environment

A 150 year old White Oak collapses on the lawn of the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne, a victim of climate change stresses. Photo courtesy RBG
Parks & places

How the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria is saving flora from climate disasters

by —February 19, 2020

Paul Thompson, plantsman, gardener and Fellow of the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects.
Culture

Nurturing the land: Paul Thompson

by —January 24, 2020

The endangered southern brown bandicoot is doing well in urban wildlife corridors created by infrastructure provision in Melbourne's suburbs. Photo: John O'Neill
Agriculture & environment

Endangered bandicoots survive and thrive in urban sprawl

by —January 9, 2020

A dead branch of a Eucalyptus camaldulensis (river red gum) plays pitstop for assorted bird life. Photo: Rexness
Agriculture & environment

What good is a dead tree?

by —January 9, 2020

Dancer and choreographer Amrita Hepi moves in the landscape – part of a video installation produced with Claire Winsor funded by the TCL Kevin Taylor Legacy. Image: videographer Peter Drew
Culture

Cultural movement: what can dance tell us about place?

by —November 28, 2019

The remnants of Mount Kilimanjaro's fabled fields of snow and ice, as seen from space in 2012. Image: NASA Earth Observatory
Agriculture & environment

How to design with nature now?

by —November 27, 2019

Professor David Bowman, pyrogeographer.
Agriculture & environment

Pyrogeographer David Bowman on the art and science of living with fire

by —November 14, 2019

National Indigenous Fire Workshop. Cape York 2014 at Steve Irwin Wildfire Reserve, hosted by Taepithiggi people, Mapoon Land and Sea Rangers.
Culture

Cultural burning can be a vital fire management tool

by —November 13, 2019

Urban light pollution can disrupt critical behaviours in wildlife, stalling the recovery of threatened species and interfering with ecosystem resilience. Photo: Michael
Agriculture & environment

Seeing the light: new moves to tackle night sky pollution

by —October 30, 2019

Biodiversity loss is the canary in the coalmine of landscape systems health. With one million species currently under threat of extinction globally, what can be done? Photo: Andreas P.
Agriculture & environment

Biodiversity loss: the canary in the coalmine

by —October 29, 2019

Wathuwardi (Kaurna branch huts) in the natureplay space engage children in the cultural and environmental richness of Felixstowe Reserve. Photo: Same River
Parks & places

From dust bowl to thriving wetland: Felixstowe Reserve

by —October 10, 2019

Clearings carved from the immensity of the forested Burial Belt could feature floral revegetation. Image: Other Architects
Agriculture & environment

Forest of the dead: beautiful burial for space-poor cities

by —October 3, 2019