The Generator is founded on the simple premise that we should leave the world in better condition than we found it. The news items in this category outline the attempts people have made to do this. They are mainly concerned with our food supply and settlement patterns. The impact that the human race has on the planet.
Reef update: it’s working Inbox x GetUp! 2:04 PM (9 minutes ago) to me Dear NEVILLE, Well, it seems to be working. Within a day of launching our new ad about the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area, our phone was ringing with Government MPs trying to convince us to pull the campaign. We’ve never Continue Reading →
Urban farmland to create 100 jobs AAPUpdated November 25, 2012, 8:03 pm tweet0 Email Print AAP © Enlarge photo Farmland within the Western Sydney Parklands will be rejuvenated, creating 100 jobs and providing up to $45 million of investment, NSW Premier Barry O’Farrell says. Mr O’Farrell released the Horsley Park Urban Farming Master Plan on Continue Reading →
Italy floods prompt fears for future of farming Experts blame warming ocean and climate change for rash of storms that farmers fear risk Italian signature crops Share79 inShare0 Email Tom Kington in Rome guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 13 November 2012 16.03 GMT The floods reach Romagnano, Massa, Tuscany. Photograph: Riccardo Dalle Luche/EPA The floods that have devastated Continue Reading →
Giant pandas threatened by climate change Global warming will wipe out much of the bamboo on which the bears rely for food, according to a new study Share161 inShare3 Email Press Association guardian.co.uk, Monday 12 November 2012 11.15 GMT The research, published in the journal Nature Climate Change, focused on the Qinling Mountains in Shaanxi Continue Reading →
Greens highlight reef coal project worries By Megan Hendry, ABCNovember 13, 2012, 9:27 am tweet0 Email Print Greens Senator Larissa Waters says there is a high level of concern among the Capricorn Coast community in central Queensland about plans to “industrialise” the Great Barrier Reef. Ms Waters held a public meeting last night in Yeppoon, Continue Reading →
From: GetUp! Date: Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 10:20 AMSubject: VIDEO: how to protect the Great Barrier ReefTo: nevilleg729@gmail.com We just got back from filming this video in Northern Queensland, and we can’t believe what we saw. The damage being done to the Great Barrier Reef World World Heritage Area will shock the country. Check Continue Reading →