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Myceen Are Growing Carbon-neutral Homewares
Beautiful, carbon-neutral and completely compostable, Myceen make designer furniture from mycelium that redefine how we furnish our homes and how we view the humble mushroom.
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Burning Cold: The Power of Indigenous Fire Knowledge with Victor Steffensen
Fire has long been part of Australia’s landscape, a tool used by Indigenous peoples on Country to activate and care for the land. But the healing goes both ways, and this is a message of hope.
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Finding Wisdom In Fungi
We look at the wonders of the mushroom and its mycelia with the help of mycologist Paul Stamets, author and biologist Merlin Sheldrake, and interdisciplinary designer Mari Koppanen.
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Julia Kay on the Power of Design to Drive Positive Change
Great Wrap co-founder Julia Kay shares why she created a bench top worthy dispenser for her home compostable stretch wrap made from potato waste.
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Send it with Seaweed: Sway the Future
Sway the Future CEO Julia Marsh on how underwater rainforests can replace plastic packaging.
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This Lily Pad Inspired Floating City is Planned for Penang
Explore Penang’s BiodiverCity, an emission-free floating city inspired by lily pads and designed by world-renowned architect, Bjarke Ingels.
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Rescuing Australia’s Wildlife One Animal at a Time
With millions of Australian animals affected by the climate crisis, it’s the wildlife shelters nurturing these injured, displaced and orphaned animals back to health who are the unsung wildlife heroes.
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The Psychology That Unlocks Climate Action
It turns out, ignoring our climate fears only breeds more fear. Here’s what psychologists say cultivates the emotional groundedness that inadvertently leads to climate action.
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5 Indigenous Environmental Activists You Must Know (and Amplify)
Indigenous communities are the true guardians of the Earth, and these five activists are testament to that. Here’s how they’re changing the world for the better.
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2021 Impact Report: How We’re Creating a Better Future
See our impact and the commitments we uphold to our purpose, planet, people and progress.
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Regenerating the Planet with Damon Gameau
Regenerating Australia visualises the exciting future that is ours if we can take bold action toward personal and planetary regeneration.
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A Guide to Ethical Wildlife Photography
Wildlife photography comes with a lot of responsibility. Here are a few tips to ensure that you keep ethics and sustainability in mind when out photographing the wild.
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Honey Fingers: The Beekeeper Using Art to Bring People Closer to Nature
How a Melbourne-based urban beekeeper's creative approach provides a window into the natural world through bees.
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Can Fashion Heal the Planet? A Conversation on Regeneration with Sheep Inc.
The fashion industry as it stands does not need sustaining — it needs a complete regeneration.
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Meet the Street Surfers Picking Up 90% of South Africa’s Recycling
Filmmaker Arthur Neumeier and big wave surfer Frank Solomon celebrate the underground activists who keep the streets and the oceans clean.
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5 Exciting Tech Innovations That Could Help Climate Change
In a race to slow down global warming, the world’s brightest minds are innovating with these lesser known solutions.
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How to Start a Truly Sustainable Business with the Founders of Great Wrap
It turns out that it doesn’t involve being perfect from the start.
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10 Good Reasons to Become a Climate Optimist
New surveys find that 40% of people feel helpless about climate change. Here's a few good reasons we can swap our helplessness for hope.
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A Glimpse into the Quiet World of Permaculture
Far more than just gardening, permaculture is the quiet subversion against planetary destruction we have been needing.
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The 4 Most Common Types of Greenwashing to Look Out For
Learn how to shop for the planet, and your conscience.
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Terrazzo Tables Made From Demolition Waste by Design Studio Five Mile Radius
How can construction help people find harmony with the environment? We chat to Five Mile Radius’ Clare Kennedy to find out more.
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There’s an Invisible Threat to Italy’s Iconic Olive Trees, But Locals Are Trying to Save Them
A phytopathogenic bacteria is spreading from tree to tree, but determined locals are building towers of bricks to stop their branches from breaking.
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Foliair Makes Living Moss Artworks That Purify Your Home’s Air
We explore how UK-based sustainable business Foliair uses moss to create natural and aesthetic products that help purify the air around them.
