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Australia, it’s time to reduce, rethink, and contain your waste like never before! Keep Australia Beautiful’s ‘Contain Your Waste’ Challenge is back, running from 18-24 November 2024. This national event invites Australians to rethink consumption habits by aiming to fit an entire week’s worth of waste inside a single container of their choice—whether it’s a bin, box, or […]

Artist impression of the accessible Tree Top Loop path. Sunshine Coast Council The vision to create a “place of cherished nature and ecological wonder” has been bestowed a national honour. The Sunshine Coast Ecological Park Master Plan took out the Landscape Architecture Award for Landscape Planning at the recent Australian Institute of Landscape Architects national awards. It […]

By Partners in Performance A major barrier to renewable energy expansion in Australia is the strong opposition from rural communities who fear the takeover of arable land by solar farms, wind turbines and transmission pylons, all to satisfy the needs of EV-driving city dwellers. Critics also cite infrastructure costs to connect a myriad of renewable […]

To accelerate efforts in reducing technology waste ending up in landfill, Officeworks haslaunched its ‘Bring it Back for Business’ initiative for National Recycling Week. This program empowers business customers to recycle their unwanted office accessories, including monitors, cables, keyboards, ink, toner, and other hard-to-recycle items.  Expanding its popular ‘Bring it Back’ program, from Tuesday 19 November Officeworks will offer business customers in Victoria, with plans to expand across […]

THE HON DR JIM CHALMERS MP TREASURER THE HON CHRIS BOWEN MP MINISTER FOR CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENERGY THE HON JOSH WILSON MP ASSISTANT MINISTER FOR CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENERGY The Australian Government is supporting action on climate change in our region through guaranteeing up to US$200 million (approximately A$300 million) worth of Asian Development […]

Today, Husqvarna Group unveils the Urban Green Space Report 2024, highlighting a concerning decline in urban green spaces worldwide. Analyzing satellite data and AI insights from 344 cities across 62 countries, the report reveals that 75% of these cities have seen a reduction in green spaces. The trend thus continues in the same direction as in […]

Kelly Lees As The Winston Churchill Memorial Trust approaches its 60th anniversary next year, 103 of Australia’s most passionate and determined individuals have been awarded a Churchill Fellowship, announced today across the nation. This honour celebrates a diverse group of everyday Australians committed to making a positive impact in their communities and beyond. “The beauty […]

By Sam Spencer, CEO and co-founder, Aristotle Metadata As I touched down on the island nation of Samoa for the 2024 Commonwealth Business Forum, the reality of climate change struck me with renewed urgency. Flying over this small island, it’s hard not to feel the looming threat of rising waters. As a country surrounded by thousands […]

When the first woman in space, Valentina Tereshkova, orbited the Earth in 1963, there were only three active Earth observation satellites. Today, the number is 114 times greater. With more and better satellites, the impacts of advances in the space sector are particularly evident in agriculture, where space data improves insights into the individual components of these landscapes (land, […]

The 29th UN Climate Change Conference (COP 29) opened in Baku with leaders and delegates calling for urgent, collaborative action on climate change, with a focus on climate finance, adaptation, and inclusive policies for vulnerable groups, including children and youth. Barnfonden’s team member, Velma Oseko, is reporting from the conference. Today marked the official opening […]

Credit: Affinity Education Group More than 20,000 Australian children will be invited to dress up as their favourite Australian wildlife creature including the Greater Bilby, Northern Hairy-nosed Wombat and Green Tree Frog in the second major national fundraiser for Australian Wildlife Conservancy (AWC) hosted by Affinity Education Group. The 230 early education centres operated by […]