The Fifth Estate TFE is looking for a Business Development and Sales Manager. What you need: whatever it takes to develop this on-line news business into its full potential, on an agency basis. Start with talent, knowledge, commitment, passion, understanding and ability to shape your own future. The rest, hopefully, will follow. Contact tperinotto@thefifthestate.com.au  or phone (0413) 834 574 Hong Kong Sustainability Manager, leading listed developer Reporting to the chief executive officer, your key responsibilities will be centred on creating and managing a Sustainability blueprint for the Hong Kong and China based portfolio, delivering a technical and financial best practice framework. Tertiary level qualifications in either Mechanical or electrical engineering will be advantageous, with communication skills adept at managing executive stakeholder relationships and Board level reporting essential. Call Sean Hanrahan on 07 3221 6799 or email sean.hanrahan@juddfarris.com.au Victoria Senior... 
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From The Economist – Electric bicycles are all the rage, for lazy people “The ease with which you can slip in and out of traffic, without breaking into a sweat, is intoxicating,” reports The Economist. There are 21 million of them world wide with the number doubling since 2005 and they cost just a few cents a day to run. Read the whole story http://www.economist.com/world/international/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13565800  
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June 26 - nominations close for the 2009 Australia Award for Urban Design, which has the Prime Minister Kevin Rudd as its patron. Contact: www.planning.org.au  
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by Ché Wall In the discussion of ways to drive energy efficient buildings and thereby cut greenhouse gas emissions in the building sector, some people in the property industry have been critical of anything that would provide a penalty as a complement to incentives, arguing that penalties – any penalties – are unfair. But why should the property industry not be held accountable for its carbon footprint? And perhaps more pertinently, why won’t the Federal Government eventually hold the property industry accountable? Given this is surely inevitable, perhaps the critics should stop and think of some of the options open to the Government. In Europe where there is the EU Emissions Trading Scheme, various countries – including Italy, France, and the UK, – have “white certificate” or ”energy efficiency tradable certificate” schemes in place. Under these schemes, qualifying projects are awarded certificates verifying a certain reduction in energy consumption... 
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Pittwater Council has placed its draft Learning for Sustainability Plan on public exhibition. The draft plan outlines a number of actions to improve sustainability in the local area. Pittwater mayor David James said that the plan would help guide Council and residents in making informed decisions about leading a more sustainable lifestyle. He said the Council and the local community had defined sustainability as “development that improves the quality of life, both now and in the future, in a way that maintains the ecological processes on which life depends”. “As a community we have many environmental programs already in place including those that focus on saving energy and water,” said James. “This plan will offer further clarity on how we take further steps to reduce our carbon footprint.” Some of the outcomes that the draft plan recommends include: · improved access to high-quality learning for sustainability for all Pittwater residents · better training for those delivering... 
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