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Forum highlights sustainability for tomorrow’s accountants

highlights-smallHow to educate tomorrow's accountants to deal with the incoming carbon tax and future sustainability initiatives will be one of the hot topics discussed when the Centre for Accounting, Governance and Sustainability, University of South Australia and the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia host a forum on the future pathways to the profession for accountants.

 
Timber towers and social sustainability power ideas in new Zero Waste “bible”
buildingThe second of the three little pigs built his house out of wood and although in the fairy tale the wolf blew it down, the head of UniSA’s Zero Waste Research Centre – Professor Steffen Lehmann says piggy number two, may have been onto something.
 
Eco Evidence for environmental decisions

e_waterEco Evidence, a software tool to support evidence-based decision making in environmental management.

Eco Evidence is available as a free download for members of the eWater Toolkit, a free-to-join community of practice that provides access to hydrological, ecological and catchment management resources.

 
How to enhance business innovation capability

If innovation is the principal source of sustainable competitive advantage in business, research for a Charles Sturt University (CSU) doctorate provides a framework for strategic managers to enhance and entrench innovation within their firms.

 
UOW data confirm surprising atmospheric findings

UOW_data_TNSatellites showing that nature is responsible for 90% of the earth's atmospheric acidity shocked researchers from the Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy, whose findings have just been published in the journal Nature Geoscience.

 
Scientists pinpoint timing of powerful black hole activity

A Curtin University radio astronomer is a step closer to understanding how black holes can launch superfast 'bullets' of gas into space, by identifying the exact moment when these 'bullets' form.

 
Quakes unearth secret of Australia's underground past

Researchers from The Australian National University have used the latest earthquake-measuring technology to image the tectonic plate beneath southeast Australia and reveal for the first time the continent's geological building blocks.

 
100 green star ratings in 2011

For the first time, the Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA) has certified 100 Green Star buildings in one calendar year.

The GBCA launched the Green Star environmental rating system for buildings in 2003. Since then, more than 390 buildings have achieved Green Star ratings, with nearly 550 registered for Green Star certification. The previous highest figure in one calendar year was 88 certifications in 2009.

 
Native vegetation rules cost farmers and the environment

sunset-smallThe Victorian Farmers Federation will ask the State Government for a more balanced approach to native vegetation rules to enable increased land productivity for Victorian farmers.