Eco online: environmental news, features and opinion from the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia
Environmental news from Eco online, Sunshine Coast and Queensland environmental news, with indepth sections including interviews, sustainable business, eco adventures, green living and wildlife
The Sunshine Coast Environment Council (SCEC) is the umbrella organisation of more than 50 community groups. In this issue of Eco, we feature the Noosa District Landcare Group. Landcare – it’s all about nurturing and cherishing the land and making sure it’s in a fit state for our descendants. It began in Australia in 1989 as … [Read more...]
Following in the footsteps of a savvy prince and the founder of farming philosophy that has taken the world by storm sounds a sensible thing to do. John Burrows talks to Kaye Cheval who is spreading the word about biodynamics. Appearing at the GREENhouse: Healthy Ideas -10 am, Monday, December 27, 2010. Transformation -- changing the ways we do … [Read more...]
More than 90,000 trees planted, an innovative waste water treatment plant, and the Greenhouse, the six-day talk fest devoted to issues around environmentalism and sustainability – the folk who run the Woodford Folk Festival have some pretty impressive green credentials. And they’re looking at ways of cutting carbon emissions associated with … [Read more...]
The Sunshine Coast Environmental Council (SCEC) is the umbrella organisation of more than 50 community groups. In this issue of ECO, we feature the Lake Baroon Catchment Care Group and its role in supplying a vital asset – clean water. Caring for the Catchment “Water water everywhere ...” - not in Australia unfortunately, this is the dry … [Read more...]
The recently-opened Great Walk Conondale Range is a trip back in time in more ways than one. The 56-kilometre circuit walk, which begins and ends at the popular Booloumba Creek campgrounds, provides much more than a glimpse of the spectacular forests, creeks and gorges for which the Conondale Ranges have become noted. While the walk includes … [Read more...]
It’s hard to resist the beach at Noosa, but for an adventure off the beaten track you must travel west a little way into the hinterland. Exploring here has become a lot easier with the establishment of the Noosa Trail Network. It offers 106 kilometres of trail through a smorgasbord of landscapes – rolling hills and mountain peaks, bushland … [Read more...]
The Sunshine Coast Environmental Council (SCEC) is the umbrella organisation of more than 50 community groups. In this issue of ECO, we feature a group and its role in resisting the tsunami of development that threatens the Sunshine Coast. Survey after survey has confirmed the sentiment of most Sunshine Coast residents -- “We … [Read more...]
When you stage an event that regularly attracts more than 100,000 people over six days, it makes sense to encourage patrons to travel lightly and leave their cars at home. This helps to cut back on those worrying carbon emissions, reduces congestion and makes the festival experience more pleasant for everyone. With this in mind, the Woodford … [Read more...]
The Sunshine Coast Environmental Council (SCEC) is the umbrella organisation of more than 50 community groups. In this issue of ECO, we feature the group PAGE and its work which, if successful, will encourage the State government to get serious about climate change and revise their whole strategy of power generation and distribution. The latest … [Read more...]
Mount Coolum and Mount Ninderry are two very striking peaks visible from many parts of the Sunshine Coast, close to each other – only 10 kilometres as the crow flies – but very different in character and offering very different experiences for the eco adventurer. They’re closely connected in the Dreamtime tale of the Gubbi Gubbi (Kabi … [Read more...]
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