The whole world is laughing at us
AUSTRALIA, get a grip. We have to make a slight adjustment to the way we shop and people lose their minds to the point of violence.
Sustainability
Big stores refusing to axe plastic bags
WE’VE been told for months plastic bags would be banned on July 1, but some very big retailers are refusing to play ball.
Items you may soon be banned from using
JUST like plastic bags there are a number of other everyday items that you will probably be hard pressed to find in five years’ time.
Coles’ drastic step due to bag ban
COLES has been forced to take drastic action to cope with the ban as Woolies staff say they’ve been “abused countless times”.
Delivery problem Woolies must fix
GETTING your weekly shop home delivered is an increasingly attractive proposition. But shoppers have one big gripe about it.
Proof Australia is ‘getting left behind’
IF YOU’RE worried about soaring energy costs, this latest global scorecard is a probably a big reason why.
Where all the unused plastic bags go
THE plastic bag ban has many shoppers in a tizz. Now some are asking if all the millions of withdrawn single-use bags are heading straight to landfill.
$3 fix to common bad habit
IT’S a common dilemma after a big celebration — what exactly do you do with all that rubbish? This is the solution.
Australia’s extinction crisis
OUR threatened species list is growing but there’s a few species we need to watch out for — and some you might never have even heard of.
Map reveals rise of global problem
GOVERNMENTS and companies around the world are being forced to change as the planet faces one of the greatest challenges of our time.
Waves of rubbish ruin town
AN IDYLLIC beach community is still cleaning up, days after it was left “overwhelmed” by waves of rubbish from 80 shipping containers.
Whale dies after swallowing 80 bags
SCIENTISTS who undertook an autopsy on a dead whale made a shocking discovery with 80 plastic bags weighing up to eight kilograms.
As a mascot for survival, it’s the bee-all and end-all
MEET the cute green and gold mascot named as a “flagship” species for insect conservation in a special issue of the journal Austral Entomology.
Supermarket problem that’s out of control
COLES and Woolies are making our lives super easy with readymade meals and handy deals on fruit and veg. But it comes with a cost.
‘Depressing’ cover goes viral
THE latest cover of National Geographic magazine is being widely shared online — but not for the usual reason.
Crazy items Brisbane is banning
IF YOU’RE planning on heading to a Brisbane party soon, don’t expect to find a select number of items there after council voted to ban them.
Paradise six times the size of Sydney to be wiped
A PLAN to destroy 2000 hectares of pristine Queensland forest has been given the go-ahead. However, the consequences could be catastrophic.
Is this the end of recycling?
WE’VE spent decades perfecting it but Australia is in the grips of a recycling crisis — and one council has already called it quits.
Woolies, Coles jump gun on plastic bag ban
PLASTIC shopping bag bans come into effect from July but some supermarkets will lose them from tomorrow — three months early. Is your store on the list?
‘Depressing’ story behind photo
AN AUSSIE tradie cum underwater photography extraordinaire has taken footage he hopes will serve as a wake up call for all of us.
Cheetah cub’s unlikely best friend
THEY’RE the odd couple of the National Zoo in Canberra. Solo, the ridiculously cute cheetah cub who was born without siblings, has formed an unusual alliance with a furry playmate.
Australia ‘falling behind’ in losing battle
ANTARCTICA is getting more and more crowded – and Australia’s claim there is increasingly under threat.
‘This is a wake-up call for us all’
THE Earth is deteriorating and unless something changes as many as 700 million people could lose their home, a group of global scientists have warned.
Garbage dump bigger than France
A WASTELAND bigger than the size of France, Germany and Spain combined is growing larger every day. Yikes.
Suspicion over vanishing Aussie ship
A GLOBAL monitoring group has raised concerns over an Australian fishing vessels which “goes dark” in a suspicious part of the ocean.
Video shows shocking Bali oceans
WHEN you’re swimming in paradise you don’t expect to come across this.
Cape Town pushes out ‘Day Zero’
THE residents of Cape Town have successfully pushed out ‘Day Zero’, the date when the city will have to turn off its taps due to drought. However, they are being told they need to do more.
The Australian city running out of water
CAPE Town came within days of running out of water and the same could happen in Australia.
Queen goes green in war on plastic
QUEEN Elizabeth II has declared war — on plastic — after being inspired by one of the world’s most famous naturalists and nature documentarians.
The awkward issue with this new logo
A NEW marketing push to encourage recycling, backed by Woolies, has had an awkward launch after it encountered a China-sized problem.
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