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This draft plan outlines NPWS plans to manage this historic lighthouse for recreation and tourism whilst maintaining the integrity of the site. World Heritage Nomination - Australian convict sites including the Old Great North Road The Australian Government, in partnership with state and territory governments, is preparing a nomination for World Heritage listing of 11 of Australia's convict sites. The part of the Old Great North Road in Dharug National Park is one of four sites in New South Wales included in the nomination. These requirements are for people seeking an approval under Part 6 of the National Parks and Wildlife Act.
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Ever been to Clearwater? Clearwater is a small coastal town in Australia with a very active landcare organisation called the Clearwater Landcare Centre. The centre is run by several permanent staff with the support of many dedicated volunteers. Some of the volunteers have trained at the centre as well. The Landcare Centre also has a very popular website where you'll find a lot more information about what's happening in the Clearwater River catchment area. About This Toolbox
TVET Australia Product Services - Item Description for Conservation and Land Management (CLM) Toolbox 507
Flexible Learning Toolboxes
Flexible Learning Toolboxes (Toolboxes) are high quality, cost effective interactive e-learning and assessment resources featuring scenarios, images and activities. They are designed for use by training providers, industry and business and support online delivery of recognised training packages for the vocational education and training sector. Toolbox materials now come in two formats: an integrated learning program incorporating a number of units of competency. These programs are available on a CD-ROM for installation on a server or for use on a stand-alone computer. a learning object format allowing users to download smaller self-contained components of content for free.
Internet Archive: Free Download: Reefer Madness
Considered THE archetypal sensationalized anti-drug movie, but it's really an exploitation film made to capitalize on the hot taboo subject of marijuana use. Like many exploitation films of the time, "Reefer Madness" tried to make a quick buck off of a forbidden subject while skirting the Motion Picture Production Code of 1930. The Code forbade the portrayal of immoral acts like drug use. ( The illegal drug traffic must not be portrayed in such a way as to stimulate curiosity concerning the use of, or traffic in, such drugs; nor shall scenes be approved which show the use of illegal drugs, or their effects, in detail. ) The film toured around the country for many years - often being re-edited and re-titled ("Tell Your Children", "Dope Addict", "Doped Youth", "Love Madness", "The Burning Question"). It was re-discovered in the early 1970s by NORML (National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws) and screened again as an example of the government's demonization of marijuana.
Culture Map | CAMRA: Cultural Asset Mapping for Planning and Development in Regional Australia
CAMRA (Cultural Asset Mapping in Regional Australia) is a major Australian Research Council and industry funded project running from 2008 to 2013 as a partnership between seventeen organisations, including four universities. CAMRA aims to provide planners, policy-makers and communities with the knowledge they need to make better-informed planning decisions for more effective development of their local arts and cultural industries. It will do this through:
The Handbook of Sustainability Literacy - University of Brighton - Faculty of Arts
In this ground-breaking book, leading sustainability educators are joined by literary critics, permaculturalists, ecologists, artists, journalists, engineers, mathematicians and philosophers in a deep reflection on the skills people need to survive and thrive in the challenging conditions of the 21st century. Responding to the threats of climate change, peak oil, resource depletion, economic uncertainty and energy insecurity demands the utmost in creativity, ingenuity and new ways of thinking in order to reinvent both self and society. The book covers a wide range of skills and attributes from technology appraisal to ecological intelligence, and includes active learning exercises to help develop those skills.
Bits & Bytes - Community Food Security Resources
from the July 2010 issue of Seedling, a publication of the international organization GRAIN:AAEE 16th Biennial Conference Canberra 2010: Leading change – Living for one planet. The future depends on ecological sustainability this conference challenge economic, social and political assumptions undermining our capacity to act with hope towards a desired future. A fully integrated youth program ensured this conference inspired commitment to personal and collective action to challenge these assumptions. Tropical topics, engaging and involving Indigenous Australians and isolated communities across Northern Australia. The Youth Conference, lead by Millennium Kids Inc, connecting youth organisations and groups across the nation using video link ups. Bunbury is 2 hours south of Perth the capital of Western Australia at the centre of the biodiversity hotspot in the southwest.
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Green-wash (green’wash’, -wôsh’) – verb: the act of misleading consumers regarding the environmental practices of a company or the environmental benefits of a product or service.
