18 January 2011 – Australia’s GDP may fall and vegetable prices will soar, but some industries are poised to benefit from the flood disaster in Queensland and northern NSW, according to business information analysts IBISWorld. IBISWorld today... 
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By Tina Perinotto and Lyn Drummond 20 January 2011 – An estimated 600 residents and local politicians rallied in Sydney’s inner city suburb of Glebe on Thursday morning this week brandishing more than 4000 signatures in protest against the... 
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By Tina Perinotto 14 January 2011 – The Planning Institute of Australia said on Friday that the Queensland flood crisis had focused the need for climate change to be considered in planning for the future and proved that modern planning protocols... 
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14 January 2010 – Global engineering, consulting and construction firm MWH on Friday said it had donated $50,000 to the Premier’s Flood Relief Appeal in Queensland. And the City of Sydney is likely to approve a $200,000 pledge to the fund at its extraordinary... 
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12 January 2011 - Climate scientist David Karoly addressed major media outlets on Wednesday morning to warn that although the Queensland flood crisis could not be directly attributed to climate change, more unstable weather related to global warming was... 
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13 January 2011- Jerry Yudelson, leading US green building and sustainability consultant and a speaker at last year’s Green Cities 2010 conference in Melbourne has released a list of top worldwide green building trends for 2011. “What we’re... 
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By Greg Paine Part of a series, Walking with the Elephant, on mindfulness Problem Acting alone to improve behaviours can be discomforting if you appear too different: “Almost no-one in society doing it”; and can lead to frustration if you think others... 
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By Maria Taylor “Scientists have warned about the ‘greenhouse effect’ for years. Now it is no longer a scientific nightmare; it has arrived.” FAVOURITES – 27 January 2010 – Are these lines, you might ask, from Al Gore’s... 
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By Tina Perinotto 8 December 2011 – UK-based WSP managing director and global head of environment and energy, Stuart McLachlan, gives short shrift to much of the dominant thinking on sustainability and resource efficiency. In Australia recently as... 
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by Boris Kelly 12 October 2010 -FAVOURITES – Green roofs have long been used in the rural regions of Scandinavia. Commonly termed “sod roofs”, they provided excellent drainage and insulation properties and were ideally... 
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By Lynne Blundell 25 November 2010 – Better air quality, views, large windows, patient and staff focus – not doctors – and cities within cities…it’s all part of an evolving greener profile for hospitals. Hospitals... 
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By Tina Perinotto 2 December 2010 – The federal government yesterday released the most important document in national urban planning since the Whitlam years – a discussion paper on options for how to manage growth and sustainability for Australia’s... 
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15 December 2010 - Federal Climate Change Minister Greg Combet today released new maps produced in partnership with the Co-operative Research Centre for Spatial Information that identify the impacts of rising sea levels on low-lying areas in Melbourne,... 
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By Lynne Blundell AIRAH conference 2010, Melbourne   – 30 September 2010 – If there was a key theme at the Australian Institute of Refrigeration Air Conditioning and Heating, conference, held in September in Melbourne, it was just how critical... 
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By Tina Perinotto 18 November 2010 -Two announcements this morning  from the heartland of the capital markets may be about to usher in a new era for green buildings that can finally provide evidence of their greater value. In Sydney Adrian Harrington, ... 
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It’s Christmas. Magic happens By Tina Perinotto 23 December 2010 – Well this promises to be a corker of a Christmas. We waited until the last week of the working year before doing our ring around to find out the mood for next year. Mistake.... 
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22 December 2010 – DEXUS has put together a team to help Habitat for Humanity to fund a new campaign for 100 Australian women to travel to Nepal and help build homes for some of the poorest female-headed families in the world. The team comprising... 
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22 December 2010 – The Federal Government on Tuesday scrapped the Green Start program and instead extended until the end of February the Green Loans Scheme it was intended to replace. The program was to provide energy assessments to assist households... 
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By Lynne Blundell 530 Collins Street Melbourne 6 May 2010 – When GPT’s building at 530 Collins Street was coming up to 20 years old, the property group decided it was time for an upgrade with energy performance a key focus. Originally completed... 
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by Greg Paine Part of a series, Walking with the Elephant, on mindfulness Problem Where societies have a more cyclical view of time, a concern for what is passed on to those who are younger, and the idea that what has past is still with us, travel together. ... 
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21 December 2010 - The Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities has released its sustainable population issues paper for comment. The paper, A Sustainable Population Strategy for Australia, includes reports from the... 
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21 December 2010 - Social entrepreneurial company Barefoot Power has added yet another award to their growing list after being named Australia’s Coolest Company for their innovative LED products by digital business magazine AnthillOnline.com last week. Anthill... 
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By Tina Perinotto 24 November 2010 – Gavin Gilchrist’s Big Switch Projects has increased staff levels this year after a moderate uptick in demand for energy audits following the introduction of  the mandatory disclosure regime. The requirements... 
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By Mary Azzi 16 December 2010 A lobby group of real estate agents established to promote sustainable residential property has launched a new website aimed at educating and linking people – including agents and buyers – on the benefits of sustainable... 
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22 December 2010 – A number of companies with Australian connections have won awards in the UK’s prestigious Building Magazine Sustainability awards held in conjunction with the UK Green Building Council. Winners include Cundall which was... 
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21 December 2010 - ASPECT Studios’ Pirrama Park project was the major winner at this year’s Australian Institute of Architects NSW awards. Other winning projects included The Village at Balgowlah, the Clarence River Way masterplan, the Sydney Park... 
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From Edie – 16 December 2010 - The Greater London Authority has announced a drive to make food provision at the organisation sustainable. They are pledging that by 2012, or when catering contracts are next up for renewal, sustainability requirements... 
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15 December 2010 - The Grattan Institute has firmly backed a market based mechanism with a floor price as the most efficient way to reduce pollution, in a new report released today. “Government consistently underestimated commercial innovation when... 
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By Lynne Blundell FAVOURITES – 18 October 2010 – AIRAH conference - There was no shortage of cutting edge technology discussed at AIRAH’s Achieving the green dream conference- tomorrow’s technology today. An impressive array of technologies... 
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By Amy Kelly 15 December 2010 - Property Developer Stockland has won the inaugural national award for office energy efficiency after reducing carbon emissions by 800 tonnes a year and saving $90,000 in energy bills through the CitySwitch program. Stockland... 
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