The Green Electricity Guide has been developed to help inform Australians about which electricity retailers really are as ‘green’ as they say they are. By choosing a retailer that invests its money in renewables rather than coal and gas, consumers …
Urban protected areas are protected natural areas situated in or at the edge of larger population centres. The new IUCN book Urban Protected Areas: Profiles and Best Practice Guidelines is designed as a guide to help managers of urban protected …
IUCN Urban Protected Areas: Profiles and Best Practice Guidelines Read more »
Sunulator is a new free tool from the Alternative Technology Association (ATA) which estimates the economic feasibility of a solar system.
The Business of Sustainability helps to guide professional services businesses of all sizes and disciplines, at any stage of their journey, towards a more sustainable business. It deliberately focuses on professional services firms whether legal, accounting, finance, management, consulting or …
The Business of Sustainability guides professional services businesses Read more »
The Ramsar Convention strongly encourages the establishment of education centres at Ramsar Sites and other wetlands. A handbook has been produced to provide advice on the design and management of such centres.
New environmental application, Habitat the Game, sends kids on real-life missions to save virtual endangered species and reduce their carbon footprint. Read the media release and download the free app (available for iOS, Android and tablet devices).
The Global Development Research Centre (GDRC) Urban Environmental Management Virtual Library provides access to a wide range of documents, articles, how-tos, insights and more.
The Beta4 version of the Australian Urban Research Infrastructure Network (AURIN) Portal is now online, providing access to around 750 datasets from over 25 data providers, making AURIN a significant resource for urban researchers and decision-makers.
Smart Blocks is a national program helping apartment owners and their managers to improve the energy efficiency in apartment buildings and save money. The program includes web resources and a series of workshops around Australia between 2013 and 2016.
The potential for climate change to drive changes in the severity and likelihood of extreme weather events could have implications for the accuracy of natural catastrophe models. The report Catastrophe Modelling and Climate Change from global insurer Lloyd’s examines whether …