by Juliana Vivar – Environmental Specialist | Apr 22, 2025 | Community, Environment
Earth Day is an opportunity to reflect on how we use natural resources locally and globally. This year, Earth Day encourages us to think about renewable energy and how we can take action to use more renewable energy (EarthDay.Org, 2025). Our planet is being threatened...
by James Hodgman – Admin Support Officer | Apr 16, 2025 | Community, Environment
Easter is when many gather with family and friends to observe traditions, often involving chocolate, egg hunts, festive meals, and gifts. Australians spend up to $2 billion on Easter food and chocolate annually (Perkiss, 2024), contributing to waste through plastic...
by Lewis Hill – Graduate Environmental Specialist | Feb 28, 2025 | Environment
Dust is tiny particles of solid matter that have become airborne. Dust can come from natural events such as wind or bushfires and human activities such as agriculture or construction. What dust contains depends on where it came from. For example, dust can be a mix of...
by Zerianna Edwards – Environmental Scientist (Graduate) | Feb 6, 2025 | Environment
Pit Lake Formation The extraction of mineral can occur via open cut and underground mining methods, depending on the mineral being targeted (American Geosciences Institute, 2024). For minerals near the surface or mineral with low grade and large volumes are typically...
by Zerianna Edwards | Oct 30, 2024 | Environment
Plants found outside their natural range are considered ‘introduced’, however, when its introduction causes environmental or economic harm to the region, it is regarded as an ‘invasive’ plant (National Geographic, 2023). An example of this is Acacia longifolia subsp....
