Category: Sustainable Settlement and Agriculture
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.
admin /23 April, 2010
Rudd sends juniors to face the music Sabra Lane in Canberra, ABC April 23, 2010, 10:27 am Related Links Tanner promises budget surplus April 22, 2010, 12:18 pm Burn-offs spark NW health warning April 22, 2010, 12:08 pm Rudd pledges to lift GP numbers April 22, 2010, 12:31 pm Control of GST Continue Reading →
admin /22 April, 2010
Can sitcoms save us from urban sprawl?
MICHAEL R. JAMES
February 4, 2010
The lifetsyle of the characters in Friends could point to a better way of living than urban sprawl.
In the first of these articles reacting to The 7.30 Report’s series on Australia’s population last week, public transport was identified as the key factor needing radical change in our urban planning. It is the backbone that ties all the other bits together, and it won’t matter how good those bits are if, to commute between the different parts — home, school, work, shopping, sport, entertainment — we are obliged to use cars instead of walking, cycling or public transport.
admin /22 April, 2010
Call for coup in Wilderness Society
ADAM MORTON
April 22, 2010
A BITTER dispute within one of Australia’s largest green groups has deepened after six Wilderness Society state campaign managers called on its 45,000 members to dump the national leadership.
The call from centres in all states except South Australia is in a letter that claims the society is in crisis due to failures of executive director Alec Marr and the national management committee.
It follows months of infighting over the direction of the organisation that worsened after Mr Marr convened an annual general meeting in November without the knowledge of the state centres.
admin /22 April, 2010
Rudd breaks pledge to build 260 childcare centres on school grounds
THE Rudd government has quietly dumped its election pledge to end the double-drop-off for parents by building 260 childcare centres on school grounds.
The Childcare Minister Kate Ellis said it would cause “disruption” for parents and unsettle the child care industry after the collapse of childcare giant ABC learning.
Ms Ellis said today the government would finish the 38 it has started.
Ms Ellis made the announcement today shortly after the government revealed it would ditch its home insulation program.
“The evidence tells us that an injection of more centres could threaten the viability of existing services and cause disruption for Australian families, just as the market is settling after the collapse of ABC Learning,” she said.
admin /21 April, 2010
Dear friend, I’ve just come from Government House in Hobart where, in a truly historic moment, Nick McKim and Cassy O’Connor were sworn in as Australia’s first ever Greens Minister and Cabinet Secretary. Please share this historic moment with us – watch this video and pass it on. This is an exciting day in Green Continue Reading →
admin /19 April, 2010
Voter anger as Tasmania stalemate continues Felicity Ogilvie, ABC April 19, 2010, 7:00 pm Related Links No second Greens minister: Bartlett April 18, 2010, 11:37 am Dead man ‘not wearing life jacket’ April 18, 2010, 6:50 am Tasmania will have stable govt: Bartlett April 18, 2010, 12:12 pm One man dead after Tas boating accident Continue Reading →
