Listen to your garden

In amongst all the gardening tasks on her to-do list, Penny Woodward likes to take the time to listen to what's going on in her garden and learn from the sounds she hears.

Making the most of solar panels

Solar panels on your mind (and your roof)? Here's some tips to keep them providing you with the energy you need.

New ideas for tackling Australia’s soft plastics problems

Australians generate around 70 billion soft-plastic pieces per year. This team has one creative solution.

The work continues to save our sharks

Shark numbers are decreasing, making the work of the late Rob Stewart crucial to their future, writes Reese Halter.

Seed saving for the future

Leonie Shanahan looks at why seed saving is so important to our health and food security.

Prefab houses: great for the environment and our housing crisis?

Contructing homes offsite can be great for the environment and a huge time saver. Could it also solve some of Australia's housing problems? 

A green learning environment

One principal’s vision to enhance his students learning environment through gardening has everyone at the school seeing green, writes Kate Neale.

Rewilding our schools

Urban rewilding is helping nature make a comeback, especially in schools where children get a chance to go 'wild', writes Helen Cushing.

New Honey Bee Research Centre

A new Honey Bee Research and Development Centre has been established at Southern Cross University.

Hemp building set to take off

The fast-growing wonder plant hemp is ready to take off as a sustainable building material that can be mould-proof, fire-resistant and breathable, writes Reese Halter.

Prefab housing for the future

Constructing homes offsite can be great for the environment and a huge time saver. Could prefab housing be the chosen way to build in the future?

New Rhododendron species found

A botanist at Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, has unveiled a new species of plant, Rhododendron astrophorum.