Eco Friendly & Sustainable Living
australia, Tag
- Green Home Building and Ecology in Australia Thu, 25 Oct 12, 7:37amInfo and sites that help with building a sustainable and green home in Australia and useful government agencies to be aware of. Also advice on dealing with architects and builders.
- In the middle of Australia’s deepest lake, a historic industrial site has been reborn as Pumphouse Point, a charming getaway perfect for nature lovers and adventure seekers...
- Three prefab modules make up this contemporary rural home Tue, 31 Mar 20, 2:30amOn a 190-hectare working farm near the NSW city of Orange, Australian modular design company Modscape has completed a new prefab home that takes in dramatic landscape views in all directions...
- A Brisbane cottage is sustainably updated to gracefully age in place Sat, 21 Mar 20, 2:30amIn Brisbane’s leafy suburb of Paddington, Australian architectural practice Shaun Lockyer Architects has created a contemporary and sustainable addition that provides a striking contrast to the original cottage it sits...
- Australia Bushfire Smoke Now Warming the Lower Stratosphere? Thu, 5 Mar 20, 9:00pmFrom Dr. Roy Spencer’s Blog March 4th, 2020 by Roy W. Spencer, Ph. D. Fig. 1. Bushfire smoke flowing eastward from SE Australia on January 4, 2020 as seen from the International Space Station (NASA). John Christy pointed...
- Solar-powered home embraces tree canopy views in all directions Thu, 5 Mar 20, 2:30amIn the coastal township of Barwon Heads, Australian architecture firm Peter Winkler Architects has completed the Green Velvet House, a family's solar-powered home that sensitively responds to the landscape in more ways than...
- Ivory Ella raises $96K to help animals affected by the Australian wildfires Fri, 28 Feb 20, 4:30amLifestyle brand Ivory Ella recently announced a generous donation of over $96,000 to Animals Australia, an animal protection organization giving aid to wildlife displaced and injured from the devastating bushfires that ravaged...
- Australian fires: Climate ‘truth bomb’? Tue, 25 Feb 20, 1:00pmReposted from Dr. Judith Curry’s Climate Etc. Posted on February 24, 2020 by curryja | by Alan Longhurst Recipe for Australia’s climate ‘truth bomb’: dubious manipulations of the historical temperature...
- Australian bushfire season 2019-2020 – Severity, reasons and conclusions Tue, 4 Feb 20, 9:00amGuest essay by Pasi Autio 2.2.2020 The Australian bushfire season of 2019-2020 is now the climate topic of the year – the severe bushfire season has caused more than 2000 houses to burn in the state of New South Wales (NSW)...
- Award-winning Owl Woods Passive House playfully mimics birdhouses in Australia Sat, 25 Jan 20, 2:30amAustralian design studio Talina Edwards Architecture recently completed the Owl Woods Passive House — the first certified Passivhaus project designed by a woman architect in Australia...
- Fight fires with facts – not fake science Mon, 20 Jan 20, 5:00pmEliminate fuel, prevent ignition, stop arson, end irresponsible land management policies By Paul Driessen & Duggan Flanakin, “We are all born ignorant,” Benjamin Franklin once said, “but one must work very hard...
- Passive House principles inspire this sustainable home Tue, 14 Jan 20, 2:30amAustralian architecture firm POLYstudio has recently completed A House for All Seasons, a contemporary family home with an emphasis on energy efficiency...
- 3XN unveils new, sustainable building for UNSW Sydney Sat, 11 Jan 20, 4:30amFollowing a rigorous international competition, Danish architectural firm 3XN has won the bid to design the University of New South Wales’ (UNSW) new Multipurpose Building — a project that the architects say will have...
- Are Australia Bushfires Worsening from Human-Caused Climate Change? Fri, 10 Jan 20, 1:00amReposted from Dr Roy Spencer’s Blog January 8th, 2020 by Roy W. Spencer, Ph. D. Smoke plumes from bushfires in southeast Australia on January 4, 2020, as seen by the MODIS imager on NASA’s Aqua satellite. Summary Points...
- Fires in Australia create dangerous weather conditions Thu, 9 Jan 20, 4:30amAuthorities warn that the unprecedented ferocity of Australia’s wildfires can produce extreme weather systems — dangerous and unpredictable conditions known as cumulonimbus flammagenitus, or pyrocumulonimbus...
- Half a billion Australian animals, even 30% of koala population, likely lost to wildfires Tue, 7 Jan 20, 3:30amRecord-breaking wildfires have ravaged millions of Australian acres for many months now. Ecologists estimate upward of 480 million mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and insects have died, as well as more than 8,000 koalas...