We live in a ‘throwaway culture‘, where many of our things aren’t built to last. Each year, every house in the UK produces about1 tonne of waste– that’s about the same weight as agreat white shark! What’s
Vegetation loss as a result of urban infill is a major problem in Australian cities (Hurley et al.,2020). To counteract vegetation loss on private land, many councils are looking to maximise planting in the public realm. Dense and layered tree and shrub planting along streets can help increas...
The management arrangements for NRM regions varies from state to state (see Table 3) with some generic differences such as Local Land Services organisations in New South Wales, Catchment Management Authorities in Victoria, and Catchment Councils in Western Australia (Table 3, Table 4). Some of ...
Thus, the research is outlined as follows. Section2highlights the academic debate on sustainability in cultural heritage management, leading to organizational changes and to the adoption of the Deutero-learning process as the theoretical model (Bateson,1972; Eilertsen & London,2005) to achieve the r...
In Victoria, over one third of the State was affected, with record flood levels being recorded in many communities [32]. Post event reviews of these events identified failings with respect to flood warning dissemination, timeliness, accessibility and tailoring of warnings to meet community needs ...
Expertise in research integration and implementation is an essential but often overlooked component of tackling complex societal and environmental problems. We focus on expertise relevant to any complex problem, especially contributory expertise, divided
In the last two years alone we have changed the law to improve safeguards for children. For example, we've just brought in the Care Standards Act which will regulate and improve standards for children who are being looked after by local councils. Our Quality Protects programme is spending almo...
Hello- I am relocating in September; my daughter is 8 years old. I need to travel to central london and can afford a rent 900-1100 max; would you advise me the some councils where I should look for rental and schooling (state school)?
Since we launched our campaign, we’ve had a tremendous outpouring of support. Volunteers have agreed to set up visits at various cities, national councils have written to us to organize visits, 127 people have donated over $7000 to help us buy video equipment, hire drivers, and house the ...
which are typically more institutionalised and less activist-oriented. IG DAF/DAZ Basisbildung has grown stronger, both in membership and by becoming active in workers’ councils. However, the employer’s representation only recognises the formally assigned, responsible trade union as being a partner...