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The Engineer Replacing Kerosene Lamps with Solar in Off-Grid Ethiopia
She has saved our atmosphere from nearly 1 million tonnes of carbon since 2017, lighting 22,500 homes and giving Ethiopians a right to light.
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7 Ideas for How to Live a Sustainable Lifestyle on a Budget
All of these changes are sustainable for your pocket too.
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A Geology of Feelings: Lessons to be Learned from Elena Cremona’s Rock Collection
Photographer Elena Cremona and writer Joanna Cresswell come together to reflect on the emotional weight we place on things we pick up from the ground.
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We Have a Plan to Plant 1 Billion Trees by 2032
Our mission is to show the world that business can be a powerful force for conservation.
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How the Philippine Eagle is Reclaiming its Habitat and Saving the Forest
On the brink of extinction, these eagles might just be able to save the Philippine forests.
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The Creative Duo Morphing Rubbish Into Stunning Sculptural Homewares
The idea of the circular economy has never looked so aesthetically pleasing.
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Sustainability is Failing Us: Why We Need to Focus on Regeneration Instead
The term regeneration suggests the need to focus on not just sustaining, but replenishing the planet’s resources.
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How Can We Make Sure Covid-19 Benefits the Environment Long Term?
There’s always the option to return to the same system, but this time our CO2 budget isn’t giving much remaining leeway.
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Does Tourism Help or Hinder Conservation? A Look at Tasmania’s Wild Places
Tasmanian tourism is booming, but how do we strike a balance so economic benefit doesn’t compromise fragile ecosystems?
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One of the Last Remaining Unburnt Koala Sanctuaries is Being Logged
After last summer’s extreme fires, the sacred indigenous Gumbarynggirr territory is set to be logged to make room for 180 housing lots. Here’s how we can help.
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The Unexpected Global Benefit of Female Empowerment
Climate experts are arguing that female empowerment is more likely to result in lower carbon emissions than a shift to renewables, urban public transport, or any other climate strategy.
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Namibia’s Complex Relationship with its Endangered Animals
Pulling the trigger on an endangered animal sounds unthinkable. In Namibia, a conservationist tells a more complicated story.
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Photos & Stories from the Frontlines of Australia’s Fires
As World Heritage listed sub-tropical rainforests burned for the first time in hundreds of years, our country was faced with fire on a scale never seen in living memory.
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5 Photographers on the Power of Photos to Propel a Greener Future
We chatted with five photographers who photograph the changing environment about how they hope to encourage collective action.
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A Case for Less Consumption and More Citizenship
In a world where GDP has remained the principal measure of success, here are the individuals and businesses prioritising the wellbeing of people and the planet.
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The Value of Indigenous Wisdom in Protecting the Environment
With eighty percent of the world’s remaining biodiversity on the territories of indigenous people, these communities are more than a source of wisdom, but a source of hope.
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How Planting Giant Kelp Forests Can Help Save the Planet
Much like planting trees — but this time in the sea — kelp forests are being lauded for their ability to store huge amounts of carbon.
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To Heal the Planet We Must First Heal Ourselves
A conversation with filmmaker and activist Helena Norberg-Hodge on reconnecting with nature through personal transformation.
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Urth’s Founders on Using Business and Tree Planting to Preserve Nature
Urth plants five trees for every camera accessory purchased. Today, we’ve planted over two million trees, and founders Christian and Chris reflect on the achievement.
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Is Reforestation the Solution to Climate Change?
Can large scale reforestation keep up with our current rate of carbon emissions?
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The Rising Torrent: Helping The Next Generation Fight Climate Change
The future of climate action is being steered in the right direction by the next crop of empowered activists.
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Putting Power in Perspective
Lensational provides equipment, training, and a platform for more than 600 women in 23 countries to share their perspectives on social and environmental issues through photography.
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We’re Stripping Her Bare
Forestry has existed for as long as humans have walked the Earth – trees are an integral part of our society and existence. Tom Wolff explores the fall out of when forestry became industrialised.
