Time for a spring clean
Spring is in the air! This spring, why not get outside and do a spring clean in your local area?
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The Reusable Revolution
Single-use packaging is a major contributor to global plastic waste. Again Again founder, Nada Piatek, gives insight on how the reusable revolution can tackle the problem.
Choose to Reuse this Plastic Free July
This month is Plastic Free July, an opportunity for us all to consider how we might reduce our consumption of single use plastic—as individuals, families, communities, and organisations—to combat the environmental challenge of plastic pollution.
We CAN make a difference
With so much inequality and suffering in our world, and in our own country, it’s understandable that we are left feeling overwhelmed and powerless to make a difference. But even our small actions can have a big impact.
Australians pay $163 a month on average to store all the stuff we buy – how can we stop overconsuming?
Many of us are drowning in “stuff”. To find space for all our possessions, we are paying off-site storage companies. Australians spend an average of A$163 per month on self-storage, one recent survey found.
Can we, should we, buy less stuff?
Can we, should we, buy less stuff? Neil Kitching discusses how we can reduce the amount of ‘stuff’ we buy and consume and argues that we should campaign to promote a better quality of life.
Practical ways to protect our biodiversity
While there is much information about our declining biodiversity, here are some really impactful ways in which we, as individuals and together, can help nurture our environment so our biodiversity can thrive.
Easy eco-friendly substitutes to help your #PlasticFreeJuly
It’s July already and #plasticfreejuly has begun! Plastic is used in so many products that it’s easy to feel like giving up even before starting. So, it can be helpful to start with small steps: one product at a time.
Equality gives everyone the opportunity to thrive.
There’s a reason Finland, the world’s most equitable country, sits at the top of the list of happiest countries. Populations in countries with better equality are happier and healthier.
Here’s how the new global treaty on plastic pollution can help solve this crisis
Plastic pollution is a global problem, contaminating terrestrial, freshwater and marine ecosystems. Microplastics — plastic particles smaller than five millimetres in size — infiltrate and circulate in the global planetary dust cycle, water cycle and carbon cycle.
