#GoodNews, A Selection of Positive Stories From Last Week
Considering recent events and much of the world under quarantine, we could all do with some more light in these dark times. Thankfully, positive news is not difficult to come by. Below, you can find a combination of stories to
After the Fires: Rewilding Australia and Renewing Australian Agriculture
A much-welcome visitor slithered across my property on the clifftop the other day - a magnificent 3 meter-long Diamond Python, native to our area, non-venomous and complete with at least two distinctive 'bumps', suggesting it had recently enjoyed "lunch'' of
Devastating Bushfires in Australia Punctuate an Era of Political Complacency
Canberra, Australia, 2015. Prime Minister Tony Abbott is flanked by Immigration Minister Peter Dutton and Minister for Social Services Scott Morrison, posing for the media prior to a community roundtable to discuss the resettlement of Syrian refugees. Unbeknownst to them,
Australian Bushfires Continue to Wreak Havoc
Hundreds of wildfires have been raging across Australia for more than two months, destroying 7.4 million acres of land and hundreds of homes. While Australia typically experiences bushfires every year, this year’s fires began burning earlier in the season and
Time to Act? Australia’s Feeble Commitment to Curbing Emissions
Before Prime minister Scott Morrison participated in the Pacific Islands Forum in the mid-August, it seemed likely to succeed among the Pacific countries. Morrison unveiled an US$337 million funding package for the Pacific region, in a move to curb climate
Indigenous Peoples and the UN Sustainable Development Goals
Each of the United Nations’ (UN) 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has special relevance for the world’s 500 million indigenous people. They are among the world’s poorest and most alienated from public decision-making. Yet, they are increasingly using international forums
Slow Fashion, Ethical Fashion
The rise of the ethical fashion movement has inspired many in the established fashion industry, both entrepreneurs and disrupters to create new products and business models aimed at improving the negative impacts created by the textile, clothing and footwear (TCF)
OzHarvest: Global Change Starts With Individual Action
Ronni Kahn has been fighting food waste long before the UN Sustainable Development Goals were on the agenda. As a producer of large scale, high-end events, she had seen first-hand the huge volume of food that went to waste alongside
Sexism in the City: working with girls and young women to make safer cities
Urbanisation, Sexism and the Sustainable Development Goals For the first time in history, there are more people living in cities than in rural areas. Today, cities are home to 54% of the world’s population, and by the middle of this century,
Luca Jouel: Responsibly sourced, ethically crafted jewelry
The jewelry industry is highly fragmented with a mix of a few large, branded companies interspersed with many family owned firms of all sizes that do business throughout the world. It includes the mining, distribution and manufacturing of precious metals,
Stop Adani: how a grassroots environmental movement is ticking SDG boxes in Australia
The Stop Adani movement has one goal, as per its simple and snappy name: to stop the Adani Group, an Indian energy mogul, from building Australia’s biggest coal mine. The Carmichael project in Central Queensland, which would be one of
The man and the ocean: Interview with Luke Shadbolt
When Australian photographer Luke Shadbolt discovered his passion for the ocean, he decided to share it with the world. During his travels between remote natural areas and densely populated environments, he gained an insight into the fundamental human-nature connection. Through his works he seeks