Month: September 2013

Divestment forum for climate recovery

Divestment forum for climate recovery

Posted by | Sep 17, 2013 | , |

To Divest or Not to Divest? What can fossil fuel divestment offer our climate, communities and economy? Everyone’s talking about it. From Obama and Desmond Tutu to the IEA and Lord Stern.The organisation 350.org is holding a divestment forum on Thur 17th October at 6pm. The topic is: What can divestment really offer our climate, communities and economy? Come hear from our panel of experts: Professor Ian Lowe, Australian Conservation Foundation Drew Hutton, Lock the Gate Alliance Justine Hickey, Superannuation Director Karen McLeod, Ethical Investment Advisors Stephen Bygrave, Beyond Zero Emissions MC: The Conversation’s Liz Minchin When: 18:00 – 19:30, Thursday 17th October Where: Abel Smith...

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Entering the Chamber of Secrets

Entering the Chamber of Secrets

Posted by | Sep 17, 2013 | , , |

West End businesses have significant levels of support when it comes to interfacing with government. The West End Traders Association is a group of local businesses, mostly retailers in the strip shopping centres of 4101, banding together to support, organise and benefit from local activities. They meet at the Croquet Club in Musgrave Park on the 1st Thursday of the month. Westender is a long term member of the association. Founding editor, Kerrod Trott is a past president of the association, Business South Bank has the tag line, well connected and lives up to its name, catering for the engineering...

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Coal water battle comes to West End

Coal water battle comes to West End

Posted by | Sep 16, 2013 | |

Clive Palmer ran his election campaign on a Mister Nice Guy platform that failed to mention one of the biggest environmental battles of our time, the coal miners versus the farmers and environmentalists in the Galilee Basin. Palmer’s vast China First coalmine was given clearance to go ahead by the Newman government during the election campaign. Now the federal environment minister has the right to sign off on the project. It is only one of a number of coal mines in the Galilee Basin, however. Gina Rinehart’s Alpha Coal is in court this week to argue against Coast and...

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Locavores to descend on Paddington

Locavores to descend on Paddington

Posted by | Sep 15, 2013 | , , |

With an active farmers market and strip shopping centre, West End has more options for buying local, fresh food than most Brisbane suburbs. Local business Food Connect collects and boxes organic farmers from across the region and distributes it through a network of city cousins to time poor people. Local cafes and restaurants head off to Rocklea before dawn or Liz and Charlies to source the ingredients we so eagerly consume. This local activity reduces food miles and keeps money in the community, in stark contrast to the purchasing patterns of the supermarkets. See Coles facelift story. Visiting from the...

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Coles gets a market style facelift

Coles gets a market style facelift

Posted by | Sep 15, 2013 | , |

Coles West End at the West End markets has just undergone a revamp. Ice under the veggies, self-serve nuts and pulses, an olive and a fish display and lots of timber shelving in the fruit and bakery all conspire to appeal to the healthy, fresh vibe that we West Enders love. Manager Mark Van Den Boogaard with all the staff unveiled the new look at Coles Marketplace at 7:30 on Wednesday morning. The veggie and the deli staff have the most dramatic changes in their area though the layout of the supermarket as a whole has changed to accommodate...

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