Articles tagged ‘Nature/science’.

Community Wind Survey – ONLINE NOW – win a prize!
One of the community-owned turbines at the Hepburn community wind farm
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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Carbon pricing explained at next ‘Agitation Hill lecture’ in Castlemaine
 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 could stop Great Barrier Reef ports
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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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Why ‘gourmet’ foods are bullshit
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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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Dirt!
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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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Wind farm ‘epidemic’
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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The Wisdom of Prevention
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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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Momentum builds for moratorium on new coal seam gas
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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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Greens koala inquiry decision to determine fate of species
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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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‘It will be the end’
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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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Growers and eaters conference in Bendigo
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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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New thinking needed on green behaviour change
Many environmental campaigns target the low hanging fruit
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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‘A government that approves CSG operations where 15% of food is produced must be barking mad’
Coal seam gas protesters in Queensland
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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The Field Guide to Victorian Produce
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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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Uniting people to protect the planet: turn off Ted Baillieu this Saturday night, at least for an hour
Tell us it ain't so, Ted!
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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25 ‘green’ books to read before you’re compost
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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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Victoria slips further backwards on climate change
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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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First MP breaks ranks with Coalition over coal mining
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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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Bimblebox to be first test of Palmer’s power over Queensland LNP
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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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Bass Coast Council shows leadership – State government hides from coal and gas problem
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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Report finds La Nina fails to stop warming trend
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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MASG funded by CIA?
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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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Dingoes and Devils to restore degraded habitats?
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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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Old parties vote to cover up coal seam gas emissions
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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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A Tough-Oil World
The Canadian tar sands oil boom
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 – a match made in heaven
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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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Rewards offered: Who dropped a log on the Western? Who put the water there?
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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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Not stumped, just led up the garden path
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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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Sunday meditation: A year in the stony country
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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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Mother Nature enters aquatic centre debate, leaves calling card
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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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Sunday meditation: Five things plants do better than us
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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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Common … but never ordinary
Brown Falcon near Picnic Point, 13 February 2012
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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