Archive for the 'Social Policy' Category
Victoria’s Black Saturday bushfires could lead to a decrease in water yield in catchments.
• Thursday, 12 February, 2009 • Leave a CommentPosted in Green Issues, News, Social Policy
Tags: Black Saturday 2009, bushfires, Melbourne water-supply catchments, Mountain Ash forests, water yield
Parents and teachers should be partners in improving student behaviour.
• Wednesday, 10 September, 2008 • Leave a CommentPosted in education, News, Social Policy
Tags: core values, OECD, parent-teacher partnerships, student behaviour
Housing becomes a luxury in Australia as rents and interest rates soar.
• Thursday, 24 July, 2008 • Leave a CommentPosted in Politics, Social Policy, World Economics
Tags: housing, morgage stress, public housing, rental housing, world economic situation
Discrimination continues to affect employment of migrants.
• Friday, 18 July, 2008 • Leave a CommentPosted in News, Social Policy
Tags: discrimination in employment, migrants, News, racism, Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission
Old bloggers never die!- greenicebergs salutes Olive Riley.
• Monday, 14 July, 2008 • Leave a CommentPosted in News, Social Policy, World History
Tags: Blogoshphere, Blogs, free speech, Olive Riley, World Youth Day, World Youth pilgrims
The end of the fossil fuel age opens up opportunities for greentech ventures.
• Friday, 11 July, 2008 • Leave a CommentPosted in Climate Change, Green Issues, News, Politics, Social Policy, World Economics, World History
Tags: climate change strategies, energy efficiency, fossil fuels, greentech industries, innovation
US finally agrees to cut emissions at G8 summit – not much conviction but its a start!
• Wednesday, 9 July, 2008 • Leave a CommentPosted in Climate Change, Green Issues, News, Politics, Social Policy, World Economics
Tags: Climate Change, emissions trading scheme, G8 summit, global warming, News, Pennsylvania Climate Change Act, renewable energy, target for emissions reduction
Australia faces more frequent and severe droughts study shows – supporting Garnaut’s call for action.
• Monday, 7 July, 2008 • Leave a CommentPosted in Climate Change, Green Issues, News, Politics, Science, Social Policy, World Economics
Tags: binding commitment on climate, Climate Change, drought, emissions trading scheme, greenhouse gases, Politics, Ross Garnaut report
An emissions trading scheme is wanted by most but not well understood – is media reporting part of the problem?
• Tuesday, 1 July, 2008 • Leave a CommentPosted in Climate Change, Green Issues, News, Politics, Social Policy, World Economics
Tags: Bias in political reporting, Climate Change, emissions trading scheme, global economic situation, oil crisis, petrol prices, Politics, Stern report
Emissions trading- what are the implications?
• Saturday, 28 June, 2008 • Leave a CommentPosted in Climate Change, Green Issues, Politics, Social Policy, World Economics
Tags: Climate Change, emissions trading, greenhouse gas emissions, the cost of introducing a carbon emissions trading sche
Green Icebergs - a look at the world from a different perspective 