Sustainability
Tackling reforestation with drones and AI
The Federal Government’s recent State of the Environment Report delivered a dire warning for the future of Australia’s unique biodiversity.
RMIT researcher charts path to circular economy using excess PPE
An Indigenous researcher at RMIT is using his passion for sustainability to tread new ground in the circular economy.
IPCC author: the unavoidable facts of climate change
To measure something is to begin to manage it, and it’s a principle that has dominated much of Kevin Hennessy’s...
Can a smart bin help crack the recycling challenge?
CSIRO engineers hope a new smart bin will make recycling easier and more effective.
Manufacturing sustainable packaging from food waste materials
Researchers at Victoria University are manufacturing sustainable packaging from natural products including celery and pea starch to replace some plastics.
Diversity needed to power the renewable energy transition
The renewable energy transition is more than an opportunity to fuel the diversity engineering needs – that diversity will also...
Translating green intentions into reality
A step-by-step look at accelerated decarbonisation through the lens of the fast-moving retail sector.
Can sustainable raw materials transform the fuel market?
Green engineering is showing how new kinds of raw materials could power the world.
Coal matrix swelling resulting from carbon sequestration
Dr Samintha Perera, a lecturer in geotechnical engineering at the University of Melbourne, has spent more than a decade researching...
The contradiction at the heart of sustainable engineering
Working on road and rail infrastructure in Queensland, Dr Chris Bridges FIEAust feels he is trying to serve two contradictory...
