Shoppers put the world first
From: Herald Sun
June 04, 2008
AUSTRALIAN consumers are threatening to stop buying products and services that do not show an awareness for the environment, a survey has found.
The market for sustainable retail and consumers goods is growing, though Australia is lagging other countries, the Pricewaterhouse Coopers 2008 retail and consumer report concluded.
“Sustainability [...]
Popularity: 18% [?]
Wind and more
Utilising Australia’s abundant renewable energy options will help us to a cleaner, safer future. Sun, wind and water are the key components needed to generate renewable energy and Australia is naturally blessed with an abundance of all…
Popularity: 14% [?]
Popularity: 14% [?]
Melbourne Exhibition Centre
Thursday 5 - Sunday 8 June 2008
(Opens World Environment Day)
Sustainable commerce and living makes environmental & economic good sense. With the latest new “green” ideas and sustainable commercial developments you can help save the environment and save money!
Thursday
June 5
12 noon to 8pm
Business & Public
Friday
June 6
10am – 6pm)
Business & Public
Saturday
June 7
(10am – 6pm)
Sunday
June 8
10am – 5pm)
Admission: $ 15.00
Concession: [...]
Popularity: 25% [?]
QLD’s best green getaways
Queensland’s famous beaches, stunning mountains and vast Outback have rightly put the state on the eco-tourism map so next time you plan a weekend away, consider a green…
Popularity: 17% [?]
Popularity: 17% [?]
UQ makes solar-power ‘breakthrough’
Queensland researchers say they have made a major breakthrough in renewable energy technology.
Popularity: 19% [?]
Popularity: 19% [?]
Flick the switch to renewable energy
By Tony Malkovic Could technologies like CETO, being trialled off Fremantle, give Western Australia an edge in wave power? Australia’s solar energy industry might have received a big setback in the recent federal budget, but calls are mounting for the adoption of laws that will…
Popularity: 16% [?]
Popularity: 16% [?]
Solar energy technology must be improved: G-G
Governor-General Major General Michael Jeffrey has stepped into the energy debate, saying solar power is Australia’s best prospect of securing a large-scale clean and sustainable energy source.
Popularity: 12% [?]
Popularity: 12% [?]
Be proactive
Let’s not watch petrol prices rise; let’s put government money into R & D on alternate fuels - ethanol, solar, anything environmentally friendly - to reduce the stranglehold of oil on our…
Popularity: 10% [?]
Popularity: 10% [?]
Insect genes to make crops drip lube
Australian researchers hope to insert plant and insect genes into crops to ‘farm’ industrial chemicals including super-lubricants, adhesives, sensors, antibacterials and stretch-Kevlar.
Popularity: 10% [?]
Popularity: 10% [?]
Conservationists ridicule wood waste power stations
The Tasmanian Conservation Trust has ridiculed Forestry Tasmania’s plans to set up wood waste power stations.
Popularity: 9% [?]
Popularity: 9% [?]