Eco online: environmental news, features and opinion from the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia
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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...]
Vance and Nettie Palmer had much to say about the importance of naming, that is naming the country as writers and activists. In this following description of the Obi Obi Creek, Vance writes about the ‘Bon Accord’ falls. He suggests that a better name might have included some reference to Tom Petrie, the white boy who very early explored the … [Read more...]
Book Review: A STRONG BROWN GOD .. the Mary River Diary Author: Steven Lang Some seventeen years ago, in conversation with man from the state government’s Water Resources Commission, I made reference to Steven Lang who had just walked the length of the Mary River, from its source in the hills to the west of Maleny, to its mouth, beyond … [Read more...]
Book Review - Factor Five Transforming the Global Economy through 80% improvements in Resource Productivity Ernst Von Weizsacker; Karlson “Charlie” Hargroves; Michael H. Smith; Cheryl Desha; Peter Stasinopoulos Publisher: Earthscan 2009 ISBN 978-1-84407-591-1 Whilst climate change is “the moral challenge of our time” -- it … [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...]
Ian Christesen puts some questions to Professor Tim Smith PhD who is the Director of the Sustainability Research Centre at University of the Sunshine Coast (USC). Prior to his appointment with USC, Dr Smith was a senior research scientist with the Resource Futures Program of CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems. He works on a number of projects around … [Read more...]
We finally got a government after the most protracted post-election negotiations in my lifetime. While the process was not edifying, I think the result is as good as we could have hoped for. It is a lot better than the only two outcomes that looked possible during the election campaign: either the return of the Gillard government, or an … [Read more...]
By Paul Mischefski The movement towards a return to living in communities is one that is growing in momentum in Australia and world-wide. Smaller micro-communities and larger ventures are springing up alongside others that have been long-established. Yet many people also consider a move to community living with a mixture of curiosity, dread, … [Read more...]
By Sharon Green The South East Queensland Regional Plan has predicted that the population of the region will grow from 2.8 million in 2006 to 4.4 million by 2031. The Queensland Department of Infrastructure and Planning claims that this rapid growth will create the need for an additional 754,000 new homes. As the state government … [Read more...]
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