We regularly share our thoughts and tips on creating a truly sustainable business on our blog.
Biodiversity Month
What is Biodiversity? Biodiversity is often characterised as ‘the web of life’; it encompasses all living things and their ecosystems (Department of the Environment and Energy, 2019). Biodiversity seek to protect the genetic diversity within a species, species...
National Bilby Day – Join the Fight Against Extinction
Each year Australia celebrates National Bilby Day on the second Sunday of September. Bilbies are a significant part of Aboriginal culture featuring in traditional songs and stories of Indigenous Australians (Pavey 2006). For 60,000 years, bilbies inhabited more than...
Aquatic GIS Applications
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are a tool for making and using spatial information from a diverse array of sources. GIS can be used for the visualisation of data, helping to analyse spatial relationships and interactions and assist in problem-solving and...
Sitting vs Standing – The effects of sedentary behaviour
What is sedentary behaviour? Worksafe Australia defines sedentary behaviour as anything that is done whilst sitting or reclining. As workers, this can include anything from computer-based tasks, truck driving, crane operating or any general work where you are sitting...
Biodiversity Corridors – The role that they play in a fragmented landscape
The term ‘Biodiversity Corridor’ is used to describe areas of vegetation which allow animals to travel from one patch of bush to another (ForestrySA, 2003). Biodiversity corridors can be both natural or man-made and can function at either a local or regional scale....
Australia’s hidden agricultural legacy
Australia’s unique environment, isolation and the integral role the land has in Aboriginal culture resulted in the creation of unique agricultural practices. This insight touches on a few of these practices.
Monitoring and Recovery of Western Australia’s Threatened Plants
Western Australia is characterised by three distinct Botanical Provinces (Northern, Eremaean and South‐West) each divided into a number of Botanical Districts (Beard, 2000). The Southwest Australian Floristic Region (SWAFR) is a biodiversity hotspot with over 7300 native vascular plant species; almost half of which can only be found in this area (Hopper, 2004).
Plastic Ain’t So Fantastic – Plastic Free July
Single-use plastics is the name given to plastic products which are used only once, usually for a few minutes, before being disposed of. Plastics can be derived and created from natural, organic materials such as natural gas, coal, cellulose and crude...
Environmental Due Diligence – What, When, Why?
Due diligence is the formal process of examining an asset, property or business before a transaction so the buyer can understand and manage potential risks and liabilities associated with the purchase. A due diligence assessment can be completed on many different...
Voice, Treaty, Truth
NAIDOC (National Aboriginal and Islanders Day of Observance Committee) week has been celebrated on the full first week of July since 1957. Every year there is a unique theme chosen to explore a significant issue affecting Indigenous communities. This year NAIDOC week...