environment
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Foraging for food
Finding ingredients in nature and preparing them to use in every-day cooking will be the focus of a foraging workshop, to be held at The…
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Early green learning
Pupils from three learning centres have spent the past month helping to clean up Wyndham’s natural environment. Each Thursday during October, youngsters from Sparrow Early…
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A green route for buses
Bust a move and get yourself on to the newest, greenest buses in town. The first of 50 new hybrid-technology buses was last week launched…
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7-Eleven fined for fuel leak at Newport
7-Eleven Stores Pty Ltd has been fined more than $7700 for failing to clean up fuel contamination in groundwater under its Newport store. The Environment…
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It’s not easy being green
A small frog is causing a big stir in Maribyrnong. Maribyrnong council has removed rubbish bins from several parks in the city in a bid…
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Tunnel deadline fury
Inner-west residents are outraged they have been given just 30 working days to respond to a 10,000-page environmental effects statement for the West Gate Tunnel…
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Dud call on Altona beach
Altona beach has become a “horrendous” mudpit in sharp contrast to eastern suburbs beaches, according to a volunteer member of Altona Yacht Club. Jo Ewen,…
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Boomerang Bags cut reliance on plastic
Hobsons Bay Boomerang Bags will feature at a stall at Altona’s Logan Reserve on Australia Day to raise awareness about how people can reduce their…
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Mattress recycling a boon for environment
A Tottenham business has sprung into action rather than rolling over on a serious environment issue facing the sleep industry. TIC Group’s managing director of…
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Bulldogs kick goals for Greening the West
The red, white and blue of the Footscray Bulldogs will be joined by a splash of green in this Sunday’s clash with Casey Scorpions at…
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State gives $650,000 for Kororoit Creek Trail
The state government on Friday announced it would contribute $650,000 towards a 3.2 kilometre section of the Kororoit Creek Trail, which will eventually link the…
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Water quality down at Hobson Bay beaches
Williamstown beach has dropped from second to 14th in Port Phillip Bay water quality rankings, according to new data released last week. And Altona fell…
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Volunteer beach patrol tackles Altona litter
Residents have started a grassroots group to clean up the foreshore at Altona. Altona Beach Patrol 3018 was formed by marine biologist Matt McArthur and…
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Backyard fish revolution in Altona
From little things, big things grow. Peter Weaver has a partially buried 1000-litre water tank full of fish, topped with a 250-litre grow-bed for vegetables.…
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UN climate prize for Seddon local
A Seddon resident has been recognised during this month’s Climate Change conference in Paris with a United Nations award for his work to help Pacific…
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