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Key points A home is built to last for many years and provides its occupants with a refuge from the climate. Designing for potential impacts from a changing climate is important. If climate change is considered when a home is being designed or renovated, it is likely to remain comfortable and efficient for longer, and...

Repair Cafes are a great way to keep goods out of landfill. For example, Transition Darebin (in Melbourne) runs a bi-monthly Darebin Repair Café (DRC). A team of volunteer fixers help people with items to repair. Items are weighed, and a tally kept of items successfully repaired, information given about how to repair, and irreparable...

Repair Cafés are free meeting places and they’re all about repairing things (together). In the place where a Repair Café is located, you’ll find tools and materials to help you make any repairs you need. On clothes, furniture, electrical appliances, bicycles, crockery, appliances, toys, et cetera. You’ll also find expert volunteers, with repair skills in...

How Big Oil and the plastics industry deceived the public for decades and caused the plastic waste crisis. Underpinning the plastic waste crisis is a campaign of fraud and deception that fossil fuel and other petrochemical companies have created and perpetuated for decades. Through new and existing research, “The Fraud of Plastic Recycling” shows how...

Brands are selling all sorts of new products that are supposed to help consumers lead more sustainable lifestyles. How big of a difference can consumers make? To read more click here.

When considering climate change mitigation and reducing your carbon footprint, you probably think of driving less and turning out the lights. But did you know that organic and inorganic waste is also a massive contributor to global greenhouse gas emissions? A zero-waste lifestyle keeps material out of landfills and reduces your carbon footprint. To read...