ENVIRONMENT / SCIENCE / TECHNOLOGY
Junior Landcare and Costa calling on kids to send ‘Love Letters to the Land’ to celebrate 25-year anniversary
Landcare Australia’s Junior Landcare program has long recognised the vital role children and young people play in caring for the environment. This year, as part of its 25th anniversary, Junior Landcare is calling on kids to share what they love most about the environment, and the steps they are taking to protect it. Teaming up […]
Home battery storage can save our ailing electricity grid
Investing in home battery storage is the immediate solution to Australia’s at-risk energy grid, electrical peak body Master Electricians Australia (MEA) has warned. MEA CEO Malcolm Richards said governments needed to stop prolonging the pain of the clean energy transition by hanging onto hope billion-dollar infrastructure projects such as Snowy 2.0 and the Marinus […]
Fishers rejoice! Increasing chances to snag a bite in Camden
AFTER Camden Council Restoration. Copyright: Brett Atkins 2023-4 Fishing in Camden is set to get a whole lot better after Camden Council recently completed a project which will encourage the increase in population of Australian Bass in the Nepean River at Spring Farm. The works will also assist the passage of the Australian Bass through […]
As landfills become scarcer and more expensive, engineers act for a cleaner, greener future
Piling food and beverage waste into landfill poses many hazards and high environmental and business costs that may become unsustainable. CST Wastewater Solutions Piling food and beverage waste into landfill poses many hazards and high environmental and business costs that may become unsustainable. Excessive dumping releases toxins into the environment, leachate into water tables, as […]
AgriFutures Australia reveals trailblazing insights from its Carbon Initiative Program
Deakin University freshwater plants project, Barwoon Downs VIC Photographer: Paul Benjamin In a monumental leap towards a greener future, AgriFutures Australia proudly presents the outcomes of the Carbon Initiative Program, a $2 million commitment fuelling 15 pioneering research projects. The 15 projects have not only enriched current industry-specific endeavours towards a net-zero future but have […]
Liverpool City Council’s Whitlam Leisure Centre’s Return and Earn Machine collects 10 million containers
Belgravia Leisure staff at Whitlam Leisure Centre in Liverpool The Return and Earn Machine at Whitlam Leisure Centre in Liverpool has achieved a massive milestone with the collection of its 10 millionth container, saving 600,000 kilograms of waste previously destined for landfill. In just three and a half years, the scheme’s container collections have collected […]
