After the warmest September in history, Australia headed into its first El Niño summer since 2015-16. So what does this mean and what are the risks? Tim McGrath reports Spring is a beautiful time of the year. The flowers are blooming, the short, cold days of winter are disappearing into the rearview, and the sun is starting to show itself for the first time in months.  For many, AFL grand final day exemplifies this change as we officially say farewell to winter. This year, h

Australia's race toward zero emissions is set to falter unless we can transform our housing. Issie Soudy, Macy Saddington & Jemima Wareham...

After a horrific 10 years of fatal drownings, virtual reality holds new hope for Victoria's inland waterways. J oshua Sabini and Ben...

Following the installation of Melbourne’s first community battery in Fitzroy North last year, the City of Yarra is keen to roll out more....

Lucinda Jennings, Emilie Kirketerp Jensen and Elise Harrington report. Spotswood Primary is one of the schools participating in Breathe...

“There are these amazing people out there who want to do the right thing but they just need somebody or a company to allow them to do that, so that is what BRAD is doing.” Founder of Australian-based enirvonnmental company Banish Lottie Dalziel says the there are small and simple steps everyone can make in the journey to sustainability. Banish has diverted 7.5 tonnes of waste from landfill, from around 6500 Australian households, through the recycling initiative they began,

Developments in Crypto-mining technology promise sustainable headwind for new investors, Nadia Alaoui reports. A new Melbourne-based company is aiming to put a greener, more constructive spin on cryptocurrency. Blockchain company  EcoGen Technologies , officially launched in June, is developing containerised power hubs that use the latest renewable energy technology. The company aims to place the off-grid transportable hubs in remote areas of developing countries such as the

Experts from Melbourne’s Royal Botanic Gardens believe a marketing campaign could protect the natural world. Executive director of science Professor David Cantrill says people are increasingly more disconnected from nature, but if they can identify with it, they’re more likely to act to protect it.  “A social marketing campaign is something that could achieve this,” he says.  Marketing experts say a campaign like this would cost in the millions, but if pulled off correctly, c

“We [The Climate Council of Australia] did a ranking of about 31 countries in terms of climate action – and Australia ranked 31 out of 31 countries. Dead last.” Professor Will Steffen, climate councillor at the Climate Council of Australia and Emeritus Professor at ANU, has joined many experts in condemning Australia’s response to the global climate crisis. World leaders have converged on the British city of Glasgow for this week’s United Nations Climate Change Conference (CO

“Be curious,” is journalist Peter Hannam’s advice to the next generation of reporters.   Hannam spent eight years covering the environment for  The Sydney Morning Herald , before moving to  The Guardian  this month.  You’ve had lots of experience in Australia and overseas, how has your career developed over the years? It’s a long path. I do environment reporting now, but I’ve only been doing that about eight years. I started in ABC radio … that would have been in like 1989.

Grasslands are one of Victoria’s most concerning ecosystems because only 1 per cent of native grasslands remain, Macedon Ranges Shire Council says. Macedon environment coordinator Michelle Wyatt said the scale of the loss was hard to understand. “Some people even say 0.1 per cent of grasslands are left. They’re highly threatened and hard for the public to identify and connect with sometimes,” she said. To an untrained eye, they look like grass, but actually, they’re native gr

The world’s first fully sustainable shopping centre in Burwood will create a “ripple effect” of eco-consciousness throughout the community, the project’s lead environmental architect says. Burwood Brickworks Shopping Centre has incorporated a range of sustainable practices into its design, such as recycling wastewater on-site, rooftop solar panels, and air quality controls. The centre has already qualified under The International Living Future Institute’s Living Building Cha