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climate change, energy resources and the big picture: an Australian perspective on global issues
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U-PODS the right way to plan urban areas
Although this story is brief, it is about a system that practices a holistic approach to achieve the optimum in sustainable living in a natural loop. U-PODS stands for Urban Permanent Organoculture Design Systems for easier recognition by the greater public. [U-PADS was the previous name ... Urban Permaculture Anthroposophy Design Systems] In 1997 I registered [...]
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I?m Not Gay, But I Like Bob Brown
So Bob has pulled the pin; who can blame him? He has done more than his fair share for the Australian people (and the environment that sustains us) than the majority can comprehend (otherwise the Greens would be in power), and be derided by most. Being different is always a challenge, people – for perceived [...]
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Greece is the World
Protests against austerity measures are planned in Greece following the suicide of a pensioner who said he could no longer afford to live; this led to people demonstrating against austerity measures after Dimitris Christoulas’s death and clashed with riot police in Athens in recent days. Mr Christoulas was 77 years old when he decided to pull the pin [...]
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You Want Fries with That?
On the Channel 9 Today Show there was a news article about how Qantas is doing a flight with recycled biofuel; what makes the story intriguing is not so much that an airline company is using a biofuel, but that a) this fuel costs more than conventional airline fuel and b) that it isn’t (currently) [...]
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The Birds & Bees, Monsanto Style
There is a suggestion that a whistleblower will soon divulge information on how Monsanto will attempt to control world food via a super-bee after existing bees have been decimated world-wide. As we know, all but Australian bees are now afflicted by a mite that infects and kills the host bee; that the USA imports tonnes [...]
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