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Food waste

Food waste Sal Dugan If food waste were a country, it would be the third biggest emitter of greenhouse gases after the US and China. It’s quite a statement isn’t it; makes you think, makes you curious. The quote was writ large in a recent Medibank Private magazine, Full of…
6 July 2024
Environmental Groups Environment

Environmental Groups

Listed below are some of the many environmental groups that operate with our region.  Some have a broad focus on the climate crisis and the need to advocate for change through lobbying governments at all levels and by educating the community.  Others have a more specific purpose such as working…
3 June 2024
Suburban Deer in our midst Environment

Suburban Deer in our midst

Suburban deer in our midst Graeme Daniels It was only about a decade ago that seeing a Sambar deer in the middle or lower Birrarung (Yarra) Parklands was a novelty. Well, how things have changed! Sambar deer became an increasing environmental problem in Victoria and beyond in the latter part…
12 March 2024