September 21, 2008 – 3:01 am
An Mp3 broadcast from 01/04/08 here is available on Melbourne’s RRR . Peter Sutton talks about his 2008 book written with David Spratt, Climate Code Red – which, with a sanguine scientific reading of current global warming trends, makes frightening reading. Read some chapters.
September 21, 2008 – 2:20 am
Melbourne has been ranked in the top ten “Global Sustainability Centers” by New York-based Ethisphere.com. A key feature of the ranking is that a large city region should have “a plan in place that will shift their bulky, mega-hub selves onto an environmentally sustainable path”. The criteria include consideration of -and progress in – environmental [...]
September 10, 2008 – 11:12 am
The Eco-Minds competition is offering three Australian students the opportunity to represent the country as environmental youth ambassadors and win an all expenses paid trip to New Zealand to attend the Eco-Minds youth forum for sustainable development from 25-30 May 2009.
The third Eco-Minds forum is being organised as part of a unique global partnership between [...]
September 8, 2008 – 2:30 pm
On Monday night (01/09/08) the University of Melbourne Council acknowledged the lack of affordable student housing and formally requested that the Vice-Chancellor Glyn Davis examine co-operative housing as a solution.
The University Council was informed of the activities and plans of the Student Housing Action Co-operative (SHAC). Students from the SHAC Co-operative have been living in [...]
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