Hi all, The Queensland Government (Australia) has released a discussion paper via Andrew McNamara - who some of you know has been vocal on the issue of peak oil for many years and is quoted in the front of Richard Heinberg's Oil Depletion Protocol. This discussion document is open to public... (read more)

Permaculture Noosa September meeting - from 7pm (market stalls) at the Cooroy Memorial Hall, Main Street, Cooroy. All welcome, gold coin donation for tea and coffee. SEPTEMBER MEETING - Thursday 18th. Sonya Wallace and Janet Millington will present... “Permaculture Solutions to the Challenges of Peak Oil and Climate Change in our... (read more)

We're featured in the latest issue of Eco News - a special edition focussing on peak oil... These are truly unprecedented times for us all. The world is having to face up to the consequences of years of reliance on fossil fuels as a cheap energy source. We are facing a... (read more)

We've taken the best from the US - the Relocalisation Network - and the best from the UK - the Transition Network - to ensure we have the best possible chance of making a successful transition to a post carbon future. Transition Town Eudlo Small town – big plans Transition Sunshine Coast congratulates... (read more)

Take care in this wet weather. Highlands Road is blocked and so are many others around the traps. Stay home, stay dry and stay safe. Check the BOM website and listen to ABC Coast FM for updates.... (read more)

Here's your chance to seriously do something about relocalising our food supply. Support the Nambour Organic Co-operative. These types of groups and co-operatives will be the life blood of our future. Help us get them well-established now, plus you get to enjoy beautiful organic fare at wholesale prices. Nambour Organic Co-operative Delicious... (read more)

Our group is mentioned in an article in today's state newspaper! Together with the work I'm doing on energy descent action planning and transition towns the journo quotes me talking about the need for relocalisation in the region. Hopefully this will spark some support and more action on relocalisation here... (read more)

Australian David Holmgren, cooriginator of the Permaculture concept, has launched a new website exploring future scenarios in the context of climate change and peak oil. Site is still under construction but already has plenty of content. Lots to read, discuss and consider... Here is the link http://www.futurescenarios.org./... (read more)

Peak Oil didn't rate a mention at the Australian National 2020 summit organised by the Federal Government. Here is a comment from David Holmgren (co-originator of Permaculture)... Following APC9 (Australia's National Permaculture Convergence held recently) there has been much discussion on the listserve about the divergent opportunities for permaculture activism in Australia... (read more)

Climate Code Red: The Case for a Sustainability Emergency is a new report published by Greenleap Strategic Institute Inc., Carbon Equity and Friends of Earth. It is the starkest, most honest report I've ever read on the seriousness of climate change and it demands immediate and global action - what... (read more)

Interview with Melbourne Community Radio station - a link to the podcast of an interview I did on Transition Towns, Peak Oil, Community Education Centres etc etc. http://wonderfulworldmedia.net/?p=137... (read more)

From 6pm (Melbourne time) tonight (5pm Queensland time), Sonya Wallace - Relocalisation Group coordinator and co-founder of the Sunshine Coast Energy Action Centre will be interviewed on Wonderful World Media network on 94.1FM (in Melbourne) 3WBC. Also available on podcast via wonderfulworldmedia.net I'll be discussing the community education centre here on... (read more)

QUEENSLANDERS are the highest producers of greenhouse gas in the world, emitting 38.9 tonnes per person every year – nearly 11 tonnes more than the Australian average, a first-ever audit has found. The audit, undertaken by the Wet Tropics Management Authority between Cooktown and Cardwell, offers stark warning about the threats... (read more)

In early 2008 the Sunshine Coast Energy Action Centre (associated with Sunshine Coast relocalisation groups) will offer an intensive energy descent action planning course for individual home owners. An abridged version of our popular new Time for an Oil Change course, this course will cover how to prepare your home,... (read more)

The latest IPCC assessment report pulls no punches. This urgent, Nobel Prize winning call to action is yet another tool for any relocalisation group trying to convey the importance of reducing consumption and producing locally. Climate change is "severe and so sweeping that only urgent, global action" can head it off,... (read more)

Last night I interviewed Klaus Harvey, from one of the most well known and successful relocalisation groups in the world, Transition Town Kinsale in Cork, Ireland. Hearing about the progress they're making and the involvement and enthusiasm from the community and the local council is inspiring. I have high hopes... (read more)

Tim Flannery, one of Australia's top scientists and author of The Weather Makers: The History and Future Impact of Climate Change talks to Andi Hazelwood of Global Public Media about his suggested mitigations for climate change on the heels of the alarming new report from the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial... (read more)

NEWS FLASH... The Sunshine Coast Energy Action Centre received official notice today that the Sunshine Coast has been recognised internationally as a 'transition town' by the UK Transition Town Network. Through SEAC, the Time for an Oil Change course, the Energy Descent Action Plan, plus all the long-term, well-established, and strong... (read more)

This upcoming ad campaign has become a big hit around Australia - the organisation running it has asked for donations to allow them to air it in today's AFL Grand Final and have been overwhelmed by the response. The fundraising continues with the intent of airing the ad in other... (read more)

Food for thought - group has plan if oil crisis starts to bite here Items in a typical supermarket trolley full of food in Victoria will have collectively travelled 70,000km to come together. “That’s nearly twice round the globe,” said Sunshine Coast Energy Action Centre coordinator Sonya Wallace, who is part of... (read more)

[From the current issue of Eco News - the newspaper of the Sunshine Coast Environment Council, Queensland Australia - due out Sept 21] A NEW community action centre has opened on the Sunshine Coast, which aims to lead the way with real community-based solutions to climate change and peak oil. The... (read more)

I'm very proud to have just completed and published this interview with our new Sustainability Minister for Queensland, Andrew McNamara. Queensland's newly appointed Minister for Sustainability, Climate Change and Innovation talks with GPM's Andi Hazelwood about his robust new portfolio (with double the previous environmental budget), the impending public release of... (read more)

We congratulate Andrew McNamara on his appointment to Minister for Sustainability in the new Queensland cabinet and also congratulate Premier Anna Bligh on her decision. It's encouraging to see a vocal supporter of peak oil action appointed to such a position of responsibility (as State Minister for Sustainability in Queensland Australia).... (read more)

QUEENSLAND is heading for an oil shock. And it is not a matter of if, but when. As crude oil prices hit a record high yesterday, an as-yet unreleased Queensland Government report warns of massive social dislocation, rising food prices and infrastructure headaches because of rising oil costs. The report on the... (read more)

We have been featured in the lastest Post Carbon Newsletter... www.postcarbon.org/news/newsletters/aug2007... (read more)