By Brad Farrant, University of Western Australia; David Holmes, Monash University, and Mark G Edwards, University of Western Australia
Four months ago, the big media proprietors were fighting proposed federal government press reforms, arguing that “the press” needs freedom if it is to defend the public interest. But these arguments were raised.
You can now access The Ceres Roadmap for Sustainability online at www.ceres.org/roadmap.
The Ceres Roadmap provides a practical framework for companies that are integrating sustainability into their business models. Visit the new website to explore 20 expectations for a sustainable corporation,.
by Carol Adams, Monash University
Paul Druckman, the CEO of the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC), recently led the coalition’s global charge on corporate reporting changes to Australia, where he bolstered support and talked uptake turkey with business leaders and officials.
“We’re not about more reporting, we’re about better reporting,” Mr Druckman.
By Hamish McCallum, Griffith University
Most of us understand the world by using common sense and intuition. To a large extent, this means assuming that most things behave in a roughly linear way: small changes in inputs lead to small changes in outputs, and if increasing an input variable leads to an increase in response,.
By Laura Eadie, University of Technology, Sydney
If I install solar panels and a car battery to run my air conditioner, should I pay higher electricity network fees? The electricity industry and Queensland’s Energy Minister would say yes, but is that equitable?
Scenarios like this expose inconsistencies between the way we pay for electricity poles and.
By Tullia Jack, RMIT University
If you’re worried about dressing ethically, chances are you think about sweatshop conditions in developing countries, unsustainable farming practices, convoluted global supply chains that ring up a huge carbon footprint, and mountains of fast-fashion festering in landfill.
But the first thing you should think about is how often you wash your.
By Thomas Bristow and Grace Moore, University of Melbourne
How can art and literature help us imagine a climate-changed world?
In 1995, ecocritic Lawrence Buell argued that apocalypse is the single most powerful master metaphor that environmentalism has at its disposal. Two years later cultural ecologist Eugene Anderson complained of the widespread resistance.
By Will J Grant
Winter is coming, and all across the southern states eyes turn to energy bills and minds towards how to make them smaller. What is the most efficient way to heat your house?
As with anything to do with thermodynamics the answer is complicated, but there are some solid rules to help shape.