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After 2 glorious weeks of sun, friends and relatives on the west coast I’m back in Hobart refreshed and focused yet buried in a lovely back-log of emails, phone messages, bills and personal administrivia so bare with me while i take some time to tie up those loose ends.

I’m excited! Starting next Friday (April 11) from 10pm until midnight I’ll presenting a new weekly radio program on Edge Radio here in sunny Hobart. Anyone who ever listened to RTRFM’s (now deceased) Auditory Spiral might have some clues as to what Hobart is in for. I’ll get the web page set up soon at…

not a post in months! call me what you will. (and i’ll whack some photos in here…)

So i’ve been doing a little research, nabbing some good links from Sustainable Living Tasmania: Tasmanian Environment Centres / Environmental Organisations Launceston Environment Centre http://www.lec.org.au/The Launceston Environment Centre (LEC) is a non-profit community organisation that has been working on environmental issues in northern Tasmania since 1974. North West Environment Centre http://www.happyplanet.org.au/The North West Environment Centre…

I’m just downloading my images from Sumatra to my computer now, so i’ll try to post some today or tomorrow.

oh boy did it suck when i went to pick up my ticket (which was confirmed on my travel agent's system) and Garuda told me the flight was fully booked, my name not being on the list. So they put my on a 'high priortity standby list' and told me to head to the airport…

The inventor of permaculture is among those calling for backyard farmers to be freed from water restrictions. Katherine Kizilos reports. IN A drought year, during an era of climate change, what does it mean to be a responsible gardener? Cactuses, paving and a sculpture near the barbecue? Or an old-fashioned vegie patch, fruit trees, herbs…

Google Creates renewable energy R&D group and supports breakthroughtechnologies Google today announced a new strategic initiative to develop electricity fromrenewable energy sources that will be cheaper than electricityproduced from coal. The newly created initiative will focus initially on advanced solar thermal power, wind power technologies, enhanced geothermal systems and other potential breakthrough technologies. For more…

I cannot begin to say how incredibly happy I am that enough of you Australians have finally seen sense enough to rid us of the tyranny of Howard governance. Yes, it took some of you a long time, but it seemsyou've finally 'got it'. Congratulations! Those of you still voting 'Liberal' (and there are WAY…

I'm stuck in Sumatra in the middle of the jungle and as I didn't have much notice, I can't vote this time 'round… so i'm counting on you folks! GetUp has some great resources to make sure you're not giving your vote to the devil(s) check this out for example: GetUp's guide to 2007 Senate…