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Sustainable Shopping: Is it Possible to Fly Sustainably?

Andrew Glover, Monday, 15th January 2018 -  Global travel comes at a serious cost to the environment, writes Andrew Glover, Postdoctoral research fellow at RMIT University, in this article which first appeared in The Conversation.

Conserving Victoria

Wendy Williams, Monday, 15th January 2018 -  Victoria Marles is the CEO of Trust for Nature, one of Australia’s oldest conservation organisations. She is this week’s Changemaker. Marles, originally a lawyer by profession,

World’s Biggest Mining Company Sides with Enviro Groups in Advocacy Standoff

Wendy Williams, Thursday, 9th November 2017 -  Environmental groups have welcomed an announcement by the world’s biggest mining company that it will not support a push to strip environmental groups of their right to advocate.

One to Watch: Daniel Smith

Wendy Williams, Tuesday, 31st October 2017 -  Daniel Smith is the founder of Clean Coast Collective, a not-for-profit lifestyle brand committed to cleaning up the ocean. He is one to watch. A total of 60 of Australia’s brightest

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The Seaside Scavenges Helping To Clean Australia’s Beaches

Luke Michael, Monday, 23rd October 2017 -  Anna Jane Linke is the founder and CEO of Seaside Scavenge, a charity which organises waterway cleanups and clothes swap events. She is this week’s Changemaker. Linke founded Seaside

Environmental Charities Engaged in Bitter Stand-Off with Mining Lobby Over Advocacy

Luke Michael, Monday, 4th September 2017 -  Environmental charities and the mining lobby are engaged in a bitter stand-off over political advocacy, with the mining sector’s attempt to curtail environmental advocacy undermined

Body Shop Foundation To Close

Lina Caneva, Thursday, 24th November 2016 -  The UK-based Body Shop Foundation, established by entrepreneur Dame Anita Roddick, will close its doors in 2017 after the charitable organisation failed to reach a funding agreement…

Podcast: Green Nation – The Fight Against Climate Change

Ellie Cooper, Tuesday, 22nd November 2016 -  Climate change has been described as the most difficult problem human society has ever faced. But in the face of influential vested interests and governments that seem slow to respond,

Victoria First State to Ban Fracking

Ellie Cooper, Tuesday, 30th August 2016 -  Victoria is the first state in Australia to introduce legislation to permanently ban the exploration and development of all onshore unconventional gas, including fracking and

NFP Rates Political Parties’ Enviro Policies

Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 31st May 2016 -    The Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) has delivered an election scorecard rating the major political parties’ environmental policies out of 100 points and has given
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