Tag: Australia - Page 10
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Prefab Is So 19th Century: Iron Prefabs Shipped 'Round The World
Living Steel commissioned an interesting article on the history of steel and iron prefabs. Professor Miles Lewis explains how Britain shipped wrought iron and corrugated steel houses to California and Australia during the gold rushes of the 1850s, when
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NewMerino is Traceable, Ethical Australian Merino Wool
For well over 100 years Australia's prosperity was inextricably lined to the export of wool, and in particular, Merino wool. We even had phrase for it: "Riding on the Sheep's Back." But in the '60s wool's economic dominance was
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Could Perennial Fodder Crops Mean More Sustainable Livestock?
TreeHugger has featured an awesome tour of a permaculture allotment, permaculture-inspired disaster relief in Haiti, and even greening the desert in Jordan. Yet while permaculture—which very simply
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Andrew Maynard's Airdrop House: Just Add Water
Cameron Sinclair of Architecture For Humanity always says that the last thing people need after a disaster is another architect's idea for instant housing, but that hasn't stopped TreeHugger Best of Green Young Architect Andrew Maynard from looking at
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The Whole Hemp House
The house you don't need to render, plaster, paint or insulate. The house with the building material that you can grow on one hectare (2.5 acres) of land. The same building material you can process yourself with standard
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Cyclist Musician To Tour with Cello and Recycled, Solar-Powered, Electric-Assist Bicycle Trailer
A couple of years ago Kristin Rule, alias 'The Unconventional Cellist' undertook a 20 week music tour, toting her cello on a motorbike with a solar trailer. With a new album recently released, she is soon to be touring again, but
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The House that One Man Can Lift. Sanctuary Magazine Showcases This and More.
When it came time for our architecture writer, Lloyd, to select the Best Shelter Magazine for TreeHugger's 2010 Best of Green Awards in Design and Architecture he quickly
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Romancing The Ride. Cycling is Good for the Heart.
I was late, I was late,
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Can Aquaponics Pay for Itself?
Aquaponics usually stirs up a good deal of interest and debate here. From the awesome urban aquaponics of Growing Power to industrial-scale aquaponics operations, plenty of people believe in the idea of
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Australian School Ditches Bottled Water, While Another Becomes First Carbon Neutral School
While no longer breaking news, the endeavours of students and staff at two different Australian schools still merits attention. One school went bottled water free, whilst
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The Greens Are The Only Winner From Australia's Federal Election
You may recall that just eight weeks ago Australia found itself with a new Prime Minister, it's first female one at that, in Julia Gillard. She had ousted Kevin Rudd, who although sweeping
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Lucky Koala Hit By Car Walks Away Without a Scratch
Not only is this koala bear one of the cutest animals on the planet, it just may be among the luckiest too. Defying the odds normally stacked against wildlife in an encounter with a fast moving vehicle, this koala bear survived being
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Calls for Australia to Drop Compulsory Bicycle Helmets Laws
Not that this is a fire that needs any stoking but Australia is yet again debating the relative merits of helmets for cycling.
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Design Students Create a Brighter Future: SRD Change 2010 Exhibition
For the past seven years now the SRD (Society for Responsible Design) have held their Change design exhibition showing the latest graduate student thinking around environmentally and socially responsible design solutions.
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Bold Beachgoers Save a Stranded Great White Shark
At sea, sharks are one of the most fearsome and cunning predators on the planet -- but on land, even they need a helping hand sometimes. In a rare putting aside of differences, last week a surfer came to the aid of a Great White shark
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Andrew Maynard Says We Should Spend More To Build Less
TreeHugger favourite architect Andrew Maynard (Our 2010 Best of Green Young Architect) is at it again, looking for new, greener and more economical ways to build.
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Raising the Bar For Recycling: Architect Designs Cool Stools From Wood Offcuts
Trolling the bar scene at Melbourne's Raising the Bar, we find the Offcut Stools by Edwards Moore Architects. They are part of an exhibition of works made from "hard rubbish finds, found objects or the reuse of existing materials" displayed at a
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Raising the Bar for Recycling: Architect Repurposes Old Electronics
We have noted before that there are a lot of other Rs that are more effective than recycling, including reuse, rot (compost) repurpose, repair, return, refill and most importantly, refuse.
