January 29, 2009 – 2:03 pm
The Sustainable Living Festival showcases a huge range of exhibitors, talks, workshops, art, films and performances celebrating and inspiring sustainable communities. Come and explore the Festival’s three-day program in the heart of the city of Melbourne and be a part of the celebrations. (Federation Square Melbourne 20-22 Feb 2009)
January 22, 2009 – 9:19 am
A very useful perspective on the need to teach about, and engage with, the primary environmental challenge of the century. http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2009/01/20/goodstein
January 8, 2009 – 3:09 am
Australia’s emissions reduction targets have been announced in a White Paper (15 Dec 08), and the target of reducing national emissions by 5% over the next 11 years (with a possibility of deeper cuts to 15% if other nations follow) has attracted considerable surpise and critical commentary. Much deeper cuts were expected of one of the only [...]
January 8, 2009 – 12:51 am
TRAVELLING SCHOLARSHIP FOR STUDENTS CURRENTLY ENROLLED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE, max. c.$4,000. For more information: http://www.unimelb.edu.au/unisec/stirling/
January 8, 2009 – 12:21 am
A composite ’sustainability index’, based on the original work of the Bruntland Commission but updated and extended, has been developed using 22 main indicators. The SSI (Sustainable Society Index) assigns scores to nation states. The methodology and tables, developed by two analysts in the Netherlands, may be found here and are discussed in the online Enyclopaedia of Earth, [...]
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