The time for Libraries is NOW
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Thursday, March 31, 2011
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Germany has Suburbs Without Cars - time for SEQ to try?
Biking and walking are the principal means of transport within the community. A tram that runs down the spine of the district connects Vauban to the train station and downtown Freiburg.
Many people move to Vauban not for environmental reasons, but because they feel that a car-free environment is far better for children. Indeed, children are everywhere! With no cars on the streets, many residents call Vauban a children's paradise, where youngsters wander from a young age in safety. Even some residents who say they miss the convenience of a car at their doorstep have concluded that it is worth the tradeoff.
In Vauban, residents who wish to own a car can do so, but must must generally park it in one of two municipal garages at the edge of town. So for most errands, it's easier to walk to the store than to walk to the car. Also, spaces must be bought, for about $40,000. The garages are also home to a car-sharing service, which car-less residents rely on for things like weekend ski trips.
Though Vauban is extreme in its policies to discourage driving, other places are beginning to adopt some of the same principles: disallowing new malls that are not accessible to public transportation, for example, and limiting the number of parking spaces in new developments.
Isn't it time new housing areas in SEQ offered real alternatives to our continuing suburban sprawl which is still the model new city offered by ULDA Urban Land Development Authority?
Read the article in NYTimes Germany Imagines Suburbs Without Cars - NYTimes.com
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Veteran environmental campaigner Drew Hutton has been arrested... charged after gas blockade arrest
Veteran environmental campaigner Drew Hutton has been arrested and charged after protesting against the coal seam gas industry on a property near Tara in southwest Queensland.
Police this evening confirmed Mr Hutton had been charged with the "obstruction of a petroleum authority holder" and would appear in the Chinchilla Magistrates Court tomorrow.
Friends of the Earth member and fellow campaigner Cassie McMahon said Mr Hutton was among about 25 people at the site today.
Ms McMahon said a large number of police officers arrived on the scene this afternoon.
“They told us under ... the Petroleum and Gas Act that we were not allowed to be there and that we had to leave the premises,” she said. “The remainder of us were in the process of departing when he [Mr Hutton] was arrested.
“Drew Hutton has refused the bail conditions and could be in custody for 30 days at the Toowoomba watch house.”
Ms McMahon, who yesterday chained herself to a bulldozer as part of the protest, said campaigners were undeterred by the developments today.
I’m very surprised that landholders do not have the ability to invite people to stay on their property to protect their property,” Ms McMahon said.
Read article as reported in Brisbane Times at this link.
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Human Health Impacts of Open-cut Coal Mining & Coal Seam Gas Mining - Beaudesert Qld
Human Health Impacts of Open-cut Coal Mining & Coal Seam Gas Mining - Beaudesert Qld
Date: Friday 18-Mar-11 at 6:15 pm Category: Public Forum
Speakers Include: Drew Hutton, Lock the Gate Campaign Alliance - Dr Dick van Steenis, Public Health Advocate from the United Kingdom - Dr Sandra Bayley, Doctors for Science, Sustainability and Social Justice - Innes Larkin or Bill Parke (Keep Scenic Rim Scenic)
When: Friday March 18 from 6.15 pm for a 6.30pm start.
Where: Meeting Room - Centacare St Mary's, Petersen Street, Beaudesert.
Info: Light Supper & Gold coin entry.
RSVP: Debbie 5541-3426 or neil_debbie@bigpond.com
Hosted by Logan and Albert Conservation Association
Public Forums - Lock the Gate Alliance Inc
Hands off Country: James Price's Point, NO SOCIAL LICENCE TO OPERATE
Social Licence to Operate
Hands off Country: James Price's Point, NO SOCIAL LICENCE TO OPERATE
This is an interesting concept and another tool with which to oppose those developments which are totally unwanted by the community.
Please read more about this at the link posted below.
...comprise individuals and communities that are respectful co creators of community and social welling life. We will not be subjected or treated like passive objects of decisions made by those wrecking local national and global havoc for self-enrichment
Hands off Country: James Price's Point, NO SOCIAL LICENCE TO OPERATE
The Future of Learning
Check out this SlideShare Presentation:
The Future of Learning
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Tuesday, March 15, 2011
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