Sustainability

Kitchen garden: solution for the need of more space

Pialligo Garden Lots was the solution to this couple’s yearning for more space.

16 days ago
by Susan Parsons

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1 million signatures given to consul-general in bid to end Indonesia's dog-meat trade

Animal welfare campaigners hand-delivered a petition with signatures from the likes of Ellen DeGeneres to the Indonesian consul-general in Sydney on Monday.

5 November 2018
by Steve Jacobs

I tried out Queensland's new recycling scheme so you know what to expect

Despite teething problems, Queensland's cash for containers scheme is up and running.

1 November 2018
by Tony Moore

This Northern California mountain lion is a serial killer - of horses

Ranchers and conservationists have been arguing over how to best manage wild horses in a California national park. Now, a cougar is helping out.

31 October 2018
by Jaclyn Cosgrove

Kitchen Garden: 'salad bar' makes for a happy clucker

The chicken crew includes a Belgian D’Uccle hatched in an incubator with a duck and turkey so it has had trouble adapting to life as a chicken.

30 October 2018
by Susan Parsons

'I'm not going to stop': schoolgirl conservationist inspires passionate debate

Fresh from snagging a Young Conservationist of the Year award from Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, student Sophia Skarparis has a message for politicians who hold out against banning single-use plastic bags.

26 October 2018
by Peter Hannam

Animals

Scientists find tiny baby octopus floating on Hawaii trash

Marine ecologist Sallie Beavers of Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park said the octopuses were the size of green peas.

25 October 2018

Animals

Lion cub found in Paris apartment, man arrested

The man was found hiding in a cupboard in his neighbour's apartment where he had fled with the cub when police turned up, a French newspaper reports.

24 October 2018

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Waste

NSW Environment Minister Gabrielle Upton accused of failing to tackle waste crisis

NSW Environment Minister Gabrielle Upton has been accused of failing to address the state’s waste crisis by providing incentives to divert rubbish from landfill or crackdown on illegal dumping.