Are Australians ready for driverless cars?

The authors of a new report on public attitudes to driverless cars say people might be more receptive towards autonomous vehicles if they understood their potential to reduce crashes, emissions and driving stress and improve cyclist safety and mobility for those unable to drive.

Burning waste is the wrong option

A UNSW Sydney submission to the ACT government’s review into waste management outlines a way to achieve the government’s primary targets to divert most waste away from landfill and for the local sector to be carbon neutral by 2025.

A green home needs sustainable storage

Australians have more and more things, and less and less space in their homes to store them. Thinking clearly about sustainable storage solutions can go a long way to creating a better lifestyle as well as a greener home.

Eight lessons from the USA for today’s youth-led movements

How can the experiences of one young climate activist in the United States over the last decade inform similar protest movements in Australia?

Renovation tips for a green home

If you’re planning a domestic renovation, incorporating a few eco-friendly elements will make your home more energy and water-efficient, less harmful to the environment, and friendlier to your wallet too!

Almost everything you know about e-waste is wrong

Requiring electronics manufacturers to make products that are materially safer, durable and repairable would be important steps in mitigating waste from electronics throughout their life cycle in ways that post-consumer recycling on its own will never achieve.

Going green with sustainable construction

Designing and constructing buildings with a ‘green thumb’ can save money and create more beautiful structures as well as ensuring the built environment reduces its ecological footprint on our precious and threatened world.

‘Solar gardens’ could empower all Australians

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency has announced funding for a feasibility study that could allow the third of Australians who rent, live in apartments or live in low income housing to access the benefits of rooftop solar energy.

The potential – and perils – of ‘technological optimism’

‘Technologically optimistic’ solutions to global warming include everything from wind and solar energy to mass scale kelp farming, but will any of these strategies work?

Turning plastic waste into bio-gas

Plastic waste is choking our oceans but a new Australian innovation could help turn trash into useful fuel if enough investment can be raised to fund a demonstration facility.

Solar PV and wind could replace coal, oil and gas in 20 years

Deep cuts must be made in the use of fossil fuels to ease the threat of climate change, and renewable energy is on track to make a significant contribution in the future.

West Australian gas development threatens Paris emissions goal

Greenhouse gas emissions from developing WA’s unconventional gas resources will be about three times as much as Australia has agreed to emit under the Paris Agreement, hampering global efforts to contain climate change.