From 12-14 August, 2016, I brought the first virtual reality hackathon on urban sustainability to Australia.
50 scientists, storytellers and developers met in Melbourne to explore how virtual reality can help connect people with the places we live.
Teams …
Written for the Australia-Indonesia Centre
Researchers from The University of Melbourne are learning how to modify existing Indonesian and Australian ports so earthquakes don’t do such devastating damage to sea trade.
“What we currently have is a recipe for …
Written for the Australia-Indonesia Centre
Small urban ‘rain gardens’ are popping up all around Australia and Indonesia to keep waterways free from pollutants, stop flooding and erosion, and to grow food.
Although they may look similar to a normal garden, …
This first appeared on the Future Earth blog
During a routine visit to Facebook, a post piqued Inger’s interest: A 30-day experiment that makes use of the most powerful solution to climate change that exists. People.
She was intrigued. Two …
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In 335 BC, the Greek philosopher Aristotle founded the Lyceum. It was known as a peripatetic school – from the Greek word peripatos, which means “to walk” – as Aristotle enjoyed strolling through the …
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Every year roughly 640,000 metric tonnes of fishing gear – nets, lines and traps – is lost or abandoned in the ocean where it mutilates and kills thousands of whales, seals, turtles and birds. …
Written for the Australia-Indonesia Centre
Assessing ageing bridges just got safer and easier, thanks to a high-tech radar device that fits inside a suitcase.
Developed by Dr Lihai Zhang of The University of Melbourne as part of a collaborative …
Originally published on Reuters.
Madre de Dios, a region of Peru best known for its gold fever, is not the only place in the country where a piece of land can be classified as a mining concession and farmer’s field at the same …
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Three months ago, I started to tell a series of stories about some of the creative ways that non-scientists are getting involved in sustainability research.
On the Future Earth blog, we’ve …
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Editor’s note: To get the full sensory experience, we recommended that you play this while reading.
Seagulls croon overhead while the lazy sea laps on the beach. A man in a blue shirt appears, …