP Government, as the mining bil...
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Yesterday the Bass Coast Shire Council passed a resolution that commits Council to advocating against the expansion of coal seam gas exploration in B...
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By Sally Dakis The ABC has reported that an Australian State of the Climate report has found that greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere reac...
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A spokesperson from the Mount Alexander Sustainability Group yesterday stated that they are not funded by the CIA and are opposed to the Baillieu go...
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Australia should consider conducting a large-scale project where populations of native apex predators – the dingo and the Tasmanian devil – are al...
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A Government-commissioned study into the climate impacts of coal seam gas remains secret, after the Labor, Liberal and National parties today voted do...
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Why Twenty-First Century Oil Will Break the Bank — and the Planet By Michael T. Klare March 14, 2012 “Tom Dispatch” – - Oil pr...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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