By: Helping Hands TV
In Australia, and in many places around the world, the buying power of our hard earned income has taken a hit with the rising cost of living.
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Power Up Your Commitment to Sustainability – World Earth Hour
WWF Australia is inviting Aussies to switch off and get active in nature to power up their commitment to a sustainable future.
Why Sustainability Is The Most Sustainable Opportunity for Your Business
By: Michael McQueen
It wasn’t always trendy to be sustainable. In the past, speaking and acting on issues of climate change and the environment often rendered you a hippie or a leftie, or worse still, a vegan.
How Sustainable is a Focus on Sustainability?
By: Michael McQueen
The need for environmentally sustainable moves in business has been common knowledge for years. However, while many businesses have implemented changes and strategies to address this, many others have been held back by the need to maintain profits and ROI.
Want to Feel Happier and Care for the Earth? Do This for Just 20 Seconds a Day
By: Sheridan Voysey
Last year an Australian friend came to visit me. When Jason arrived I wasted no time showing him the best of Oxfordshire, taking him to Blenheim Palace, the Bodleian Library, Oxford’s old quarter, and cosy villages with thatched-roof cottages to prove such things really did exist outside of Midsomer Murders reruns. Visits to London, York and Holy Island followed, then some hiking around Northumberland.
Plastic is Choking Bali – Meet the Aussies Running to Save It
By: Clare Bruce
Every year, a million Aussies flock to Bali for holidays, corporate conferences and schoolies parties, drawn by the island’s resorts, gorgeous beaches and laid-back lifestyle.
Think About Everything You Buy: The Zero Waste Lifestyle
Above: Blogger and author Erin Rhoads
By: Clare Bruce
In her new book Waste Not, eco-blogger Erin Rhoads says that every year, Australian households produce enough rubbish to fill a three bedroom home.
Hothouse Climate Change Will Make Parts of Earth Uninhabitable
By: Anne Rinaudo
An international study has found the Earth is at risk of entering a hothouse climate that could lead to global average temperatures of up to five degrees Celsius higher than pre-industrial temperatures and long-term rises in the sea level of between 10 and 60 metres.
Springtime Cuteness from Australian Baby Animals
By: Kim Wilkinson
Baby Wombats, tiny Tasmanian Devils and a Koala learning to jump for the first time – it doesn’t get much cuter, or more Australian, than this.
Responsible Coffee Drinking Combines With Social Enterprise
By: Anne Rinaudo
As we wake up to the reality of environmental impact of the rubbish we create there is a tiny spot of good news. There is a plastic made, not from fossil fuel, but corn and it is totally compostable.