environment

Road infrastructure dominates government spending. Part of the 33km M4 Western Motorway outside Parramatta widened as part of Sydney's WestConnex scheme. Photo: Beau Giles

Foreground Weekly Review: Federal Minister for Roads?

By Foreground — July 17, 2019

Tjirbruki Munaintya Tjirbruki is an important Kaurna Creation Ancestor. The artwork translates his creation story into an aerial map, which includes Warriparinga, the Adelaide Coastline, Victor Harbor and Brukunga in the Adelaide Hills. Artwork: Aboriginal registered landscape architect and visual artist Paul Herzich

Foreground weekly review: NAIDOC week

By Foreground — July 10, 2019

The view from Burragorang Lookout shows Lake Burragorang, impounded by Warragamba Dam in the valley below. Photo: popejon2

Raising Warragamba Dam will do far more harm than good

By Penny Allan — July 5, 2019

The grasslands of Monaro in New South Wales are at the centre of a Ministerial scandal for the Australian Government. Photo of Austrostipa bigeniculata habit: Harry Rose

Foreground reads: our pick from around the web in June

By Foreground — June 27, 2019

Kabulwarnamyo outstation is a remote settlement of about 50 people on Nawarddeken Country in West Arnhem Land, Northern Territory. Photo: Hannah Robertson

Caring for Country: how remote communities are building on payment for ecosystem services

By Hannah Robertson — June 21, 2019

The detailed ground patterning of Park Louvre Lens Arts France by Paris-based design firm Mosbach Paysagistes.

Catherine Mosbach’s “submersive” experiments in landscape architecture

By Catherine Mosbach, Foreground — May 30, 2019

Rows of native Silky Blue Grass - Dichanthium sericeum - to be harvested for seed at Flora Victoria's seed production site north-west of Melbourne.

‘Wild’ grasses are in vogue as priceless native grasslands disappear

By Foreground — May 9, 2019

Dr Michael Whitehead thinks that Eucalyptus Salubris should be known as the Sexy Gum. Photo: Keren Gila CC BY-SA 4.0

The sexy gum: a love story

By Michael Whitehead — April 24, 2019

The multi-functional role of street trees as living city infrastructure is growing in importance. How can they benefit from smart technologies?

Smart streets, smart phones, smart watches… why not smart trees?

By Foreground — April 18, 2019

Trees play a key role in the religious and cultural observances of peoples around the world. The tree is central to Easter as well as Christmas. Photo: Joshua Earle

Into the woods: an Easter meditation on trees

By Robert DiNapoli — April 15, 2019

Not far from most cities is a water or seascape to watch sunsets on Valentine's Day. Photo: Will O

Landscapes of love

By Foreground — February 14, 2019

Cottesloe beach, Perth.

Urban oceans: our cities are radically transforming the marine environment

By Charity Edwards — July 19, 2018