Tag: Australia - Page 15
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Scientists Develop Rot-Proof Apple that Stays Fresh for 4 Months
Photo credit: Abhijit Tembhekar via Flickr/Creative Commonsdigg_url = 'http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/11/scientists-develop-rot-proof-apple-stays-fresh-four-months.php';Scientists in Australia have developed an apple that won't rot. Or, won't rot
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Koalas Extinct in 30 Years as Climate Change, Habitat Loss, Sexually Transmitted Disease Take Their Toll
New figures from the Australian Koala Foundation paint a dark picture for the future of the iconic marsupial. Just completed research shows that the current koala population is somewhere between 43,000-80,000 individuals,
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Bark Design's Minimalist Studio Treads Lightly
Architects Stephen Guthrie and Lindy Atkin of Bark Design Architects designed this steel, glass and plywood building to act as either a house or a studio in New South Wales, Australia. They describe it as a showcase of the Barks design approach and
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Prefab Live Green House Built in One Day
The sustainability demonstration showcase house was erected in a single day, when it first appeared as part of Sydney's Art & About Festival last month. Now it's on the move again, this time as an
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10 Week Old Oil Spill's Rig is Now On Fire
You might recall back, in mid August 2009, when Matthew noted that an oil rig of the NW coast of Australia had sprung a leak. A rather bad leak that was expected to take some time to plug. Well, it's now November 2009, more than
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Tesla Roadster Breaks EV World Record: 313 Miles on Single Charge (501 KM)
The 10th Annual Global Green ChallengeThe Global Green Challenge (a kind of spin off from the World Solar Challenge) in Australia is the place to be for alt-fuel vehicles of all kinds. It's a good snapshot of what is currently possible, and of where
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Australian Solar Rebate Program Abruptly Cancelled
Yikes! What happens when a solar rebate program is announced, and suddenly EVERYONE wants in? Well, the government honors the approved applications and then pulls out of the program, reports The Australian. But
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World's Largest (Solar Powered) Tensegrity Pedestrian and Cycle Bridge Opens
This week the world's largest tensegrity pedestrian and cycle bridge was officially opened in Brisbane, Queensland. In fact, according to Wikipedia, it is "also the largest Tensegrity structure in existance." Tensegrity, meaning the tensional integrity
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Biodiesel Motorcycle Attempts Circumnavigation of Australia
With more than a touch of irony, a motorcyclist who spent about 20 years as an off-shore oil driller is demonstrating that there are alternatives to fossil fuels. Paul Carter, now a best seller author, last month leapt aboard a motorbike (designed and
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Huge Dust Storm Feeds Fish and Eats Carbon Dioxide
Our resident boffin John Laumer speculated late last month that plankton feeding fish off Australia's east coast wouldn't know what hit them following the massive geoengineering event (a huge dust storm) that blew across the continent recently. He was
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SRD Change09: Students Seek to Inspire, Provoke and Change Design
SRD Change is the annual exhibition of new graduate design and ideas that address our those issues which will impact our future. Like issues of sustainability, environmental change and responsibility, social equity and community. The Society for
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Parasite Prefabs Cling To Walls, Bridges
Buildings don't have to just sit on the ground; Australian architect Lara Calder's Parasite Prefabs just grow wherever they can get away with it, on the sides of bridges, rock faces or old buildings. Designboom says "It
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Town Prepares to Celebrate Going Bottled Water Free
Saturday, 26 September 2009 is a big day for a little town. Bundanoon, 1.5 hours south west of Sydney, will hold the official launch of its initiative to make the quiet village of about 2,500 people, Australia's First Bottled Water Free Town.
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Thousands Of Tons Of Potentially Toxic Iron Dust Dumped In Ocean Without Permit
News filtering out of Australia indicates a massive geoengineering of the Southern Oceans, done without
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Clinton, Obama, and Rudd Talk Climate Action, Global "Spirit of Partnership"
Clinton Global Initiative 2009 The Clinton Global Initiative kicked off today with some words from Bill Clinton, a discussion from a panel of luminaries including Kevin Rudd, the Prime Minister of Australia and the CEOs of Coca Cola and WalMart, and a
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Is Kevin Rudd The Climate Hero We've Been Looking For?
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has positioned his country and himself as a honest broker in the international climate negotiations, and he is in New York this week to help get the stalled talks moving again. Australia is said to
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Permaculture Principles: Clearing Up the Ambiguity
Permaculture is a philosophy or design discipline that seems to mean a lot of different things to different people - from a fairly purist focus on 'permanent agriculture', as the term was originally coined, to a
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Australian Youth Decide Climate Campaign
Mobilizing Australian Youth to Send a Message About Climate Policy The video above is a commercial for the Youth Decide program by the non-profit Australian Youth Climate Coalition (check out the video below that explains their goal). They say: "Youth
