Sustainability

From material extraction to material stewardship: Living Cities Forum 2022 panel discussion

by Indy Johar, Jane Mah Hutton, Mel Dodd, Uncle Dave Wandin—September 13, 2022

Agriculture & environment

Material sleuth: Jane Mah Hutton and the hidden world of landscape supply chains

by SueAnne Ware—July 19, 2022

The GWPQ Welcome Centre by Vo Trong Nghia.

Bamboo rising: Vo Trong Nghia reimagines an ancient ‘green steel’

by Helen Norrie, Jed Long—July 12, 2022

Australia's exploitation of its finite resources is unsustainable. Iron Ore Mine, Pilbara, Western Australia. Image: Ian Waldie/Bloomberg

Designing without depletion: Joseph Grima’s non-extractive architecture

July 7, 2022

An empty Eagle Street in inner city Brisbane, March 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Photo: Kgbo (cropped from original)

Planning & policy

The lurking trap of the ‘snap back’ city

by Dan Hill—February 5, 2021

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

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

by Jo Russell-Clarke—February 19, 2020

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

Nurturing the land: Paul Thompson

by Jo Russell-Clarke—January 24, 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 Jo Russell-Clarke—January 9, 2020

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

Cultural burning can be a vital fire management tool

by The Firesticks Alliance Indigenous Corporation—November 13, 2019

The Australian Institute of Landscape Architect's International Festival of Landscape Architecture – the square and the park – was held over two days in October to a capacity audience. Photo: David Hyde

The square and the park: a festival review

by Michael Smith—October 31, 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 Foreground—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 Foreground—October 29, 2019