Tag Drought
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Planet Watch: Regenerative agriculture as one answer to planetary crisis
Over the last few decades, modern industrialised agriculture has wrought havoc on natural systems. It has razed forests, decimated biodiversity, and has done immense damage to soils.
July 28, 2020 | Willow Hallgren | 5 -
Start taking action on World Environment Day
Today, 5 June, is World Environment Day and the theme is ‘Time for Nature’. It is a theme that asks you to consider the fact that the food we eat, the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the climate of the earth are what allows us to exist and inhabit this small blue dot in the ever expanding universe.
June 5, 2020 | Aslan Shand | 4 -
Creating jobs and bushfire proofing a boon for the environment
As the government talks about getting the economy going by proposing the removal of regulations on development, subsidising gas and reducing environmental requirements for coal seam gas development the Rainforest 4 Foundation is taking the opposite approach.
May 22, 2020 | Echonetdaily | 0 -
Lismore City Council calls on government for help
Lismore Councillors are calling on both state and federal governments for support as the community and Council’s workforce suffer disaster fatigue.
April 2, 2020 | Echonetdaily | 4 -
Cartoon of the week – January 15, 2020
Letters to the editor We love to receive letters, but not every letter will be published; the publication of letters is at the discretion of the online and print letters editors. The deadline for the Byron Echo newspaper is noon Friday and letters... Read More →
January 15, 2020 | Echonetdaily | 0 -
Planet Watch: Farmers, forests & climate change
Farmers, forests and climate change: The way that humans use and change the land and its vegetation can have a profound effect on the climate, and can either counteract or exacerbate climate change.
January 13, 2020 | Willow Hallgren | 13 -
Hands-on help needed after devastating fires
After the fires have gone there are innumerable jobs to do to get farmers and graziers back up and running. A little of your time can make all the difference...
January 8, 2020 | Aslan Shand | 1 -
Need water? BSC is providing water delivery until drought breaks
Byron Shire Council is coming to the aid of rural residents who are currently waiting over five weeks to receive drinking water. The Council has now repurposed one of its water carting trucks for drinking water delivery to assist residents who are running short of water.
December 6, 2019 | Echonetdaily | 3 -
NSW govt aims to fast track regional water infrastructure
What’s the NSW government doing about the drought? The Water Supply (Critical Needs) Bill 2019 was debated in Parliament last Wednesday, and Byron Shire-based Nationals MLC Ben Franklin presented its second reading.
November 15, 2019 | Hans Lovejoy | 7 -
Drought breaks records – again!
The drought in parts of northeast New South Wales and southeast Queensland since January is officially the worst on record since 1900, while other areas have had total rainfall figures that are half the average.
September 25, 2019 | Echonetdaily | 7 -
Water restrictions likely by Christmas for the Tweed
The council’s target is for residents to use 160 litres per person per day.
September 23, 2019 | Echonetdaily | 7 -
Thus Spake Mungo: Climate change? ‘No idea,’ says drought minister
The water minister's plan seem to be to keep pouring out the drought relief and praying for rain in the delusion that once the drought breaks, we can all get back to normal.
September 16, 2019 | Mungo MacCallum | 31 -
The drought goes on out west
Just because we don’t hear about it, that doesn’t mean the drought is over and farmers are still struggling to make ends meet.
August 12, 2019 | Echonetdaily | 0 -
Look at Byron’s other problem roundabout
The humble Bangalow palms at the entrance to Ewingsdale Road are dead and dying following the driest January on record. But Byron Council says it has no plans to water them.
February 7, 2019 | Chris Dobney | 7 -
BOM says it’s official: we’re hotter than ever
We often have moments between December and March when we think that this is the hottest summer ever. Well it turns out, this year it is!
February 1, 2019 | Echonetdaily | 0 -
Mullum going green for farmers
Mullumbimby is going green in support of drought affected farmers and they are asking everyone to get involved and dig deep on this Friday November 16.
November 12, 2018 | Aslan Shand | 0 -
S Sorrensen’s Here & Now: Thinking Drought
‘Stormy weather,’ she sings. ‘Yeah right,’ I think, looking out over the valley from my shack under the cliffs. A bit of stormy weather would be good right now. The valley hasn’t seen rain for a while.
August 16, 2018 | S Sorrensen | 2 -
Byron locals step up to support drought relief
There is a range of initiatives happening across the Shire, not least the six trucks with bales of feed that the Mullumbimby Co-Op sent out to struggling farmers on Monday.
August 15, 2018 | Aslan Shand | 0 -
You can help drought-affected farmers
Many people in the Northern Rivers district are wondering if there is to be something organised in the way of drought relief this year, as many of our farmers are suffering the worst drought in living memory.
August 1, 2018 | Echonetdaily | 0 -
Terrific weather or terrible drought?
Peter Olson, Goonengerry. From January 1 to June 15 Byron Shire received 1.2 metres or 47 inches less rain than it normally does, a trend that actually began two years ago for the whole east coast of New South Wales.
July 5, 2014 | Echonetdaily | 0
