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Posted inEnvironment

We need to get real about bushfires in Australia and make homes “fire wise”

by Chris Ferreira, The Forever Project 4 August 202026 August 2020

Just as new drivers must pass a driving test, people should need to prove, through a planning, design and management process, that they are doing all they can to create a “fire wise” space to live in.

Posted inPlanning

How to green our cities without putting communities at risk of bushfire

by Isabelle Connolly, EConPlan; Catherine Ryland, Catherine Ryland Consulting 17 April 202024 April 2020
Posted inArticles

We can learn from the US to prevent bushfire devastation

by John Sturgeon 3 March 20205 March 2020
Posted inFunding & grants

Why we must pull financial levers to build for a changing climate

by Suzanne Toumbourou, Australian Sustainable Built Environment Council 24 February 2020
Posted inFunding & grants

GREEN GIGS: Mass timber for Bendigo, wastewater in South Australia and more

by Willow Aliento 4 February 202014 February 2020
Posted inArticles

Prefab industry to help with quick rebuilds after bushfires

by Poppy Johnston 4 February 202012 February 2020
Posted inArticles

Calls to open national parks to logging post bushfires are wrong

by Willow Aliento 30 January 202031 January 2020
Posted inClimate Change

What we can learn about community resilience

by Richard Mullane, Hassell San Francisco; Greg Kochanowski, RCH Studios 28 January 20203 March 2020
Posted inArticles

Resilience and bushfires: “now we get what you’re talking about”

by Poppy Johnston 23 January 202031 January 2020
Posted inArticles

Listen to the original land managers to learn about fire, country and community

by Willow Aliento 23 January 202031 January 2020
Posted inEnvironment

On the Australia Fires and what comes next

by The Fifth Estate - our view 16 January 202031 January 2020
Posted inArticles

Climate change complacency threatens the long-term sustainability of our cities and regions

by David Williams, Planning Institute of Australia 16 January 2020
Posted inArticles

Smoke haze and how to minimise the impact

by Willow Aliento 16 January 202031 January 2020
Posted inArticles

Nature and humans are massive victims of the Australia fires but so is the economy

by Poppy Johnston 15 January 202015 January 2020
Posted inArticles

Australia’s survival depends on shifting climate policy

by Gabriel Metcalf, Committee for Sydney 13 January 202015 January 2020
Posted inNews from the Front Desk

On why it’s no time to be quiet

by The Fifth Estate - our view 14 November 201921 January 2020
Posted inClimate Change

Emergency, emergency. What are we waiting for?

by Willow Aliento 12 November 201925 November 2019
Posted inConstruction & Development

Fire risk underestimated at Ginninderry Green Star Communities development

by Cameron Jewell 20 June 20173 July 2017

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