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Honeycomb Valley Farm at Nabiac is the venue for a practical one day workshop designed to give farmers inexpensive strategies to deal with excessive rain, dry periods, high and low temperatures. Presented by Adam Wilson and Greg Paynter of Soil Systems Australia, the worshop has been subsidised by the Federal Department of Agriculture, Fisheries & Forestry (DAFF) and [...] THE Earth is experiencing its sixth great extinction and Australia, along with its Pacific neighbours, is in danger of perpetuating its record as one of the worst destroyers of animal and plant species, a study by leading environmental scientists has found. http://www.smh.com.au/environment/australia-one-of-worst-animal-destroyers-20090728-e068.html The US China Ponzi Scheme: Imagine becoming so successful at your job that you stack [...] The price of oil, which is rising too fast, and long-term interest rates that are beginning to creep up are likely to suppress a budding recovery, famous economist Nouriel Roubini, also dubbed “Dr. Doom,” told CNBC Monday http://www.cnbc.com/id/31482098 With US state revenues in a free fall and the economy choked by the worst recession in [...] This is a great read: Cheer Up It’s Going to Get Worse. Peak oil describes a scenario, perhaps already unfurling, in which the easy days of oil-based society are over, a scenario in which global oil production has peaked and in which every barrel of crude oil drawn from the earth from that point forth is [...] This year’s commencement address at Portland University given by Paul Hawkens is incredibly eloquent, evocative and inspirational. READ IT! http://www.up.edu/commencement/default.aspx?cid=9456&pid=3144 Scientists warn of climate catastrophe. The world faces a growing risk of “abrupt and irreversible climatic shifts” as fallout from global warming hits faster than expected, according to research by international scientists released Thursday. http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/scientists-warn-of-climate-catastrophe-20090618-cm1v.html When unpaid work is still [...] NEW HYDROGEN-POWERED CITY CAR UNVEILED: A former motor-racing engineer has unveiled a prototype of a new hydrogen-powered city car which claims to emit less than one third of the carbon emissions produced by its nearest rival. http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/06/16/riversimple.hydrogen.car/index.html MEGA CITIES RIPE FOR MEGA DISASTER. Some of the world’s biggest cities are at growing risk of “megadisasters”, the [...] High altitude winds could power New York City http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/06/16/high-altitude.wind.power/index.html?iref=mpstoryview Man-made climate change threatens to stress water resources, challenge crops and livestock, raise sea levels and adversely affect human health, according to a report released by the Obama administration on Tuesday. http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/06/16/climate.change.report/index.html British Airways is asking its 40,000 staff to work for nothing because the company is in a [...] Power Plant executive in Victoria (Australia) threatened by activists http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25639194-12377,00.html I’m posting this story on its own as I think it’s worthy of some thought. Having only woken up to environmental and social issues in the last few years, and being just an ordinary mum-type citizen, it was interesting to read today of the tactics of the Earth Liberation [...] |
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