The Australian Bite
Archive for February, 2010
Talking about Green Cities
27 February 2010
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This week on the Australian Bite, we drop in on the Green Cities 2010 conference held last week in Melbourne. We’ll meet Romilly Madew, Chief Executive of the Green Building Council, who’ll tell us exactly what a Green City is, and how Australian cities are moving along the path to becoming more sustainable. Engineer and sustainability consultant Shane Esmore will tell us how the experts can measure the carbon footprint of buildings, and where things are heading with more environmentally friendly building materials. And environmental consultant Brenda Kingston will talk about the importance of indoor environmental quality.
Solar power, jackaroos & a story of East Timor
18 February 2010
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This week on the Australian Bite, solar power – we’ll hear some thoughts on why it’s not really taken off in Australia. I’ll be chatting with Steven Horne the author of a new Australian novel – a thriller set in East Timor. And we’ll meet some young people doing a jackaroo training course in Dubbo, New South Wales.
Support for International Students & trekking solo to the Pole
11 February 2010
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This week on the Australian Bite we drop in at the opening of the new International Student Care Centre in Melbourne – the first of its kind in Australia. We visit a test farm in Tasmania that’s growing a whole range of grains not normally found in Australia, including Ethiopia’s staple grain teff. And destination North Pole - Western Australian adventurer Tom Smitheringale tell us why he’s setting off to pull a 160 kilogram sled for 70 days across the Arctic ice - all on his own.
Surf and love-heart strawberries
4 February 2010
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Australian beaches are beautiful, but they can also be dangerous – especially to people who aren’t experienced in the water. In fact Australian surf lifesavers rescue tens of thousands of people from potentially life threatening situations at the beach every year. Well a program called Migration 2 Surf, being run by the Coogee Lifesaving Club in Sydney, is teaching adult migrants beach and water safety skills, and we hear more about the program on this week’s Australian Bite. Also on the program, John Barrington drops by to talk to the residents of Hall’s Creek in remote Western Australia, which has been dubbed Australia’s worst place to live. And heart-shaped strawberries may be all the rage as this year’s hot Valentine’s Day Gift.