Climate crisis in quarantine
COVID-19, with its disposable masks and bans on KeepCups, brought the fight for the environment to its knees. Meet the entrepreneurs and community leaders…
Keep up or get left behind: Op shop finds an online niche
Op shopping might be all the rage for young hipsters keen to be sustainable, but as the modern market finds other ways to recycle and reuse, op shops will have to get creative to survive. Millicent Spencer reports.
300-year-old tree to fall victim to North East Link Project
Preliminary works have begun on the North East Link while thousands fight to save a pre-European settlement river red gum before it’s destroyed. Gemma Neary reports.
Green “lungs” at risk fears
Development threatens protected environmental areas across Melbourne, says a longtime campaigner. Pieter Clarke reports.
Braving post bushfire “eco-anxiety”
Houses have been rebuilt but the mental health impacts of the February 2009 Black Saturday bushfires are still occurring in Victorian communities. Costa Haritos reports.
Go slow garb
Shareena Abdul Aziz reports on moves to improve ‘slow’ or sustainable fashion at a time of increasing concern over climate change.
Schools act on environment
Schools across Ballarat are doing their part to take care of our environment. Chelsea Byrne reports.
Eco-warrior fights to save local wetlands
Barwon Heads’ Angela Hawdon is fighting to protect the environment. Georgia Hill reports.
“No hope” for fox control in urban parks
Melbourne park rangers say that foxes are here to stay, even controversial 1080 poison baits would not help. Oscar Perri reports.
Environment funding call
A long-term environmentalist fears he might not be able to continue his work. Elise Unmack reports.