urban resilience

Johnstons Creek, Glebe.
Agriculture & environment

Reimagining the suburban stream

by —September 21, 2017

Pop Up Patch turned a disused carpark into 140 veggie crates. Image: Moreland Food Gardens Network
Planning & policy

The rise of the productive landscape

by —September 14, 2017

Los Angeles: a city of diverse identities
Culture

Will the real Los Angeles please stand up?

by —September 14, 2017

A young resident waters a freshly planted street-tree in Blacktown, NSW. Image: James Norton.
Parks & places

Cool it: Getting green into both our suburbs and our cities

by —August 2, 2017

Storm surge damage in Collaroy, NSW (2016). Image: Damian Shaw.
Planning & policy

Hot property: Will our systems of land ownership survive in a warming world?

by —July 14, 2017

Houtan Park, Shanghai. A restorative design constructed wetlands over a former brownfield site. Image: Turrenscape.
Agriculture & environment

Beyond the desal’ plant: water security in a post-carbon world

by —June 8, 2017

Chief Commissioner of the Greater Sydney Commission, Lucy Hughes Turnbull AO surveying Marrickville PS' freshly minted greens.
Parks & places

From asphalt jungle to edible landscape

by —June 2, 2017

San Juan Chamula procession, Mexico. Image courtesy of Wolfgang Sauber
Agriculture & environment

“Humanity needs nature”: Patricia O’Donnell on the UN Millennium Development Goals

by —May 3, 2017

Moonee Valley Urban Ecology Park Scenario, image courtesy of Zoe Metherell.
Agriculture & environment

Soft cities: Making room for nature in our urban future

by —April 20, 2017

Kunshan is the location of a flaghsip project with Monash University CRC for Water Sensitive Cities
Agriculture & environment

The big soak: China’s sponge city program

by —April 8, 2017

The University of Melbourne is planning to reduce emissions through on-campus energy projects by 20,000 tonnes of carbon per year.
Technology

University of Melbourne picks built environment measures over carbon offsets in sustainability plan

by —February 10, 2017

Daytime heat differential between a green suburb and a concrete downtown can be as much as 5 degrees
Planning & policy

When the heat is on, we need city-wide plans to keep cool

by —February 6, 2017