By Adam Coleman Figures from the Meteorology’s Annual Australian Climate Statement 2006 revealed it was Australia’s 11th warmest year on record. The parliamentary secretary for the environment, Greg Hunt, said…
Category: Environment
Report calls for water recycling development
By Adam Coleman A recent report on water policy by the Senate’s standing committee on rural and regional affairs has recommended the development of water recycling plants to increase public…
Report finds landfill levies lopsided
By Adam Coleman The Productivity Commission has concluded its report into waste generation and resource efficiency in which it has criticised the use of landfill levies to achieve waste diversion…
Is Sydney scrimping on water costs?
By Staff Writers Sydneysiders should be paying more for water as it becomes scarcer according to an environmental economist who argues that more expensive water would encourage urban households to…
Excellence in environment
By Staff Writers Hornsby Shire Council has won the premier award in the 2006 Local Government Excellence in the Environment Awards announced recently at the NSW Art Gallery. The awards,…
Small businesses, big savings
By Adam Coleman Outback Oasis, a 12-month pilot project designed to increase profitability and improve resource efficiency within Broken Hill businesses and the community, has seen widespread participation and returned…
Intra-generational equity part of ESD equation
By Jane Garcia in Sydney The Chief Judge of NSW’s Land and Environment Court, Justice Brian Preston, shared his views on the principles of ecologically sustainable development at a National…
Spend it sensibly
By Jane Garcia No matter how hard you try does there always ends up being some mouldy green thing in the back of your refrigerator that might have started life…
An impressive street approach
By Jane Garcia Does your street furniture reflect the values and aspirations of your community? Is it creating a sense of ‘this is a place people want to be’? Ian…
Larger than life fun
By Jane Garcia When I was in primary school my friend Jasmin and I used to imagine ourselves inside our favourite TV show and play ‘Land of the Giants’ while…