Articles tagged ‘Sustainability – current stories’.
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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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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The mining boom driven by billionaire magnates like Clive Palmer is weakening the economy and damaging regional communities and the environment, but t...
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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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By Kurt Kleiner Renowned scientist, activist and environmentalist David Suzuki recently warned that humans must realise we’re not the centre of...
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Planning Minister Matthew Guy is playing a high risk strategy if he thinks he can give the go-ahead to some wind farms that were first approved by Lab...
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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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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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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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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 Ellen Russell February 28, 2012 “Rabble” – - Capitalism is looking pretty mean these days. No amount of profit is enough, and no ...
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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 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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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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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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The rage displayed in Greek cities against austerity measures inspires all who are suffering for the benefit of banks and the rich By John Holloway, ...
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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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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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The future of human kind faces dire consequences, due to arguably the first signs of dangerous climate change in the Arctic, says a leading internatio...
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It’s Valentines Day on Tuesday and CI is offering a great new competition! It’s called: An outbreak of lerve. (All right, it’s a bit...
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“The biodiversity crisis – i.e. the rapid loss of species and the rapid degradation of ecosystems – is probably a greater threat than global...
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Minister Joe Ludwig, representing the Attorney General in the Senate, confirmed in Question Time on Tuesday that the Australian Federal Police monitor...
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Regarding Two side of the same coin: Yes, very timely piece given the oil has floated firmly to the surface in recent weeks thanks to both pokies and ...
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I think newcomers would be fast tracked into qualifying as a local if they could prove they have had a sexual experience on the Western. (We will requ...
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What’s the sexiest event in green building and design? Fourteen of Victoria’s leading sustainable architects and building designers will be availa...
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The Australian Government has lodged a report with the World Heritage Committee that misrepresents the extent of logging in forest surrounding the Tas...
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By Andrea Ross 1. EPIC have done a great job thus far. But don’t be passive and expect EPIC to do it all. The VCGR may have dismissed the EPIC group...
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It’s CI’s birthday! Two. How would you live without us? Let us know! Congratulate us. Conditions of congratulating us: 1. No hate bloggers...
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