If most Australians were aware of what was going to happen to Planet Earth this century, they would be lining up to buy a house and land package from Mike Hulme. His Foxcliffe development at Witchcliffe, near Margaret River, Western Australia, has it all. Having worked with Mike for many years on many land subdivisions, I know he is fully aware of how to design a sustainable residential subdivision and set guidelines that work. It is imperative that solid guidelines are attached to propert…
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Foxcliffe has it Right: A Land Development for the 21st Century
Governance and Solar Energy Interview
By admin on March 23, 2011
An informed opinion by Gary Burke to a basic question by Garry Baverstock AM Gary Burke is a sustainability strategies consultant, specialising in sustainability-framed economics, and at the time of this article was in the process of finalising his PhD. Gary is also an accomplished musician. He has spent a lifetime thinking and investigating how our economy should be based to maximize true wealth and happiness. Question by Garry Baverstock What is stopping the mainstream use of solar and r…
Energy Consumption Growth
By admin on March 23, 2011
By Garry Baverstock AM, Director of Wise Earth P/L Introduction: Energy Consumption Growth In 2005 World President of ISES Professor Yogi Goswami of USF in Florida, made a keynote speech at the ISES Solar World Congress in Beijing. There he predicted that most of the world’s uranium, gas, oil and much of the world’s coal depleted. At many of my talks in Australia and overseas since and in private discussion with fossil fuel, and uranium experts I noticed that I have either been looked at as…
AuSES Conference Best Papers: Solar Energy Environmental Benefits Best Papers
By admin on March 18, 2011
We have prepared list of solar-e.com's own selection of ranked candidates for the Solar Energy Environmental Benefits best papers presented at the ‘Solar 2010’ Conference: Policies and Strategies (including the Economics of solar energy, diversity of derived forms of solar energy, electricity grids and data collection) The analysis and understanding the of more obscure fields of solar energy related technology and policy developments is obviously another critical step forward to apply…