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Tag Archives: conservation

Think before you drink: The environmental cost of bottled water

19 May, 2016by urbaqua Leave a comment

The crew at InSinkErator have put together a great infographic recently regarding the consequence of buying and drinking bottled water! Firstly (and selfishly), you can save a whole bunch of […]

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community, environment

Bird is the Word: success at Eric Singleton Bird Sanctuary

5 May, 2016by urbaqua Leave a comment

Eric Singleton would definitely have agreed with Peter Griffin insofar as the bird being the word! Eric was a local bird enthusiast, conservationist, and long time resident of Bayswater, who successfully had the urban wetland […]

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community, environment, WSUD

Will our grandkids find Nemo? Hopes & fears for our big blue

31 March, 2016by urbaqua 3 Comments

It’s hard to know how to feel sometimes about the future of our oceans. A recent discovery of a plastic-eating bacterium had our office getting excited about the potential for […]

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climate change, environment

Love your Wetlands: World Wetlands Day!

2 February, 2015by becmackintosh 1 Comment

World Wetlands Day is celebrated internationally each year on this day marking the anniversary of the signing of the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance (Ramsar Convention) in Ramsar, Iran, […]

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environment

Recognising ecosystem service value or how to get people to give a sh*t about the environment

15 July, 2014by urbaqua 2 Comments

The cliché that we depend on our mother earth to give us good soils in which to grow food, water to drink, clean air to breathe and oceans to provide us […]

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environment

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