Newly patented technology invented by ANSTO scientist, Dr Tony Taylor, can cheaply make sewage and waste water clean enough to drink and could cut water use by 60%, according to ANSTO’s online magazine, Velocity. [ + ]

The Sustainable Packaging Alliance’s (SPA) approaching round table “Implementing NPC II – a whole chain perspective†is set to be held Friday 30th June 2006 between 8:30am – 2:00pm, in Melbourne. [ + ]

The Beattie Government has made $20 million available to local Councils to stage water audits and to install water saving devices. [ + ]

Ken Matthews, Chairman of the National Water Commission, has welcomed the signing by Western Australia of the National Water Initiative (NWI). [ + ]

Queensland has been selected as the host venue for international environment forum, Earth Dialogues Brisbane 2006. [ + ]

A multidisciplinary team from the Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) for Greenhouse Accounting, the Australian National University, CSIRO, Ensis and the University of New South Wales has reaffirmed the value of tree planting to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions. [ + ]

To celebrate World Environment Day on the 5 June, Canon New Zealand is calling for entries to the Canon Environmental Grant, a $15,000 product grant awarded on an annual basis to facilitate environmental projects. [ + ]

Waste management needs to be refocused if it is to achieve the best outcomes for the community, according to a draft inquiry report released by the Productivity Commission. [ + ]

A growing number of community groups around Australia are raising much needed funds by participating in the drumMUSTER environmental program. [ + ]

Organisations wanting practical solutions for addressing sustainability have the chance to attend a Summit on Sustainability in Auckland from August 27 - 30. [ + ]

Chinese trade fair for the Water Industry, the Water China in Canton (Guangzhou), will be held in 2007 from 7 – 10 March. [ + ]

Sustainable House Day is a chance to see how people have successfully implemented the principles of passive solar design, active solar design and water conservation and recycling. [ + ]

The growing demand for high quality environmental information for training programs of all sorts has led to the development of a web-based search framework and resource. [ + ]

Fujitsu Limited and Fujitsu Laboratories, in collaboration with Toray Industries, has announced the development of a bio-based polymer that retains the heat resistance and moldability of their previously developed bio-based polymer, while improving impact resistance by 50%. [ + ]

A Climate Change report has been developed by the Australian Business Roundtable group established to investigate the economic and social impacts of climate change to Australia, and to make a number of recommendations to Government. [ + ]