TOMRA have today announced that, in support of those affected by the current bushfire and drought crisis, they have doubled the goal of their Bottles for the Bush appeal with Rural Aid to half a million dollars after generous Aussie recyclers hit the original $250,000 target in less than nine weeks. “It is heartbreaking to […]
Great Bear Rainforest 3D takes audiences?on a wonder-filled journey to Canada’s?rugged west coast Experience one of the planet’s most exquisite and secluded wildernesses – Canada’s?Great Bear Rainforest – in a new giant-screen documentary Great Bear Rainforest 3D?now showing exclusively at IMAX Melbourne. From the underwater ocean world, through the salmon river valleys to the ice-capped […]
An experience of a lifetime, Rwanda and its rare mountain gorillas are waiting for you As the new year approaches and we start to make New Year’s resolutions and goals for 2020, why not consider ticking off a once in a lifetime experience, gorilla trekking in Rwanda. Located in East Africa, Rwanda is one of […]
Winner of Australia’s leading sustainability award spotlights SDGs Picture:?Infrastructure Sustainability Council of Australia (ISCA) A social, not-for-profit enterprise enabling progress towards 15 of the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has won gold at Australia’s foremost sustainability awards. The 2019 Banksia Gold Award was won by Infrastructure Sustainability Council of Australia (ISCA) at the […]
TOMRA have today announced that, in support of those affected by the current bushfire and drought crisis, they have doubled the goal of their Bottles for the Bush appeal with Rural Aid to half a million dollars after generous Aussie recyclers hit the original $250,000 target in less than nine weeks. “It is heartbreaking to […]
Australia has officially become the world’s largest exporter of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) on an annualised basis. In sending overseas, an estimated record 77.514 million tonnes (Mt) of locally produced LNG in calendar 2019, Australia edged out former No. 1 LNG export titleholder Qatar, expected to produce 75Mt in 2019. The 2019 Australian LNG exports […]
While unprecedented fires ravage southern Australia, leaders in fire management came together recently in Cooktown to further their work in managing fire across northern Australia for grazing, biodiversity, greenhouse gas emission reduction and cultural outcomes. The Cape York Fire Forum, held in Cooktown on 3-4 December, focused on the opportunities and challenges of carbon farming […]
HIGHLIGHTS? ▪ Envirostream Australia Pty Ltd has shipped the first batch of product from its recently expanded Melbourne plant.? ▪ That shipment included high-value mixed metal dust (‘MMD’) containing the energy metals cobalt, nickel, lithium and graphite.? ▪ Lithium Australia NL has now increased its stake in Envirostream to 84%, in line with its agreement […]
As fires burn across much of southeastern Australia, it’s a timely reminder that all creatures are ravaged by the flames, not only the mammals we see on news reports. Insects are also directly impacted by fires, and Cedar Anderson, inventor of the Flow Hive, and one of the reasons more of us are spending our […]
Great Bear Rainforest 3D takes audiences?on a wonder-filled journey to Canada’s?rugged west coast Experience one of the planet’s most exquisite and secluded wildernesses – Canada’s?Great Bear Rainforest – in a new giant-screen documentary Great Bear Rainforest 3D?now showing exclusively at IMAX Melbourne. From the underwater ocean world, through the salmon river valleys to the ice-capped […]
Winner of Australia’s leading sustainability award spotlights SDGs Picture:?Infrastructure Sustainability Council of Australia (ISCA) A social, not-for-profit enterprise enabling progress towards 15 of the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has won gold at Australia’s foremost sustainability awards. The 2019 Banksia Gold Award was won by Infrastructure Sustainability Council of Australia (ISCA) at the […]
On behalf of the Association for Sustainability in Business, we are delighted to announce the launch of the 2020 National Sustainability Conference Program. If you are looking to learn from and collaborate with experts in the field, start by viewing our 2020 program here. With 6 renowned keynote speakers (and more to be announced), 40 […]
A social, not-for-profit enterprise enabling progress towards 15 of the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has won gold at Australia’s foremost sustainability awards. The 2019 Banksia Gold Award was won by Infrastructure Sustainability Council of Australia (ISCA) at the Banksia Sustainability Awards ceremony in Sydney last night. ISCA is a member based NFP […]
An app that allows Indigenous rangers to gather environmental data in their own language has contributed to the first national threatened species plan developed with significant input from Aboriginal people. The Tracks App is among the winners at this year’s annual awards at Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, and was developed by the Atlas of […]
Success with improving a model plant’s response to harsh conditions is leading plant molecular researchers to move to food crops including wheat, barley, rice and chickpeas. Flinders and La Trobe University researchers in Australia are focusing on genes that encode antioxidant enzymes to minimise harmful oxidative responses in leaf cells to environmental stress. Experiments showed […]
Three distinct growth phases in past 9000 years Multiple stresses could have killed off the reef 7000 years ago Understanding the reef’s past will help us predict its future A new study into the recent history of the Great Barrier Reef has shown how it responds to rapid sea-level rise and other environmental stresses. The […]
A Call for unified National Leadership regarding Climate Change Let us draw the line now under what is past. Let us just get on with working together to prevent global temperatures rising further. As soon as possible, can our Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition convene a Roundtable, shaping a bipartisan approach, drawing […]
