Urban Ecology

Jordan Lacey, ambisonic recording in preparation for COLD. Photo: Alban Mannisi
Culture

Sound in the City: Translating Ambiance

by —September 13, 2019

The Dystopia vs Utopia immersive reality experience at EKKA will reveal possible streets of Brisbane in 2050. There are good and bad possibilities in how we use new technologies and deal with hotter, drier climates.
Parks & places

The Foreground five: our most-read stories for August

by —September 5, 2019

Agriculture & environment

Foreground Weekly Review: The trees and the woods

by —August 6, 2019

Green Infrastructure shares space beneath road infrastructure in the congested urban realm of Shanghai, China. Photo: Denys Nevozhai
Technology

Green Infrastructure and the creative future of carbon capture

by —July 26, 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.
Agriculture & environment

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

by —May 9, 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
Culture

Into the woods: an Easter meditation on trees

by —April 15, 2019

Long Island garden at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne, features planted indigenous vegetation of the Lower Yarra River. Photo: Molonglo
Culture

It’s okay to garden if you listen to the landscape

by —April 5, 2019

2019 is the international year of indigenous languages. A favourite story this month suggests we learn the original names of Australian trees.
Agriculture & environment

Foreground reads: our pick from around the web in March

by —April 4, 2019

Dark skies are vital to our wellbeing but they are increasingly rare. Photo: of Duane Hamacher, Wild Researchers UNSW by Tamara Dean
Agriculture & environment

Killing us softly: the perils of light pollution

by —February 21, 2019

Powerplants is a design-led, multi-disciplinary phytoremediation research project at Sydney's White Bay Power Station. Photo: Jedidiah-Cranfield
Technology

Power Plants: Turning Brownfields Green

by —February 20, 2019

Just 40 minutes from a city of 5 million people, the Western Treatment Plant provides a constructed wetland for over 100 bird species.
Agriculture & environment

In Australia, a sewage facility is now one of the world’s greatest bird habitats

by —January 30, 2019

Cairns foreshore against a backdrop of the Lamb Range and its tropical forest Image: Jorge Lascar
Planning & policy

“Resort tourism meets rainforest feral”? It’s time to rethink the tropical city

by —November 28, 2018