Blog archive: Lifelong Learning
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Lifelong Learning
Liquid gold: save urine, save the planet?
Ancient cultures, from Greece to Asia, have used urine as a fertiliser to provide nutrients to their crops. Is recycling our urine a radical solution to global food security and saving our waterways?
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Lifelong Learning
Wave Energy Technology: Greek sea goddess CETO to the rescue
Named after a Greek sea goddess, CETO is a wave energy technology that converts ocean swells into zero-emission electricity and zero-emission desalinated freshwater.
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Lifelong Learning
Solar Power...but not as you know it
Solar power delivered from space! Science fact or science fiction?
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Lifelong Learning
Toad Busting: The battle against cane toad invasion
The battle continues with the cane toads that will soon be reaching the Bungle Bungle range in the World Heritage Listed Purnululu National Park in Western Australia.
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Lifelong Learning
Water, Water, Everywhere....
Water, water, everywhere and not a drop drink. poetic lines, but closer to the truth than you may think.
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Lifelong Learning
Mining in the backyard
Privately owned land can be mined, and there is not much farmers can do or say about it. Should farmers have more rights to what happens on their own turf?
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Lifelong Learning
More Power to the EPA
New environmental laws giving the Environmental Protection Authourity (EPA) more power pass in the NSW State Parliment unopposed in the shadow of the Carbon Tax.
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Lifelong Learning
Eureka! Triumph for Carbon Neutral Events
Events, whether large or small, impact the environment; they consume a lot of resources and produce excessive waste. You can make any event carbon neutral by measuring its footprint and offsetting the impact of this through the purchase of carbon offsets.
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Lifelong Learning
Food for thought: Love your seafood AND our oceans
It's no secret Australians love their seafood. But a lot of the fish we love is not sustainably fished or farmed. Are you willing to swap your favourite yellow fin tuna for a more sustainable yellow eye mullet?
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Lifelong Learning
Renewable Energy — Is FiT (Feed-In Tariff) a good fit for Australians?
The Australian government hopes to see 20% of Australia's electricity supply coming from renewable sources by 2020. Will the Feed-In Tariff (FiT) program help achieve this target?
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Lifelong Learning
National Science Week with Professor Fiona Wood
Professor Fiona Wood is a groundbreaking plastic surgeon who was named Australian of the Year in 2005. Through her pioneering work she has dramatically changed the way burn wounds are managed.
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Lifelong Learning
Is there an eco-balance?
It can be a challenge to lead a sustainable lifestyle that is easy, affordable and suits our personal needs. Is there an eco-balance to living sustainably and living comfortably?
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Lifelong Learning
Bugwise - virtual experiences
Bugwise session were part of the Learning for Sustainability Video Conference Festival in June 2011
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Lifelong Learning
What's in the box - Alaska
Alaska may seem a long way away, but with new technology we are able to share information and talk face to face.
