The Current – Environmental Condition in Oz
It’s easy to lose sight of all the old issues we used to pay so much attention to before COVID-19 became a primary focus for most of us. But while […]
Tag Archives: environment
Positives of a pandemic?
The impact of the raging COVID-19 pandemic should not be understated, with half a million people infected, tens of thousands dying from the virus and epicentres shifting around us. It […]
A Smart show(off) – Wharf St Smart Park revealed!
Happy Friday everyone! As summarised in our previous blog article, the City of Canning and Water Corporation, together with yours truly and others* are starting to make headway on the Wharf St […]
WSUD in the City: green infrastructure is thriving in Perth
Given there isn’t too much space for rain to infiltrate into the ground directly in a cityscape, and trees generally have limited space to grow, green infrastructure needs to be […]
Connecting with the community – how to get people on board with WSUD
A recent article in a local Perth newspaper high-lighted the concerns some members of a local Coodanup community had regarding the upgrade of some traditional drainage infrastructure into a proposed […]
‘Sponge Cities’ and urban drainage design in Ancient China
Come along and hear about ingenuity in water management and drainage design on Water Industry Night 2019! It is an international water journey through time and off the beaten track, […]
The Future of Water
It’s National Water Week and the theme is ‘Water for Me, Water for All‘. Earlier this month the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released their landmark report on Global […]
The Footballer Scoring Environmental Goals
With the office deep in World Cup frenzy over the last two weeks, it feels like the time is right to impart the football frenzy onto the blog. Every four […]
Don’t Keep History A Mystery: Reconciliation Week 2018
National Reconciliation Week in Australia commemorates two significant milestones in recent Australian Aboriginal rights history — the successful 1967 referendum to recognise Aboriginal people in the census, and the High […]
Groundwater Myth Busting
It is estimated that up to 98% of the earth’s available freshwater is groundwater. So what do you really know about it? When you hear ‘groundwater aquifer’ what do you […]
