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Where did you get those green eggs and ham, Sam?
Do you ever wonder how the chicken or egg ended up on the plate in front of you? There is certainly a long line of events that took place before you picked it up off the supermarket shelf. Here are a few reasons why we should reconsider our food consumption. © Fred Dot / Greenpeace Australia is…
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Have you ever used a REVERSE vending machine? Here’s your chance!
Incredible news! NSW Premier Mike Baird has officially launched a Container Deposit Scheme for NSW. At an event at Coogee Beach over the weekend, the Premier announced the roll out of 800 reverse vending machines. This means that NSW residents will be rewarded for returning bottles to hundreds of reverse vending machines from July 2017! The…
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Upcycling 101: How to turn your stuff into other stuff
Humans have a big problem: we love stuff. The rate at which we’re using the world’s resources is unsustainable – so it’s time we do all we can to tread lightly on the environment. Many Australians are lucky enough to be able to buy stuff. We’ve been taught that with money and resources comes happiness…
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Tackling deforestation – it’s a dirty job but someone’s gotta do it
Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) had a history of greenwashing – remember its former Rainforest Realities website? | To address concerns of its stakeholders and customers, APP asked independent auditors Rainforest Alliance to spend several months in the field to see how it was really doing against its Forest Conservation Policy – warts and…
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Queensland election explained: What does this mean for the future of the Great Barrier Reef?
As the tropical state of Australia, Queensland is known for its summer storms. We’re used to it being hot and steamy one day and raining buckets the next. This summer, though, was particularly crazy, and the Queensland election last weekend perfectly matched the unpredictable weather. Last weekend, 2.75 million Queenslanders cast their vote in a…
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6 reasons the Great Barrier Reef needs you to divest right now
|A green returning to the ocean after laying her eggs on Heron Island overnight. The excursion to Heron Island is a fact finding mission to a research station there as part of Greenpeace’s Save the Reef campaign.|Fringing coral reefs off Holbourne Island National Park display the biodiversity of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. The…
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6 tips for a sustainable school year!
School’s back in! Whether you’ve already got everything you need for the school year or not - here are six tips to help you think about the planet and your child’s education.
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16 breathtaking photos of wetlands around the world
It's World Wetlands Day! Today marks the 44th anniversary of the signing of the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance (otherwise known as the Ramsar Convention).
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The massive marine breakthrough we’ve been waiting for
| It is time for Ocean Lovers worldwide to celebrate! After years of political foot-dragging, and four hectic days of negotiations at the United Nations, a breakthrough came in the wee hours of Saturday morning, 24 January: governments around the world agreed to develop a legally-binding treaty to protect marine life beyond national territorial waters.…
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Clean air doesn’t come to those who wait
“One thing that fascinated and shocked me the most was the fact that even on smoggy days, people still lived their lives as usual,” said Chinese film director Jia Zhangke last week as the air outside in Beijing was a thick, soupy grey. “When the Air Quality Index hit 200 or 300, and the air…