Environment
School student engineers solution to plastic pollution
When year 12 student Tamsyn Burley came up with a way to stop plastic pollution entering her city’s waterways, teaming...
AI is playing a role in preserving the world’s natural habitats
Disappearing some three times faster than forests, wetlands are earth’s most threatened ecosystem. A tool from Melbourne Water aims to...
What engineers can do to make the next decade count
With the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow recently calling on all nations to strengthen their emissions reduction targets...
Rising risk: the danger of doing nothing on climate change
“Climate action failure,” said Emilio Granados Franco, “is an existential threat to humanity that is going to start showing its...
‘We’re short of leaders and trees’: Paul Polman’s sobering speech spurs action from engineers
It was 2.30 am in Dubai when Paul Polman, Co-Founder and Chair of IMAGINE, delivered an alarming wake up call...
Australian students win Elon Musk’s carbon removal competition
Three Australian university teams have been awarded US$250,000 (AU$338,000) in the XPRIZE Carbon Removal Student Competition.
‘My purpose is to recruit you’: Al Gore urges engineers to join his sustainability revolution
Former US Vice President Al Gore told Engineers Australia’s Climate Smart Engineering conference on Tuesday that he was disappointed by...
Al Gore on the greatest challenge facing earth — and engineering
Climate change is a crisis the world must solve. Former US Vice President and Climate Smart Engineering conference keynote speaker...
Bringing engineers and investors together for sustainable development
Ahead of his appearance at Engineers Australia’s Climate Smart Engineering conference, Brett Mitsch, Managing Director at Steam Plains Capital, argues...
Through innovation and influence, engineers will help shape a sustainable future
Engineers have an extremely influential role in shaping and ensuring our sustainable future, writes WSP Sustainability Design Consultant Elise Brown.
