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In recent months there has been a great increase in orphaned and injured animals being reported on the WILVOS hotline. It always makes me so aware of the value of this 24 hour a day, 365 days a year rescue number for distressed wildlife. It is always a challenge to find enough people to man the phone line at the end-of-year holiday period, … [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...]
Selected by Dr Deborah Jordan and taken from a newspaper cutting held in the Palmer Papers. This piece, Caloundra: reasons for being there was first published in the Brisbane Telegraph, 28 January 1928. Nettie Palmer was born and bred in Melbourne and alive to the differences between the Sunshine and the south. She, too, was city reared so … [Read more...]
It’s often said that a picture paints a thousand words. Photographs of faces of anguish after the initial announcement, beautiful natural scenes that were so close to being lost forever and finally faces of joy and relief after the simple word, ‘no’ echoed throughout the Mary Valley. Arkin Mackay’s images made the issue personal. They … [Read more...]
Paul and Sally Johnson have both had a long experience with nature through their personal and professional lives. Along with their two daughters, Elly and Jessie, they have been quietly and modestly working towards a sustainable existence. In this edition we take an Up Close look at their lifestyle and why they decided to home-school their … [Read more...]
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 … [Read more...]
By- Tony Kevin When I began a year ago to write my book Crunch Time, the Rudd government had just whittled Garnaut’s recommended 25 per cent Australian emissions cut by 2020 down to a meaningless 5 per cent cut. Through 2009, the emissions trading scheme (ETS) negotiations built in increasingly lavish subsidies to big coal energy … [Read more...]
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