Tiny Houses On Wheels (or “THOWs”), naturally lead to increased social connectivity between people by the nature of their size, design and usage, as
well as being more sustainable in terms of minimalism and promoting the practice of sharing resources. LET’S START AT THE VERY BEGINNING
The interest and appetite for tiny houses is infectious. It’s a much talked about topic. Popular lifestyle TV shows and magazines have featured them. Stories about local examples make their way into the mainstream news and they’re a regular...
When we saw survey stakes go into the ground around your favourite trees we were so alarmed and worried of things to come. We set out to make people understand how important this patch of earth is for you Glossies. You see, they are building a retirement village where your feed trees still stand as I write.
A few months in from the introduction of the Containers for Change, the scheme appears to be failing on a number of fronts from an environmental sustainability perspective. The Queensland Government’s draft Waste Management and Resource Recovery Strategy are now open for public submissions, so make your voice heard to ensure we get a better system.
Chicken Little, the sky is falling! But is it really? Nick Hluszko digs deeper to find the story behind Noosa River's biodiversity troubles and concludes that the sky may not fall just yet.
By Nick Hluszko
President, Noosa North Shore Association Inc
Introduction
I want to be very clear from the start. I (like most NNSA members) support most initiatives that do anything to protect the river, coastline and our environment for now and importantly...
I wrote recently about the need not to react with alarm to scaremongering about the claimed poor state of Noosa River's biodiversity from NBRF and Noosa Council. That was exaggeration, not science.
NBRF and the Council need to develop an...
Noosa North Shore President Nick Hluszko reasons that the Precautionary Principle espoused by Cr Brian Stockwell could land Noosa Council in hot water should the scientific qualifications of ‘Fresh Advisory’ was found to be unable to provide a scientific, research-based paper for the ’Noosa Fishing Futures’ strategy.
Our latest contributor as part of Glossy Team Sunrise, Leela Rottman wrote this great introduction to the Glossy Black Cockatoo.
The expansion of the runway is to take larger aircraft, especially those from international destinations which currently fly into Brisbane. Most people think this is okay, since there aren't, and likely won't be for a while, any international flights.
Judy Barrass reflects on John Hare’s article in Noosa Matters which suggests that public transport can provide the answers to traffic congestion. Judy believes the broader Sunshine Coast solutions would not necessarily solve Noosa's traffic woes.
In this post Nick Hluszko argues that the exceedingly negative view of beam trawling is based upon a very limited or scant understanding of the scale and practice of prawning in the Noosa River, inviting Councillors and senior staff to spend time on one of the remaining 6 prawn trawler operators in the river to get a firsthand understanding of the activity and witness at close quarters some of the impacts. Failure to do so can only lead to personal opinion based upon emotion, subjectivity and vague, tailored data.
Adventure takes many forms. For some it must involve mountains or wrestling bears, for others it comes from shopping at a different supermarket chain.
I count myself in neither camp. Instead I sit somewhere between. This is in part because...
As a committee member of Peregian Family and Friends, Leigh McCready is keen to connect school children in Noosa Shire with their schools across the border, while at the same time providing a congestion busting way to bring in the wider Peregian population to Peregian Beach on the weekends to shop, dine and swim at the beach.
At its special budget meeting in June, Noosa Council voted to absorb what used to be the Tourism and Economic Levy into its general rates and took on what was previously Tourism Noosa's responsibility for 'destination management'. In this article, Ingrid Jackson explores what role groups of unelected people played in this and asks whether Noosa Council may become dependent on such people regarding how to proceed.
Desire Gralton's submission to the New Noosa Plan looks at how the plan affects her personally and provides some observations of the changes in the Sunrise Beach area where mansions are replacing family homes and affordable housing sneaks out the back door. While the plan states to "provide densely landscaped settings with mature trees and vegetation retained wherever possible”, the truth is far from it. Could community placemaking events help Council to find a better way?
“Do you swear to protect the Noosa Plan, the whole Noosa Plan, and nothing but the Noosa Plan?”
“I do.”
In the run-up to the March Noosa Council elections some advocacy groups put candidates on the spot about their commitment to...
The story of how since 2000 Noosa Council has been paying for free holiday buses and then - after extensive work, expense, public consultation and approval of a comprehensive strategy to address traffic, parking and transport issues - the Council continues to mainly offer free buses.
Short term accommodation managed via the Noosa Plan will not diversify the Noosa economy, nor will it fix housing affordability, remove traffic congestion or ensure neighbourhood amenity, according to Ingrid Jackson. Effectively managed, short term accommodation could be an important part of offering the Noosa economy more adaptability and flexibility.
These days complaints about Airbnb's negative impacts are a loudly squeaking wheel. The public and council react whilst local Airbnb hosts count their blessings and quietly hope they don't get slammed with a heavy levy or some sort of...
Is the Biosphere beef cattle project doing the best for a sustainable planet - and our health?
In recent times, grass-fed cattle raised on pastures as a human food source is receiving much attention in the beef industry as an...
