Tag: Trees
Work begins on Arts Centre Melbourne’s iconic Theatres Building
Construction has begun on early works for the Melbourne Arts Precinct Transformation, a $1.7 billion investment by the Victorian government in Australia's largest cultural...
Exhibition: Above the Canopy celebrates the Australian environment- Now open at Town Hall Gallery
OPEN NOW
Saturday 9 July - Saturday 24 September 2022
Town Hall Gallery presents the new exhibition Above the Canopy, celebrating the rich and diverse beauty of the Australian...
Roadside trees stitch the ecosystems of our nation together. Here’s why they’re in danger
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You may know of marvellous tree-lined roads that lead into your favourite rural and regional towns. Sometimes they have an arched, church-like canopy,...
Why tackling deforestation is so important for slowing climate change
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Humanity injects an almost incomprehensible 42 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO₂) into the atmosphere every year. The majority of this comes from...
Loved to death: Australian sandalwood is facing extinction in the wild
Picture: Richard McLellan, Author provided
The sweet, earthy fragrance of sandalwood oil has made it immensely popular in incense sticks, candles and perfumes. But its...
Will your grandchildren have the chance to visit Australia’s sacred trees? Only if our sick indifference to Aboriginal heritage is cured
Picture: Shuttlestock
Trees have always been a point of conflict between colonisers and Indigenous people.
At the very beginning of European-Indigenous interactions, skirmishes broke out...