The weekly roundup:🥤Solving a sports challenge
As single-use plastic is phased out of sporting events, Australian homesteads are sharing sustainability tips.
Louisa Hearn
Louisa has been creating newspaper and magazine content for over two decades spanning business and consumer tech, science, engineering and lifestyle.
Household
Home truths for sustainable living
A sweltering Melbourne apartment and many other real homes will open their doors as part of a national sustainability event.
The weekly roundup: 🐝 Superhighways for nature
From suburban nature strips to circular fashion, this week's stories find solutions growing in overlooked spaces.
Planet
Nature ‘strip’ inspires urban rewilding
A significant and largely untapped opportunity to create pollinator corridors has been hiding in plain sight, says Aussie bee campaigner.
The weekly roundup: 🚜 Feeding an uncertain future
Australia’s agricultural and transport sectors are ripe for change as global disruptions threaten the supply of fuel and fertiliser.
Transport
Trucking towards zero
A growing EV ecosystem is working to wean the country's diesel-dependent freight sector off imported fuel.
The weekly roundup: 👀All eyes on methane
As researchers call for tougher action on methane, a South Australian startup is rolling out its own solution to food-based emissions.
Solving food waste on the fly
Small, transportable waste units aim to shift organic food waste away from landfill and into valuable waste streams.
Planet
Scientists urge swift action on methane
Researchers say more ambitious methane action worldwide could bring immediate benefits to the planet.
The weekly roundup: 🗣facing the facts
As geopolitical conflict exposes the fragility of energy supply chains, crumbling information ecosystems are undermining renewable alternatives.
Transport
Federal boost for electric freight
A zero-emission road freight depot has been named as one of four projects selected in a fast-track federal pilot.
Infotech
Fixes for a post-truth world
Now ranked as one of Australia’s key security threats, the race is on to limit the impact of coordinated climate disinformation campaigns.