Brisbane development the Botanica Residences has achieved the Urban Development Institute of Australia’s highest sustainability credentials, a six-leaf rating in the UDIA’s Enviro Certification Program. Designed by architects ROTHELOWMAN WHITE and developed by ARIA, the South Brisbane development is the largest of its kind certified under the UDIA sustainability rating…

The rolling green roof of Surry Hills’ Prince Alfred Park Pool has been shortlisted for outstanding design in green infrastructure at this year’s National Nursery and Garden Infrastructure Awards. The 2,000-square-metre roof is part of the City of Sydney’s award-winning transformation of Prince Alfred Park and pool – a project…

Apartment dwelling Fitzroy residents will be the first Melburnians to benefit from an innovative urban garden project set to transform Melbourne’s inner city into lush community spaces that feed and nurture locals. Melbourne developer Neometro has donated the first pocket of land to be developed by 3000acres, an initiative that…

TerraCycle has partnered with major brands Colgate and Natures Organics to recycle their “unrecyclable” post-consumer waste, and with Nespresso to expand their recycling program. Australians can now send in their previously difficult-to-recycle waste to TerraCycle to be recycled into sustainable consumer products and materials. “This is just the beginning and…

DuncanMeerding has won the Green Award for Best Sustainable Design at ‘TheEdge’, a national competition for emerging designers as part of Sydney Decoration and Design 2014. Meerding’s design ‘Stump’, embraces the cracks often found in salvaged timber and has created a unique light which can be used in an indoor or outdoor…

Melbourne’s path to a more resilient and self-sufficient future was set last week with the endorsement of two key Council documents. The Zero Net Emissions and Total Watermark strategies identify new targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions across the municipality over the next four years, and build on efforts to…

To celebrate the launch of green magazine’s new-look website, Melbourne’s own low-energy LED lighting company, Brightgreen, is offering our readers exclusive discounts on three of its most popular lights through a group buy scheme!       We’ve been fans of Brightgreen since we first discovered their products several years…

With the beginning of a new year and a bounty of renewal, comes the resurgence of the next bushfire season. Instigated by a combination of high temperatures, strong winds, low humidity and flammable vegetation bushfires are a growing relentless calamity which has affected the lives of Australians for more than…

Australia’s very first six star dishwasher – washing and rinsing a full load in less than ten litres of water – has landed! Smeg Italy, global appliance innovator, has raised the bar on water. Earlier this year it released the first ever 16- minute dishwasher only to follow six months…

Until this house appeared a little over a year ago, the residential suburb of Keparra, with its collection of post-war timber bungalows, could best be described as architecturally modest. Now it’s become a destination for anyone interested in unusual, compact and yet highly functional architecture. Threading its way along the…