The pollution of the Yarra River, Melbourne, is legendary, but new attitudes embracing ecological interconnectedness, Indigenous knowledge and adventurous design optimism are producing collective visions of a new, swimmable city […]
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Pollution makes us miserable as well as sick
It seems pollution is not just bad for our health, but also for our mood, MIT researchers report 🙁
$200m to restore Australia’s urban rivers
Bill Shorten promised to spend $200m restoring urban rivers if elected, reports The Guardian this morning. Great to see our neglected urban environment getting some benefit from the great election […]
Turning seawater into drinking water – the dirty truth
As countries struggle to produce enough fresh water to meet demand, they’re increasingly looking to the ocean. Desalination plants can turn seawater into freshwater, but they also produce a lot […]
New documentary highlights Far North Queensland’s plastic pollution crisis
Approximately one ton of plastic debris can be found for every kilometre of coastline in Far North Queensland…
Murray-Darling fish deaths: the fruits of failing water policy
Over the last few months, the Murray-Darling Basin has been reeling from fish kills after water quality plummeted following an algae bloom. You know things are bad when environmental news […]
Perth’s best-performing councils for pollution revealed
The Fertilise Wise annual survey of Perth councils found Vincent and Bayswater tied for a best practice ‘nutrient management’ score of 72 per cent, reports the Brisbane Times . And […]