Stormwater design is one of the most critical components of urban engineering. Unfortunately in Canada there is no national standard of design principals used by municipalities or approval jurisdictions. I come from Australia where there is a national standard called Australian Rainfall and Runoff that is published by Engineers Australia. Here in Canada, it seems [...]
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After an authentic meat pie for dinner and enjoying lots of Australiana on YouTube, it behooves me to post this clip of Slim Dusty singing Waltzing Matilda. Happy Australia Day!
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I often get asked how to present the information of climate change, peak oil, the economy and the future of humanity. Saul Griffith, one of the founders of Wattzon a tool to measure the energy impact of your everyday choices presented at the PopTech conference at the end of 2008.
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This is another example of politicians just not getting it. Tony Burke is the Australian Minister for Agriculture…
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It is human nature to avoid thinking about things that we assume someone else is taking care of – or things that we believe don’t really impact us. Two stories, one warning of impending change, the other oblivious to any threat of Australia losing it’s precious way of life… Hard times here to stay | [...]
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Remembrance Day 2008. Today is the 90th anniversary of Armistice Day in 1918, the end of the !st World War. I was in the Australian Army for four and a half years – training to serve my country, fortunately, I never went to war, many of those I trained with ended up in Iraq and [...]
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The big picture just doesn’t register with some executives. Sprawl is bad for the planet and bad for humans, particularly in light of Peak Oil. Here is the justification for further suburban development in Melbourne, Australia. Death knell sounded for Aussie suburbs | NEWS.com.au Victoria’s housing estate developers are represented by the Urban Development Institute [...]
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Google Maps Mania: Want to be on Google Maps? Be in Sydney, Australia Jan. 26th!
Google is planning to take aerial photos of the city of Sydney, Australia on January 26th, 2007 and it has invited everyone to take part! They’ve set up a Google Maps powered plane-tracker website that will tell you what time the plane is expected for various times in the day by clicking within the fly-zone of the plane
Here are some more links from Google Maps Mania…
Official Page: Australia Day 2007 on Google Maps
Sydney Morning Herald: Google wants to put you on the map- Stephen Hutcheon gets the scoop on the event from Google Australia’s head of engineering, Lars Rasmussen.
Mashup Blog (SMH): Smile for the Google cameras
Recent Post:Google Maps Australia is now live(with new Aus mashups)
HT to cityofsound
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