Flora & Fauna
Velvet worm slime could be a new bioplastics source
A discovery by international researchers suggests slime produced by Australian velvet worms could underpin new sustainable materials.
Category: Sustainability
People
Regional innovations: The future is out here
In waterways, farms and skies across regional Australia, the next wave of environmental and energy innovation is already taking off.
Biodiversity
Making younger trees age faster to create homes for wildlife
… and it can be done without chainsaws.
Nature & Wildlife
How a trip to the hairdresser can help save the planet
For most people, a haircut is a regular routine in which little thought is given to the tresses that fall to the floor. But these discarded locks can help save our environment.
Biodiversity
OPINION: Private landholders key to conservation
Carbon and biodiversity markets will help unlock the potential of privately owned properties, writes ecologist Dr Kate Dodds.
Climate
New interactive heat map to help Darwin residents stay cool in a warming world
Darwinians have a new online resource to make life more ‘liveable’ as the impacts of rising temperatures linked to climate change begin to bite.
Nature & Wildlife
OPINION: Doing the right thing
With waste piling up and ecosystems under threat, Australia’s waste crisis demands bold leadership, argues Keep Australia Beautiful’s Laura Carrazza.
Land
A $13 billion, 30-year flop: Landmark report argues stark failure to halt Murray-Darling river system decline
Some A$13 billion in taxpayer dollars and 30 years of policy reform have failed to arrest the devastating decline in the health of Australia’s most important river system, researchers argue.
Nature & Wildlife
A beautiful disaster
Does last summer’s mass coral bleaching event sound a death knell for Australia’s beloved Great Barrier Reef? “Not on my watch!” is the message coming from the army of heartbroken, but resolute, marine scientists who’ve responded to the crisis by doubling down on their research.
Biodiversity
Create your own sustainability adventure
To encourage people to change things, you have to engage them. And the way to do that comes down to creativity.