Life at the intersection of engineering and politics
Environmental engineer Declan Clausen was first elected to Newcastle City Council in 2015 at the age of 22. Today, he ...
Tag: create December 2018
Sound the alarm: A sustainable future requires engineers to act now
The fate of human society depends on a sustainable future. Engineers must be part of the solution, writes Graham Davies.
New roadmap plots a course to reach zero emissions by 2050
If Australia is to achieve the carbon milestones it agreed to in Paris, it needs a plan to make its ...
This biodegradable car is made of flax and runs on electricity
A car produced almost entirely out of biodegradable material is challenging the auto industry to shift its environmental efforts into ...
Australian Rainfall and Runoff guidelines reinvented for the 21st century
Engineers have been relying on the same set of Australian Rainfall and Runoff Guidelines since the 80s. It's time for ...
Australia’s coasts are riding the next wave of renewable energy
Australia's renewable energy family is gradually getting bigger as engineers and coastal scientists combine their efforts to advance the wave ...
Inside the mammoth tunnelling effort to clean one of the world’s most polluted rivers
An ambitious engineering project in Argentina hopes to clean up the 64 km Riachuelo, which exposes more than 4 million ...
How to transform cities from urban heat islands into cool oases
Urban areas around the world are taking a new approach to keeping cool, and the outcome portends well for the ...
This rising star of Perth’s skyline is setting a new building sustainability standard
After years of careful planning, hard work and engineering ingenuity, central Perth's newest skyscraper is complete, and it is casting ...
Every one of the Sustainable Development Goals needs engineers, says expert
If the world is to meet the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), it must turn to engineers for help, ...