Every minute we lose forest cover equivalent to 36 football fields. This means 13 million hectares of forest land disappear every year, an area equivalent to the size of Greece. The consequences are doubly negative for our planet: deforestation accounts for about 17% of Climate Change. The loss of forests has more impact on greenhouse […]
Scientists have come up with a radical plan to save the critically endangered mountain pygmy-possum: take some from their alpine habitat and introduce them to a warmer, lowland rainforest environment. In a study published today in Royal Society’s Philosophical Transactions B, researchers from UNSW Sydney use fossil evidence going back 25 million years to argue […]
Thousands of Australians are unaware of the government rebate available to homeowners and businesses looking to turn to renewable energy and reduce their power bill. The Small-scale Renewable Energy Scheme is open to all Australians and creates a financial incentive for individuals and small businesses to install eligible small-scale renewable energy systems. Eligible systems include […]
An innovative new cooling technology developed in South Australia will be trialled at food, agriculture and tourism businesses to help reduce their energy costs and emissions from heating and cooling.? ? On behalf of the Australian Government, the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has today announced $2 million in funding to Glaciem Cooling Technologies Pty […]
After a successful two years of playing a critical role in maintaining grid security, the world’s largest battery is set to receive a significant upgrade to further benefit the grid in South Australia. ? On behalf of the Australian Government, the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has today announced $8 million in funding to Neoen […]
A 50 per cent expansion of the world’s largest battery, Hornsdale Power Reserve, also known as the Tesla Big Battery, will provide additional grid stability while continuing to reduce the cost of electricity to consumers. The site will be the first grid-scale battery in Australia to provide inertia benefits to the National Electricity Market facilitating […]
Maoneng to expand battery storage portfolio in NSW with new AGL contract Maoneng will build utility-scale batteries that will provide reliability and security for AGL during peak periods The batteries will be operational from 2023 and will store enough energy to power up to 30,000 homes Maoneng,?the Australian company spearheading the country’s transition to renewable […]
Deliveroo formalises initiatives with new team to drive purpose-led partnerships and engagement Focus areas for 2020 include sustainability, reducing hunger and homeslessness, and local community projects Deliveroo stepped up its social impact initiatives this year with partners including Returnr, Polished Man, BioPak and the Lighthouse Foundation Following a successful year of sustainability and social impact […]
Entirely sustainable international label ZAVI is set to rival Australia’s fast fashion scene when it launches online this September. Founded by designer Vibhuti Vazirani, the brand offers men and women timeless and affordable pieces created wholly from quality natural fibres.? Conscious consumerism is on the rise, with Australians increasingly gravitating towards vegan and vegetarian diets1, […]
Vena Energy, one of Asia-Pacific’s leading Independent Power Producers (IPP), announced today that the 18-megawatt “Towada” Solar Project has achieved complete commercial operation in November 2019. Capable of producing up to 19,704-megawatt hours annually, the Towada Solar Project features 46,424 photovoltaic modules of 395-watt peak (Wp) each, covering an area of 28.53-hectares in Towada City, […]
The status of Australian snakes and lizards has deteriorated significantly over the past two decades, with the number of species assessed as threatened nearly doubling from 1993 to 2017. Now, a team of scientists, led by Monash University, has developed a roadmap to stop the decline with a comprehensive plan titled The Action Plan for […]
Conservationists have urged the Australian government to ramp up actions to protect the Great Barrier Reef in a crucial report due to be submitted to UNESCO by this Sunday (1 December). At stake is a possible “world heritage in danger” status for Australia’s national treasure. In 2015, the World Heritage Committee considered downgrading the Reef […]
The World Wide Fund for Nature-Australia today launched an ambitious tree-recovery plan as an analysis by the organisation shows bushfires have burned at least 1.3 million hectares of koala habitat in New South Wales. Since July, the fires have scorched more than 8% of the state’s known koala forest, with estimates many hundreds of the […]
Scientists fear Australian insect populations are on the brink of collapse and are calling for the public’s help to paint a better picture of the problem so they can develop solutions to help tackle the challenge. Dr David Yeates is Director of the Australian National Insect Collection (ANIC) at Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO. He […]
Closing in on a blood test diagnosis How baits could be used to deliver vaccines Devils fighting off their own tumours Infected populations growing up too fast How devils protect threatened species from feral cats And why the boys are to blame. At the University of Tasmania, they are working on a diagnostic blood test, […]
Seeds For Snapper to plant a million seeds in WA Western Australia’s second largest Pink Snapper spawning ground is slowly getting restored with the help of an innovative habitat restoration project, Seeds for Snapper. Behind the project is OzFish, Australia’s only first fish conservation group, who developed a trial last year to see if the […]
