Category: Archive
Archived material from historical editions of The Generator
admin /22 May, 2006
Eight years after warming seas caused the worst coral die-off on record, coral reefs in the Indian Ocean were still unable to recover, reported National Geographic News on 16 May.
The report said many reefs had been reduced to rubble, a collapse that deprived fish of food and shelter. As a result, fish diversity had tumbled by half in some areas, according to the authors of the first long-term study of the effects of warming-caused bleaching on coral reefs and fish.
admin /21 May, 2006
Dr Jason Stevens from Kings Park has found that priming saltbush seed with gibberellic acid, a plant hormone, can cut germination time from 30 days to five, with a 99 per cent success rate, reported Focus on Salt (March 2006, p.18).
admin /21 May, 2006
Electrical workers will refuse to work on or near operational mobile phone towers in Victoria until safety standards are introduced, fearing exposure to electromagnetic radiation causes cancer, reported The Age (19/5/2006, p.6).
admin /21 May, 2006
The $22 billion black coal industry is facing a dilemma as it looks to the expansion of export markets with lucrative wages and entitlements failing to attract young people into the industry, reported The Australian (13/5/06, p.6). It’s a problem that the industry has been aware of for years, if not decades, but a solution to the image has yet to be found.
admin /19 May, 2006
UK eco-village, BedZed, has struggled to meet its zero carbon emissions targets and has led different partners to take different approaches to future developments. An analysis of the lessons learned indicates some of the important issues to be considered in urban planning. Guardian article
admin /19 May, 2006
Going Green: office with no car parks, goat’s hair carpet, child care, bicycle storage and showers
Global finance and investment giant Morgan Stanley has made the ultimate yuppie sacrifice on behalf of 150 of its staff: there are no car parking spaces in its new Sydney offices. Not one, affirmed an article in The Australian Financial Review (17 May 2006 p.3).
