Flames from a bushfire.
Our planet

Earth calling SOS

It is time for us all to harness our courage and the people power in our communities as we never have before to answer our planet's call for help.

Scarecrow and garden bed at a local Victorian school.
What's happening

Let’s sow the seeds of change together

The Sustain network is hosting their Urban Agriculture Month this November. You can get involved with workshops, webinars, open gardens and garden festivals to grow as an individual gardener and connect with your gardening community.  

Trees and greens spaces are essential for urban sustainability and liveability.
Organic life

How trees cool homes in a warming climate

Trees green urban landscapes, help cool homes and add beauty, writes Angie Roach. The best bit? We can plant them ourselves.

Solar panels don't last forever, but do they have to end up in landfill?
What's happening

Solar panels don’t last forever, but do they have to end up in landfill?

The Eureka Prize celebrates scientists perusing solutions to our worlds questions with one nominee researching a solution for solar panel recycling.

A range of emerging challenges are disrupting planetary health and wellbeing.
Our planet

UN Calls for New Monitoring Tools to Protect Planetary Health

Environmental, technological, and societal changes are disrupting human and planetary health. How can we minimise this disruption? A recent report from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the International Science Council (ISC) suggests that better tracking and response to emerging challenges are essential.

Logging in Papua New Guinea
Our planet

Our life-giving forests

Environmental activist and nature defender Dr Reese Halter celebrates the carbon-storing, rain-creating and simple majesty of trees, while calling for immediate action to protect them and humanity’s future.

White-lipped green tree frog.
Our planet

Organic solutions for a changing climate

There's a lot to cope with in the garden when the climate is so uncertain -- and it's not just the plants, we need to watch out for the locals as well. These ideas will help.

The dramatic decline in the bogong moth population has had a deleterious impact on the endangered pygmy possum.
Our planet

Where have all the insects gone?

There's new research revealing the alarming loss of insects all over the planet, what is causing it, which insects are most affected and what we can do.

By supporting the soil we will help the planet.
Our planet

Taking care of our planet

We can all take effective action to bring about necessary change to help our planet. We can start with supporting our soils.

Plan A - Saving planet earth
Our planet

Plan A – Saving earth

How do we save Earth’s life-support systems and ourselves in the process? Dr Reese Halter reports on the action needed and our progress to date. 

An Inconvenient Sequel
Organic solutions

Resistance: An Inconvenient Sequel

Dr Reese Halter reviews Al Gore's new movie, An Inconvenient Sequel.

The CSIRO’s Newcastle solar thermal station
Organic homes

Renewable energy breakthroughs

Dr. REESE HALTER reveals some of the technological, social and farming breakthroughs that will help reduce greenhouse gas emissions.