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Quick Chat: Alexi Lynch talks evidence-based emissions-reduction at Ironbark Sustainability

Ironbark Sustainability has worked with councils and their communities for almost 20 years on the issues that matter to our future; climate change, greenhouse emissions, and sustainability projects and programs.

Mycelium stars in Byron Bay pop-up shop – but what’s its potential and can it be part of circular economy?

Architecture and Design, News

I’m someone who loves eating mushrooms. But I would never have thought that you can use fungi as a design material!

The innovative folks at eco lifestyle brand Seed & Sprout collaborated with Swinburne University of Technology in a pop-up store in Byron Bay kitted-out with structures solely made from fungi.

Canadian coffee pod company fined $3m for greenwashing

News, Catering and Hospitality, Food and Drink, Waste and Recycling

Keurig’s insistence on claiming unrealistic recyclability levels has led the company to incur a $3-million fine and an order to change their packaging.

The 50 beautiful Australian plants at greatest risk of extinction — and how to save them

News, Landscape and Greening

There are 1,384 plant species and subspecies listed as threatened at a national level. Twelve Australian plant species are considered probably extinct and a further 21 species possibly extinct, while 206 are officially listed as critically endangered.

The Stay Tray: helping us stay true to a sustainable coffee experience

Stay Tray | Containers and Packaging, News, Food and Drink

This highly sustainable drinks tray is customisable with business branding, perfect for cafes, large companies or as an employee Christmas gift they can actually use.

What’s the deal with plastic Christmas decor?

News

As the silly season rolls around, more and more shops are filled to the brim with queues of people buying plastic baubles and sparkly tinsel to hang up around their homes.

So, to counteract the plastic-grabbing frenzy of the early holiday season, The Green List has a guide to Christmas decorations to make your Christmas more sustainable and eco-friendly than last year.

The Green List Guide to Giving Green

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With Christmas coming around the corner, it’s predicted that Australians will spend a whopping $11 billion on Christmas presents this year. And with around half coming from online shopping, that’s a heck of a lot of stuff. New research from Gumtree has revealed that we spent an estimated $574 million on gifts last year. Aussies…

How does your ‘hood’ rate on leafiness

News, Landscape and Greening

Ever wondered which city in Australia is the leafiest?
For the first time, a national artificial Intelligence data analysis has been carried out to rank tree coverage across Australia’s capital cities and residential areas.

5 important life lessons about gardening from Peter Cundall

News, Landscape and Greening

Peter Cundall, most known to Australians as the former face of ABC’s Gardening Australia, was a fierce environmentalist who fought for decades to protect Tasmania’s wilderness. The English-born horticulturalist taught us all to love organic gardening, getting our hands in the dirt and growing our own food. He was also a fierce environmentalist who urged…