PROJECT UPDATE: Coral researchers are working night and day on the Great Barrier Reef to complete a radically new approach to mass coral re-seeding, successfully rearing millions of hardy coral babies following the reef’s famous mass coral spawning event. The ‘Coral IVF’ team led by Southern Cross University’s Professor Peter Harrison, with researchers Katie Chartrand […]
A new program launched by CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, is increasing opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students to participate in research undertaken in Australia’s vast marine estate. The Indigenous Time at Sea Scholarship (ITSS) will enable Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander university students to join voyages on CSIRO’s research vessel Investigator with […]
Some of the biggest electricity users in Australia should negotiate power agreements sourced from renewable energy suppliers to support the financial viability of renewable energy projects in Australia and reduce their carbon emissions, finds a new briefing note from the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA). The note, Electricity Power Agreements in the […]
Fossil expands ancient fish family tree A second ancient lungfish has been discovered in Africa, adding another piece to the jigsaw of evolving aquatic life forms more than 400 million years ago. The new fossil lungfish genus Isityumzi mlomomde?was found about 10,000km from a previous species described in Morocco, and is of interest because it […]
On behalf of the Australian Government, the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has today announced $2.7 million in funding to Wattwatchers to develop a consumer-facing energy data hub, ‘My Energy Marketplace’, that will give greater visibility over household energy use. ? Approximately 5,000 households and businesses, and 250 schools will be invited to have Wattwatchers […]
Eleven grants amounting to nearly $585,000 were awarded to NSW Aboriginal community organisations and groups as part of NSW’s Protecting Our Places funding program for 2019. Awarded by the NSW Government’s Environmental Trust, these grants empower Aboriginal organisations and corporations to conserve culturally significant environmental landscapes, the NSW Department of Planning Industry and Environment’s (DPIE), […]
National not-for-profit, Food For Change is revolutionising charity standards, with the launch of its new app in partnership with grocery giant, IGA.? Set to roll-out nationally across 800+ IGA stores next month, Food For Change aims to deliver over 500,000 meals to hungry Australians.? The IGA Food Rescue App connects food rescue organisations with their […]
Water usage set to increase by 6.6%* over Sydney’s hot, dry summer so being mindful of saving water is more important than ever. The Bureau of Meteorology has reported 2019 is shaping up to be one of the driest and hottest years on record with temperatures set to approach 40 degrees on Thursday and Saturday. […]
One month after the northern sections of the Great Barrier Reef burst into a billion boulder eggs for the annual coral spawning event, sections of the Reef north of Cairns last night put on an encore performance. Marine scientists claim it was better than any spawning event seen in the last decade. ? Russell Hore, […]
CSIRO research has found global warming will make it more difficult to predict multi-year global climate variations, a consequence of changes to long-term climate variability patterns in the Pacific Ocean. The results, published today in Nature Climate Change, shed light on how the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) was responding to a changing climate, with implications […]
Ancient Neolithic villagers on the Carmel Coast in Israel built a seawall to protect their settlement against rising sea levels in the Mediterranean, revealing humanity’s struggle against rising oceans and flooding stretches back thousands of years. An international team of researchers from the University of Haifa, Flinders University in Australia, the Israel Antiquities Authority and […]
Device makes electric vehicle charging a two-way street
New tech means cars can power houses, as well as the other way round. A new device turns electric vehicles into chargers for houses and stranded cars. Researchers led by Seyedfoad Taghizadeh from Australia’s Macquarie University are looking to commercialise the technology, which may significantly increase the appeal of the vehicles. The new charging system […]
Packaging made from banana plants an a-peeling alternative
Biodegradable ‘plastic’ bags made out of banana plants sounds a bit…bananas, but a couple of UNSW researchers have found a way to do it, and it could solve two industrial waste problems in one. Two researchers at UNSW Sydney have discovered a novel way to turn banana plantation waste into packaging material that is not […]
Fazer is committed to continuing the creation of sustainable solutions for the benefit of people and the environment, and packages have their own role to play in this.?In 2018, Fazer and Sulapac kicked off a collaboration project with the aim of researching, developing and testing microplastic-free, compostable packaging solutions for foodstuffs. Fazer is the first […]
Penrith-based and family-operated soaping mill, Shampoo with a Purpose, today celebrates a company?milestone by selling over 25,000 solid shampoo bars since launch and saving over 150,000 single-use?plastic bottles from ending up in Australian landfill. Launched in 2018 and lead by mother-and-daughter duo, Liz & Geneva Valek, Shampoo With A Purpose?pioneers the green movement in Australian […]
Sections Of Trekking Poles That One Should Know About
You would probably be thinking, why would you need a pole for trekking? But the truth is everything you use on a trek has a purpose. Experienced trekkers use trekking poles or walking poles during a hike. You might not know but pole walking from Australia comes with a number of benefits. The most among […]
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