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DOCOS IN THE DARK FOR EARTH HOUR 2020

While we might usually opt for a Saturday night Netflix binge, this weekend it’s all about doing it in the dark. Why? Because on Saturday...

Cash for climate change

Ever wondered how much it would cost to prevent climate change? According to the ABC, the average Australian would happily add $200 every year to...

Australian natives face an ‘extinction crisis’

In an open letter sent to Prime Minister Scott Morrison this week, 240 scientists have warned that Australia is in the midst of an ‘extinction...

A win for the reef

On September 19, as millions of us were preparing for the Global Climate Strike, the health of the Great Barrier Reef was being debated on...

Apply for Airbnb’s Antarctic Sabbatical

White tundra and cobalt waters. When we think of Antarctica, one of the world’s most remote and isolated biomes, it’s usually as a pristine paradise....

ON THE BEATEN TRACK: SIX SPOTS FOR THE ETHICAL TOURIST TO AVOID

‘Take only memories, leave only footprints’. It’s been a rallying cry for responsible tourists for decades. Ironically, it’s one footprint left by the world’s annual...

How fashion’s fanning the Amazon flames

It’s taken the worst fires in a decade for the world to finally realise the Amazon is in trouble. Visions of the forest ablaze, smoke...

It’s a Climate Emergency

Sisters Sam and Karina Seljak founded Seljak Brand – a recycled wool blanket line produced in a resolutely circular manufacturing process. As guests at Al...

Five new ways to go zero-waste

Back in Issue 38 we were talking all things zero-waste with writer Emily Ehlers (aka @ecowithem), who gave us a rundown of her fave new...

Jack Johnson wants you to BYOBottle

Jack Johnson – famed not just for his much-loved music but for his tireless environmental campaigning – is spearheading a new initiative to reduce single...