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Conversations on Plastic with Thirza Schaap
Thirza Schaap is a Dutch-born photographer and artist who wants you to use less plastic. She started exploring how she could use her art practice as a means to start conversations about pollution and consumption.
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Conquering the Ghosts of Our Consumption
Despite reams of compelling data and supporting evidence from the scientific community, the vital message of climate change action is still being missed by huge numbers of people. Jack Parsons examines the important role photographers and artists play in our environmental crises and looks at how they can achieve what scientists cannot.
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Dirtbag Ingenuity
Photographer Steve Pearce and tree canopy scientist Dr Jen Sanger travel the world to document enormous trees in the name of conservation.
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The Lifeblood of the Pacific Northwest
Have you ever wondered how salmon can affect the health of trees? Neither had we until Tom Wolff rode his bike from Anchorage, Alaska through the Pacific Northwest to Mexico’s south. Tom explains how a species we see as food is a crucial component of a thriving ecosystem.
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The Future is on Fire in Tasmania
The future is on fire in Tasmania. Over the past few weeks and possibly even now as you read this, tomes of natural history are burning down.
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The Complex Issue of Photographing an Invisible Environmental Killer
Photographing fracking in North East America, a visual exploration of the impact of natural gas drilling.
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The Underwater Art Installations Preserving Our Marine Life
On the bed of the Caribbean sea, underwater art doubling as an artificial reef is helping to preserve the ocean's ecosystems.
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Zero Waste: A Beginner’s Guide to a Mindful Lifestyle
An introduction to reducing unnecessary rubbish and working towards a zero waste life.
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How Arctic Farming Is Transforming the World’s Northernmost Food Supply Networks
Arctic Farming has been around since the 10th century, but as the permafrost melts it's becoming a viable food source for northern communities.
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How Urban Forests Aid Cities, and the People That Live Within Them
Eleanor Scott tells us all about our second love, the mighty tree, and the importance of green space in our cities.
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The Artists Leading the Conversation on Climate Change
Combating climate change with art: These artists are creating work that highlights and raises awareness about the changing state of our planet.
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The Nature Conservancy Global Photo Contest 2018
See the photographs that stood out from the 60,000 entries into this year's photo prize.
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Overgrown is Good: Rewilding as a Conservation Strategy
Let it grow, let your lawn go. Using rewilding to regenerate our lands.
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Drawn in the Drought: Paul van Kan is Documenting A Dry Australia and Alternative Farming Practices
Waiting for the rain with Paul van Kan. A story from the ominously arid lands in Australia.
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Our Favourite Environmental Travel Gear
Go green with these must-have items to accompany you on your travels.
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Water: The Important Photography Project by Mustafah Abdulaziz.
Mustafah Abdulaziz is documenting this worlds relationship with water
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Our Favourite David Attenborough Conservation Videos — A Help or Hindrance?
Our favourite Sir David Attenborough moments and why they're important for our planet.
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Landscape Photos You Will Never See Again
A look at some of the world's landscape photos that have changed over time.
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Is Analogue or Digital Photography More Environmentally Friendly?
A look at whether analogue or digital photography is better for the environment.
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How Drone Photography is Helping Nature Conservationists
How drone photography is helping conservationists to manage and monitor the natural world.
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Plant Trees, Save Lives — A Conversation With Dr Steve Fitch
We hear from the man responsible for planting 210 million trees in deforested areas across the globe.
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Beautiful Rubbish: Artists Using Photography to Highlight Our Waste Problem
These creative artists are highlighting vital conservation issues through photography.
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Seven Conservation Films for Young People
Prepare to be inspired and enthralled by these top picks of conservation films for youngsters.
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Minimise Your Travel Footprint
Keeping your environmental travel footprint on an even keel when travel is high on your agenda.
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Crossing the Gobi Desert to Meet a Camel
Alejandro Llop typed a sentence in Google one day that ultimately led him across the Gobi Desert in Mongolia and changed his way of seeing.
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Frank Hurley a Pioneer Adventure Photographer
A life before geotags. An introduction to Frank Hurley, one of the original travel photographers.