Bringing life back to the Moorabool Gorge
Ralph Cotter has been working on revegetating the gorge for six years, and is proud of the results.
View ArticleRunning on Empty: Tales from the Moorabool
With a transfer agreement being signed between Ballarat and Geelong's water suppliers, what is the future of the Moorabool River?
View ArticleThe inaugural Ballarat Regional Forum on Climate Change
A big crowd turns out for a forum featuring prominent Australian scientists discussing the economics of climate change and what can be done at a local level to address it.
View ArticleSustainability with Dennis Olmstead
Our weekly segment with Dennis Olmstead, manager of the National Centre for Sustainability, peers past the headlines to what constructive things can be done to lower energy consumption, reduce our...
View ArticleWorld bioenergy conference shows how far behind Australia is
There was no official Australian representative at the World BioEnergy Conference in Sweden - but Ballarat's chair of plantation timber collective SMARTimbers Andrew Lang was there, and tells us how...
View ArticleTransitions to deal with change
The "transition towns" movement is sweeping the world, and a seminar in Ballarat explains the concept.
View ArticleTransitions to deal with change
The "transition towns" movement is sweeping the world, and a seminar in Ballarat explains the concept.
View ArticleLocals work on a Victorian icon
The launch of a Green Corps project on the Great Dividing Trail sees 10 young locals start careers in conservation.
View ArticleSustainable Gardens
The mantra, think globally act locally is often hard to implement, but the best place to start could be in the garden.
View ArticleLiving with Nature
Does having a more diverse environment around you have a greater positive impact on your health?
View ArticleTony Burke MP explains landcare decision
Federal Agricultural Minister Tony Burke spoke to Kathy Bedford today about the decision to reallocate funding to Landcare.
View ArticleBallarat's 2nd Climate Change Forum: converts, concerns, community action
Ballarat's community climate change conference hears of hopes, anxieties and actions that must be taken
View ArticleFunding to help revive waterways: CMA
The Corangamite Catchment Management Authority (CMA) has welcomed almost $4 million in funding for its river health activities.
View ArticleProtecting the surf
Two Warrnambool surfers are setting up a south west Victorian branch of the internationally renowned Surf Rider Foundation.
View ArticleBid made for norfolk pines heritage listing
Port Fairy's historic norfolk pine avenues could soon appear on the Victorian Heritage Register
View ArticleDSE sets sights on southern Grampians burn
The Department of Sustainability and Environment (DSE) hopes to start its prescribed burning program in the southern part of the Grampians National Park this week.
View ArticleWild art... and stories
He's rolled around bamboo forests with giant pandas, stared deep into the eyes of large endangered lions and fled from a gigantic charging African elephant. Ballarat-based artist Steve Morvell gets to...
View ArticlePlanning to protect koalas
Concerned residents, wildlife enthusiasts and Ballarat council members have met to discuss what is being done to protect koalas under the council's Habitat Protection planning scheme.
View ArticleBaiting helps cut park's fox numbers
Parks Victoria says its effort in the Grampians National Park to reduce fox numbers is proving successful.
View ArticleKoalas stranded on a dying island
An isolated patch of koala habitat near Ballarat is dying and our cuddly native icon has nowhere to go.
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