Landscaping quietens an international airport

Two years ago in the Netherlands, artist Paul de Kort designed an 81-acre park near Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport with the mission of using nothing but landscaping to dampen the noise of airplanes. Such a project had never been attempted ~ and a crucial element of the...

Australia’s community-led renewable energy sector

The past few years have been exhilarating in the world of renewable energy technology. The global price of solar PV has plummeted, while electric cars have gone from cramped novelties that might just get you to the supermarket and back, to work-horses that can take...

World first in sustainability for Smoky Bay oyster farm

A South Australian oyster farm Angel Oysters has been approved with sustainability certification for its approach to farming oysters by Italy-based program Friends of the Sea. Friends of the Sea awards certification for products from sustainable marine environments....

Imagine a car-free neighbourhood for a month

Two years ago, an average neighbourhood in the South Korean city of Suwon embarked on a radical experiment ~ for one month, the neighbourhood got rid of every single one of their 1,500 cars. Called the Ecomobility Festival, it was created as a way to help the city...