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Karen Pflug, Chief Sustainability Officer for IKEA worldwide. March 25, 2025. Photo Edwina Pickles SMH

‘Not going to stand for this’: The IKEA exec emboldened by Donald Trump

In the face of the US president’s strident attack on climate action, this IKEA executive has urged fellow corporates to stay the course.

  • Jessica Yun

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Demand for faux fur is up. Jack Tuftie and Bridget McFarlane in Unreal Fur AW25 Main Collection.

Fur is back. Is this the end of ‘woke’ fashion?

Fuelled by the “mob wife” trend, faux fur is making its mark on international runways, but not everyone is happy.

  • Damien Woolnough
Australian salmon should be avoided according to the experts.

Want to avoid farmed Atlantic salmon? Get hooked on these alternatives instead

Experts advise avoiding the Tasmanian-farmed fish variety following recent catastrophic events. Here are some alternative – and more sustainable – catches to try instead.

  • Ardyn Bernoth
CLT with TLC.

New Sydney homes that go up ‘like a Lego kit’

A leading architect whose clients include 20 of Australia’s richest people is experimenting with fast, sustainable materials on a row of four terraces in Bondi Junction.

  • Julie Power
Each Australian consumes around 2 kilos of salmon per year.

Planning tonight’s dinner? Don’t eat Atlantic salmon before reading this

Some people are under the illusion that farmed salmon is a sustainable industry. But if you’re feeling hungry, read this first.

  • Peter Singer
The apartment-specific rebate - which will be replicated in NSW - covers up to 75 per cent, and in some cases all, of the cost of installing panels. It is open until February next year.

Why do so few apartments in Sydney and Melbourne have cost-saving solar panels?

It’s a question that has long frustrated governments and apartment dwellers, particularly as Australia is a world leader in rooftop solar.

  • Simon Johanson
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Laura Boyd.

Could you buy nothing for a whole year? The Aussies curbing their shopping habits

A no-buy challenge may sound restrictive, but for those who have done it, it’s brought freedom.

  • Lauren Ironmonger
O’Malley cats rights

‘Exterminate the brutes’: Should stray cats be killed or cared for?

A parliamentary inquiry into containment laws in NSW has sparked debate about a controversial policy spreading around the world.

  • Nick O'Malley
Dr Laura Ryan at her nearly off the grid home in Newtown.

One big bummer ruined Laura Ryan’s dream of going off-grid in the inner city

Dr Laura Ryan has been a guinea pig for how to go off the grid in a small inner-city terrace. She nearly succeeded, except for “one real bummer” that cut her energy production by half.

  • Julie Power
Brad Pettitt taught his daughter to ride without training wheels on Rottnest Island.

Hey Perth, want inspiration for a sustainable city? Just look to the horizon

Rottnest Island/Wadjemup is in many ways everything that Greater Perth is not.

  • Brad Pettitt

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