Energy
Waste not, want not
What happens when the hardware behind Australia’s renewables revolution reaches the end of its life?
Category: Energy
Energy
Deep-sea mining: Gold rush or disaster?
The risks of mining the deep ocean floor are just too high. Australia should back a global moratorium on mining activities at the bottom of the ocean, argue marine ecology experts Professor Jessica Meeuwig and Professor Callum Roberts.
Climate
Why we all need a ‘Climate Safe Room’ (and how to create one)
Our changing climate means homes and workspaces also need to change. By retrofitting buildings, we can create healthier, more sustainable urban spaces.
Energy
Taking back the power
A scheme bringing solar electricity to remote communities promises to improve the lives of some of Australia’s most disadvantaged people.
Climate
Green is the new black
After more than a century of mining coal to produce steel, the port city of Wollongong is reshaping itself as a clean-energy hub.
Climate
‘Skin in the game’: Why Yael Stone left Hollywood
This Aussie actor has turned her back on a successful Hollywood career to work with her new extended neighbourhood south of Sydney on creating a sustainable future.
Energy
Chasing the Sun
With visions of a more sustainable future, teams from across the globe drive from Darwin to Adelaide in futuristic solar-powered vehicles, in one of the world’s most gruelling innovation and engineering competitions.
Climate
Dr Karl: Renewables and agriculture can coexist
Electricity and agriculture is not an ‘either/or situation’, argues Dr Karl.
Energy
Even as the fusion era dawns, Australia is still in the Steam Age
Steam locomotives clattering along railway tracks. Paddle steamers churning down the Murray. Dreadnought battleships powered by steam engines.
Climate
Even solar panels can’t handle the increasing heat
As the world heats up, solar panels will degrade faster – especially in hot, humid areas. What can we do?