Eco online: environmental news, features and opinion from the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia
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The following story is taken from a newspaper cutting held in the Palmer Papers. In this breezy account of a clamber up Mount Coolum, Vance Palmer, one of Australia's most significant writers of the time, opens with the Aboriginal Creation Story. Now we leave those paragraphs out, in respect to the Indigenous owners. And while Vance doesn't … [Read more...]
As governments around the world throw trillions of dollars into ever desperate bids to prop up failed financial institutions and businesses, there is real concern that so called “economic science” may in fact be only a “black art”. It is increasingly clear that this ‘economy’ which we have been protecting and nurturing as the centre … [Read more...]
By guest writer - Sandra Conte The Sunshine Coast, as the world’s first recognised Transition Region within Australia, is an environmental pioneer. Eumundi-based permaculture teacher and author Janet Millington, explains the concept. “It focuses on helping communities overcome fossil fuel dependencies in the face of peak oil and … [Read more...]
By Guest Writer, Lindsay Holt Federal Environment and Climate Change Ministers jointly announced that there was less than 8 hours to submit solar rebate applications before they were stopped 3 weeks before schedule. Environment Minister, Peter Garrett is now clearly in the running as the most disappointing and underachieving environment … [Read more...]
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