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Maleny Wood Expo 2010(0)

April 19, 2010

As the days grow shorter and the nights cooler, woodworkers of the Sunshine Coast and surrounds are putting the finishing touches on their timber creations for Barung Landcare’s annual Maleny Wood Expo.
On the 1st and 2nd May, the Maleny Showgrounds will come alive as the mobile mills fire up and the smell of fresh-cut sawdust [...]

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Local action starts as Copenhagen talks continue

The climate was on everybody’s mind as low clouds created hot and humid conditions on the Sunshine Coast today. But it wasn’t only local weather patterns being discussed. As the Copenhagen climate conference enters its second week, thousands of Australians took to the streets around the country for the 5th annual walk against warming.
On the [...]

Remove solar hot water from renewable energy target

By Ian Christesen
The Federal Government’s chop and change approach to renewable energy policy is causing uncertainty and the stalling of cleaner energy projects.
Everyone knows that solar hot water is not a renewable energy source however Minister for Climate Change and Water, Penny Wong has included solar hot water and heat pumps as part of the [...]

Experts to talk on ethical investment and climate change

The structure of the world-wide economy has been criticised for many years as being responsible for environmental degradation. The moral and ethical values of investors and lenders have come under the spotlight in recent months as the major cause of the so-called economic crisis. As governments around the world inject tax-payer money into failing economies [...]


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