UQ students build a community garden

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While The University of Queensland has a long-running history of promoting and practicing sustainable living, students have taken matters one step further, forming the University’s first ever student-led community garden.Although the community garden has only been in development since August last year, the project is quickly gaining momentum, attracting members from varying disciplines across the University....
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The Energy Revolution We Can’t Afford

The Energy Revolution We Can’t Afford

by jasonNo Comments
The USA is no longer the largest importer of oil, their president made a public speech linking extreme weather conditions to the burning of fossil fuels and last year a record number of coal plants were shut down [1]. In Australia the carbon tax has been subsumed into our existing economy, reinforcing the idea that the environment is something mildly inconvenient that we should make some small sacrifices towards in order to support. (more…)...
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