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ENVIRONMENT / SCIENCE / TECHNOLOGY

Canon Oceania announces winners of the 2024 Grants Program to enhance technological access in Australia

Image: (L-R Top) Farmers for Climate Action, Kimberley Ecosystem Restoration & Cypress Pine Conservation Project (L-R Bottom) The Reconnect Project, Farm My School Canon Oceania today announced the winners of its 2024 Grants Program, recognising four Australian organisations that are making positive impacts in their local communities. This year, the program introduced a First Nations Grant […]

Slow Food to G7 Agriculture Ministers: Adopting Agroecology Makes the Transition to Sustainable Food Systems Possible

As the G7 agriculture ministers meet in Syracuse in Sicily from September 26 to 28  under Italy’s presidency, the 15th edition of Terra Madre Salone del Gusto,  Slow Food flagship’s event, will be held in Turin “On the occasion of the meeting of the agriculture ministers of the G7 countries, Slow Food asks governments to place food at […]

Hydrogen Refuelling Station among Victorian Engineering Excellence Award winners

Hydrogen refuelling station explained Engineers Australia The states most innovative engineers and engineering projects have been named at the 2024 Engineers Australia Excellence Awards – People and Projects Victoria, held at the Victorian Arts Centre last night. “The Engineers Australia Excellence Awards recognise the remarkable contributions of engineers and showcases the profound impact their work has on […]

Exposed: native forest logging shifts from public to private land

Victorian National Parks Association An investigation by nature protection groups has exposed a disturbing trend of logging endangered wildlife habitat on private land. The discovery comes only months after the Victorian Government finally put a stop to logging native forests on public land on January 1, 2024. Over a dozen projects have been identified, from […]

UNSW to lead Australian consortia to progress next steps in hydrogen and green metals collaboration between Australia and Germany

UNSW Sydney UNSW Sydney researchers have released a first report exploring the feasibility of collaboration on hydrogen and green metals, as part of the Federal government’s Green Metals for Sustainable Steel from Australia and Germany (SuSteelAG) initiative. The project – a partnership between the Australian Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) and the German Federal […]
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CITY OF GREATER GEELONG KNOW WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU SEE A SNAKE

If you see a snake, keep calm and try to move yourself, anyone with you and your pets away from the snake. If someone is...

GREATER CITY OF GEELONG SWOOPING BIRD PROBLEM

Be alert, but not alarmed - swooping season is here. Some native birds such as Magpies and Masked Lapwings (also know as plovers) occasionally swoop to...

GREATER CITY OF GEELONG REQUEST SEAWEED REMOVAL OR COLLECTION

We are responsible for the removal of seaweed and seagrass from beaches under our management. Collection of seaweed or seagrass wrack that has been washed...

BOROUGH OF QUEENSCLIFF SEEKS COMMUNITY INPUT OF SUSTAINABLE WASTE FACILITY

Partnering together, The borough of Queenscliff, Barwon Water and five other regional councils, are seeking to develop new ways of turning food items and...

GEELONG NATURE FORUM HEADS INDOORS

The Geelong Nature Forum has been transformed into a two-month exhibition, complemented by a range of outdoor activities. In response to the impact of COVID-19...

ACTING NOW FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE

Earlier this year, twelve experts were appointed to the City’s new Sustainability Advisory Committee. Chosen on the basis of their expertise in environmental management,...
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