The Australian Government plans to help local communities, businesses and councils take action to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions with the availability of grants totalling almost $2.2 million. [ + ]

Biodieselathome.net, a company aimed at spreading information about alternative fuels has introduced instructions for making inexpensive alternative fuels at home. [ + ]

Victorians have been encouraged to reduce their energy use and reduce greenhouse gas emissions in a new campaign unveiled by the Victorian Government. [ + ]

Enviroequip is hosting a series of ground water seminars in August to be presented by David Kaminski, international expert in ground water sampling methods. [ + ]

On Tuesday, 20th June 2006, the Minister for Minister for Manufacturing and Export, Andre Haermeyer, will launch the first joint recycling program between two Victorian companies and the nation of Samoa. [ + ]

IFAT China 2006 held 27 – 30 June offers a broadly structured accompanying program. This examines the entire spectrum of areas relevant to environmental protection in Asia: from water supply, sewage treatment and waste disposal to recycling, air pollution control and environmental technology right down to environmentally compatible forms on energy in Asia. [ + ]

One out of 8,000 Queensland school students taking part in a comprehensive education program will have the opportunity to deliver a keynote address alongside Mikhail Gorbachev at Earth Dialogues Brisbane 2006: A World Forum for Resource Management and Sustainable Development. [ + ]

A large Queensland billboard company is one of the major sponsors of the World Forum on the environment taking place in Brisbane in July this year. [ + ]

The United Nations Association of Australia announced the winners in this year’s World Environment Day Awards at a gala presentation at Melbourne’s Grand Hyatt Hotel Rob Gell – Environmentalist and Victorian president of Greening Australia. [ + ]

IWES will be conducting short courses on environmental management on 17-21 July at the Gold Coast. [ + ]

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. [ + ]