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| Title: WQRA Nancy Millis PhD Scholarship |
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| Salary: $55,000 overall package |
| PhD Scholarship for 2011 commencement.
Water Quality Research - Benefits: $10,000 pa + $25,000 operating allowance to support professional development and project expenses. Award is for exceptional student see the WQRA website for complete package |
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| Title: Southern African Eco-Tourism Management Internship |
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| Salary: Volunteer Opportunity - non-paid |
| Take part in a wildlife research expedition in South Africa, travel down to Cape Town and join an overland safari through Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe before starting your lodge placement in Zambia. |
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30/08/2010
Moving Forward with Stationary Energy
Australia could move to 100% renewable energy in ten years. Yes, that is a reality confirmed by a substantial Australian research project, authored by a team of engineers and scientists with relevant industry and academic backgrounds.
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16/08/2010
Electric Cars – Driving Down Emissions
In recent times we have seen the emergence of demand for energy efficient and hybrid vehicles, catering to the consumer push to reduce the carbon footprint from petrol fuelled vehicles.
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03/08/2010
Climate Change, the Political Hot Potato
There is much discourse around the government’s ever-changing stance on climate change, with the Prime Minister recently announcing a 'citizens assembly' to canvas popular opinion on an approach to climate change.
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26/07/2010
An Ecopsychological Perspective
Do you ever get that sense of hopelessness at what we are doing to the planet? Hopelessness at our societies’ apparent incapacity to grasp just how serious and irreversible the situation is?
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20/07/2010
Batteries Are Recyclable?
Batteries are now so common – they seem to be in absolutely everything – that it is easy to fall into the trap of thinking that they are harmless.
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09/07/2010
Aussie Eco Fashion Designers
Besides obvious contributions like donations to organisations, fashion designers can do their part for the ecosystem through either their fabric choice; such as re-using non-biodegradable materials or using 100% organic fabrics
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01/07/2010
Art for Environment’s Sake
Get inspired by artists who care about the environment. Below we showcase three leading artists from around the world who care
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23/06/2010
Wriggling for Joy
A personal account from Kirsten Ainsworth on her experience setting up a commercially bought worm farm
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16/06/2010
Smart Eco-friendly Hotel Rooms
In a high-tech world, there is increasing demand from hotel guests to be able to control all aspects of their stay with the touch of a button.
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03/06/2010
Inspired to be grounded
There is no doubt that flying is bad for the environment. So what can be done to reduce the impact of flying? The most obvious answer is to stop flying.
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24/05/2010
Industrial Hemp
Hemp has had its ups and downs in recent years and although it is renowned for being an environmentally sound resource, it is often tarnished with its narcotic association.
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03/05/2010
Triple Dipping allowed with Solar Hot Water
It’s true! Queenslanders can now effectively triple dip on rebate support when they change their old electric hot water unit to an energy saving solar hot water or heat pump unit.
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22/04/2010
Happy Earth Day!
The original Earth Day in 1970 was the brainchild of US Senator Gaylord Nelson – he settled on the name Earth Day because is sounded just like “birthday”
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21/04/2010
Bright Future for Solar Research
The future of Solar research in Australia just got a boost, hot on the heals of the recent announcement that the biggest solar-panel factory in the southern hemisphere was rescued from closure and is set to open in Sydney
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14/04/2010
Small Businesses Discover Savings
When it comes to running your own small business, one of the major expenses, aside from personnel, is the cost of energy. Recent ABS data shows that electricity prices are up 15.6 percent Australia wide in just one year to November 2009.
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