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Author Archives: Rose Mary Petrass

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Brick wall
Posted inConstruction & Development

Like “hitting a brick wall”: building practitioners call for suspension of NSW’s “clunky” planning portal

by Rose Mary Petrass 1 February 20221 February 2022
Gas stove top
Posted inHousing

Stop gaslighting us! Gas is bad, for people and planet

by Rose Mary Petrass 1 February 20221 February 2022
Hemp Squared
Posted inConstruction & Development

Eco-friendly hemp block company Hemp Squared awarded $100,000

by Rose Mary Petrass 31 January 202231 January 2022
Jakarta Indonesia flood
Posted inPlanning & Design

Sinking island nations – and now sinking cities

by Rose Mary Petrass 27 January 202228 January 2022
Electric Bike
Posted inConsumers

Wheelie popular: E-bikes take charge of the roads

by Rose Mary Petrass 27 January 202227 January 2022
Australia drought swimming hole
Posted inBusiness & Politics

Australian business leaders are more concerned about climate change, but there is a gap between recognition and action

by Rose Mary Petrass 27 January 202227 January 2022
France car regulations
Posted inInfrastructure & transport

Driving is the new smoking: emissions warning labels for car ads in France

by Rose Mary Petrass 25 January 202225 January 2022
Reverse Garbage
Posted inWaste and recycling

Reverse Garbage moves to a new creative space warehouse as the love of old things keeps getting bigger

by Rose Mary Petrass 25 January 202227 January 2022
Colourful Gumboots upcycled to garden pots
Posted inConsumers

Out with the new: 7 in 10 Australian consumers want to extend the life of their possessions

by Rose Mary Petrass 19 January 202231 January 2022
Posted inInvestment/deals/companies

Investors back electrification minerals over fossil fuels

by Rose Mary Petrass 18 January 202219 January 2022
Australian Honey Ventures CEO Jay Curtin and Chairman Stephen Fewster
Posted inFood

Australian medicinal honey start-up creates a buzz in the Middle East

by Rose Mary Petrass 18 January 202218 January 2022
Amazon Rainforest Deforestation
Posted inConsumers

Your choice of fashion brands may cause deforestation

by Rose Mary Petrass 21 December 202121 December 2021
Working from home
Posted inBriefs

Covid changes here to stay, alongside some benefits

by Rose Mary Petrass 16 December 202116 December 2021
Fossil fuels
Posted inBriefs

Greenpeace finds discrepancies in banks’ climate lending policies

by Rose Mary Petrass 16 December 202116 December 2021
Agricultural farm village countryside
Posted inPlanning & Design

A circular economy requires a new “agricultural revolution”

by Rose Mary Petrass 16 December 202116 December 2021
Milton Ulladulla Ex Servos Club
Posted inCommercial

How to help a servos club save $70,000 a year on energy costs

by Rose Mary Petrass 16 December 202116 December 2021
Posted inEnvironment

Greater Brisbane claims top place as Australia’s leafiest capital city

by Rose Mary Petrass 14 December 202114 December 2021
25 King Brisbane WELL Building
Posted inRating tools

Australia leads huge take up of WELL-certified “healthy” buildings across Asia Pacific

by Rose Mary Petrass 14 December 202116 December 2021
Geoff Summerhayes
Posted inJobs News

BZE snares Geoff Summerhayes as chair

by Rose Mary Petrass and Tina Perinotto 9 December 20219 December 2021
Broken Phone
Posted inConsumers

Australians face “significant and unnecessary barriers” to Right to Repair

by Rose Mary Petrass 9 December 20219 December 2021
group of people holding hands
Posted inFunding & grants

Grants for Australian social enterprises

by Rose Mary Petrass 8 December 20218 December 2021
Posted inPlanning

­­­How Athens chief heat officer Eleni Myrivili is dealing with extreme heat, the “silent killer”

by Rose Mary Petrass 7 December 20217 December 2021

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