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ECO provides a guide to this year's Woodford GREENhouse program for 2010-2011. MONDAY, DECEMBER 27 TUESDAY, DECEMBER 28 WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 29 THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31 SATURDAY, JANUARY 1 DAY 1 MONDAY, DECEMBER 27 10am. HEALTHY IDEAS: Kaye Cheval shows how easy it is to convert your home garden/farm to … [Read more...]
Jillian Rossiter has seen the Woodford Greenhouse venue grow phenomenally as a festival attraction over the years. And it's been mainly due to her stoic effort, commitment, creativity and networking. Now it's time for her to slowly pass on that green baton to Ali Buckley, a hard-working Woodford staffer who also has a passion for the environment. … [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...]
You can't keep a good campaigner down. Drew Hutton has joined Queensland farmers in the fight with the government and the massive coal and coal seam gas industries. Brian Rickards talks to the man who fears no one in the cause for justice and a fair go. Appearing at the GREENhouse: Mining our Food, 10am, Thursday, December 30, 2010. Drew Hutton … [Read more...]
Campaigning against climate change and encouraging a whole multitude of women to join her unique action group must be a natural therapy for mother of four, Natalie Isaacs. The former natural cosmetics business woman is simply glowing and full of energy as she strives for a target of one million female supporters to each commit to reducing CO2 … [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...]
Inside this edition Woodford Folk Festival: the Greenhouse Cycling to the Woodford Folk Festival Denying climate change Exploring the Past Traveston Dam: looking behind the lens Up Close: reconnecting with nature Christmas reading list Woodford Folk Festival: the Greenhouse About the Greenhouse, interviews with: Hans Baer, … [Read more...]
The Greenhouse venue at the Woodford Folk Festival continues to be a mecca for many environmentalists. And it’s where the mainstream merges with the greenstream. It’s a place where conversions take place, where ordinary festivalgoers with no previous environmental commitment to live sustainably suddenly see that lifestyle changes are … [Read more...]
Hans Baer earned a PhD in Anthropology at the University of Utah in 1976. He taught at ANU in 2004 and is presently at the University of Melbourne. Hans has published 16 books and some 160 book chapters and articles on a wide diversity of topics, including Mormonism, African American religion, complementary medicine in the US, UK, and Australia, … [Read more...]
Brainstorming with Sohail Inayatullah is an experience where you are taken on a journey to future horizons, to a limitless array of possibilities and social scenarios – whatever he can bring your mind to imagine. To some people they might be mirages never to be grasped, for others with a different mindset it’s like a door being opened not … [Read more...]
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