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Australia shoots for most sustainable Women’s Basketball World Cup

Danielle Kutchel, Wednesday, 10th August 2022 - The event will consider not just its environmental impact, but its social implications too. The FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup 2022 is coming to Australia, and a team is hard at …

Government seeking collaboration to stop environmental decline

Danielle Kutchel, Tuesday, 19th July 2022 - Australia’s environment is sick and getting worse, but the government is flagging a desire to work with the sector to address the mess. The federal government has left the door open…

Calls to restrict fossil fuel advertising in the name of public health

Danielle Kutchel, Monday, 18th July 2022 - Calls for a ban in Australia comes as hundreds of people die of heat-related causes in a heat wave across western Europe. A group of almost 200 health professionals and organisations…

A great win for Great Wrap co-founder

Danielle Kutchel, Friday, 1st July 2022 - Fresh from being named Young Victorian of the Year, Julia Kay tells Pro Bono News she plans to advocate for other young women in manufacturing and social impact. Co-founder of Great…

ACF launches bid to have off-shore gas project reassessed

Danielle Kutchel, Tuesday, 28th June 2022 - The Scarborough gas project would release more than a billion tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere, potentially endangering one of Australia’s most beloved environmental…

Election 2022: What the sector wants

Danielle Kutchel, Friday, 22nd April 2022 - The 2022 federal election is rapidly approaching. Each day, candidates from across the political spectrum lay out their agenda. But how does that fit with yours? Pro Bono News has …

Climate policy in 2022 is no longer a political bin-fire – but it remains a smouldering issue for voters

Peter Christoff, Wednesday, 20th April 2022 - Climate remains a voter issue, even in 2022’s changed political landscape, argues Peter Christoff of the Melbourne Climate Futures initiative at Melbourne University. …

Billions of dollars and a lost opportunity for the climate

Maggie Coggan, Wednesday, 30th March 2022 - Climate groups say this year’s federal budget fails to deliver any meaningful spending on halting climate change With no direct funding for renewables, and vague promises on long-term…

Cook up your old food and save the planet

Maggie Coggan, Wednesday, 29th September 2021 - Food waste charity OzHarvest is encouraging Aussies to use up their food to fight climate change Buying a whole bunch of fresh produce, only to throw it out a week later when you forget…

A solar powered solution to save our koalas

Maggie Coggan, Saturday, 24th July 2021 - Solar power technology will help locate koalas when bushfires are approaching With more than 60,000 koalas affected by last year’s summer bushfire crisis, a new project is harnessing…

Bitcoin will neither destroy, nor save the environment.

Will Dayble, Friday, 26th February 2021 - There is a huge debate about the environmental impact of Bitcoin, but everyone is debating the wrong things, writes Will Dayble. Detractors claim that Bitcoin’s energy usage outweighs…

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