Monday, March 30, 2009
Friday, March 27, 2009
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Mapping our soil and understanding soil sealing
Getting the global dirt on soil - 24/03/2009
Understanding the nature of soils globally and soil sealing and its impacts globally.An attempt to identify our soils assets and urban planning around such .Too many times we are not looking after and supporting the development of our soils.We also tend not to appreciate the quality and qualities of our soils it its essential value.This is a global project...supported by foundations such as CSIRO and the Gates Foundation.
Understanding the nature of soils globally and soil sealing and its impacts globally.An attempt to identify our soils assets and urban planning around such .Too many times we are not looking after and supporting the development of our soils.We also tend not to appreciate the quality and qualities of our soils it its essential value.This is a global project...supported by foundations such as CSIRO and the Gates Foundation.
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Useful link and contacts in environmental Training in Australia
Welcome to EnvironmentPartners
I haven't used this group at all but they seem to have some interesting resources and ideas in the sustainability and workplace environmental training arena.
I haven't used this group at all but they seem to have some interesting resources and ideas in the sustainability and workplace environmental training arena.
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Friday, March 13, 2009
Too late a response to oil spill on Queensland coast?
Oil spill: Qld beaches declared disaster zones - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Oil not only in the economy making things difficult but as an underestimated and under responded to disaster damaging large tracts of Queensland coastline and ecosystem with over 100 000 litres of oil being dumped from the Pacific Adventurer oil tanker.Costs are estimated to clean up of over $100 000 a day.To assess damage done to the whole area/community/ecology would be an immense task...but it will obviously be extremely costly.Blame is being shifted backwards and forwards from who should have acted and innaccurate shipping reportage of the incident.Anna Bligh is obviously in for a bashing.More importantly again it highlights the unassumed risks of transporting hydro carbons via tankers through many aspects of sensitive environments and communities that can be damaged irreparably by incidents...that can be foreseen.
Oil not only in the economy making things difficult but as an underestimated and under responded to disaster damaging large tracts of Queensland coastline and ecosystem with over 100 000 litres of oil being dumped from the Pacific Adventurer oil tanker.Costs are estimated to clean up of over $100 000 a day.To assess damage done to the whole area/community/ecology would be an immense task...but it will obviously be extremely costly.Blame is being shifted backwards and forwards from who should have acted and innaccurate shipping reportage of the incident.Anna Bligh is obviously in for a bashing.More importantly again it highlights the unassumed risks of transporting hydro carbons via tankers through many aspects of sensitive environments and communities that can be damaged irreparably by incidents...that can be foreseen.
Too late a response to oil spill on Queensland coast?
Oil spill: Qld beaches declared disaster zones - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Oil not only in the economy making things difficult but as an underestimated and under responded to disaster damaging large tracts of Queensland coastline and ecosystem with over 100 000 litres of oil being dumped from the Pacific Adventurer oil tanker.Costs are estimated to clean up of over $100 000 a day.To assess damage done to the whole area/community/ecology would be an immense task...but it will obviously be extremely costly.Blame is being shifted backwards and forwards from who should have acted and innaccurate shipping reportage of the incident.Anna Bligh is obviously in for a bashing.More importantly again it highlights the unassumed risks of transporting hydro carbons via tankers through many aspects of sensitive environments and communities that can be damaged irreparably by incidents...that can be foreseen.
Oil not only in the economy making things difficult but as an underestimated and under responded to disaster damaging large tracts of Queensland coastline and ecosystem with over 100 000 litres of oil being dumped from the Pacific Adventurer oil tanker.Costs are estimated to clean up of over $100 000 a day.To assess damage done to the whole area/community/ecology would be an immense task...but it will obviously be extremely costly.Blame is being shifted backwards and forwards from who should have acted and innaccurate shipping reportage of the incident.Anna Bligh is obviously in for a bashing.More importantly again it highlights the unassumed risks of transporting hydro carbons via tankers through many aspects of sensitive environments and communities that can be damaged irreparably by incidents...that can be foreseen.
Monday, March 09, 2009
Learning resources for sustainability
Learning for Sustainability
Great site for tools and research materials for 'Sustainability' practitioners in all their guises.Check it out.
Great site for tools and research materials for 'Sustainability' practitioners in all their guises.Check it out.
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