The Western Sydney council of Hills Shire is slowly waving goodbye to single use plastics by eliminating them from council buildings and venues.
Roundup: Famous faces help with The New Jones, on the fight for meat and new refrigerants
Throughout the pandemic, sustainability edge-pushers, The New Joneses have wasted no time continuing their good work. The team’s new digi-series, which was ambitiously crafted throughout COVID-19 and is set to launch next month, features a swag of famous Australians in-the-know about low-impact living.
Roundup: How much hot air your council emits, and other stories
Not hot air, as such, but carbon dioxide: the Snapshot Climate Tool, developed by Ironbark Sustainability and Beyond Zero Emissions has been providing greenhouse gas emissions for every council area in Australia since 2019.
Roundup: Gin distilled by the sun, reuseable beer cups, and beer to put in them
Guilt-free G&T It’s been all success over at Four Pillars gin distillery, winning the award for World’s Best Signature Botanical Gin at the 2021 World Gin Awards for its Olive Leaf Gin, and unveiling its new 65.88 kW rooftop solar farm. Four Pillars’ solar rooftop, on its Healesville distillery, was designed by Cherry Energy Solutions…
Eclipse Passive House: Get your Passive House, have cake, and it eat too…
If you’ve fallen head-over-heels for the low bills and unbeatable comfort of Passive House but concerned about the challenge and expense of this precise construction method, then Eclipse Passive House is your solution.
TGL Trends: Prepare to be BAMBOOzled by bamboo, pineapple and algae
So much sustainability in one shoe If you wear clothes or sleep on sheets you probably recognise the silky breathability of bamboo fabric. Now, New Zealand shoemaker, YY Nation has taken the sustainable fashion game up a notch with an Indiegogo campaign to make sneakers made from bamboo, pineapple leather, algae foams and merino wool.…
Timber versus steel – which is the most sustainable?
THE GREEN LIST: In the same week that New Zealand’s NMIT Arts & Media Building was being publicised as the first multi-storey seismic design building constructed from timber, the US Steel Framing Industry Association came out fighting with Steel industry responds to claims of wood’s sustainability.
Building 4 Impact – research for thought leadership and positioning in the built environment
How can we enhance productivity in a growing culture of working from home? How can we create a circular economy in our homes and workplaces? Is it time to phase out gas from our homes?
