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FWPA unveils “Wood. The Ultimate Renewable™”

6 Jun, 2019

Forest and Wood Products Australia (FWPA) hosted a launch event in Melbourne Tuesday night, unveiling a new brand to the industry ahead of a consumer advertising campaign next month. The Ultimate Renewable™ will promote the sustainability and environmental advantages of Australia’s forest and wood products industry, with the goal of…

Living Melbourne: our metropolitan urban forest

5 Jun, 2019

After three years of work, The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and Resilient Melbourne are proud to mark World Environment Day 2019 by announcing a new metropolitan wide urban forest strategy for Melbourne called Living Melbourne: our metropolitan urban forest. The strategy is a first for Australia (and one of the first in…

Open House Melbourne launches This is Public podcast

4 Jun, 2019

A new podcast series of interviews with the thinkers, doers and advocates who are shaping our city. Open House Melbourne has launched a new bi-monthly podcast series that asks big questions about the future of our city, with a special focus on built and natural environments and the people who…

Melbourne’s newest office space sets sustainability benchmark

4 Jun, 2019

One of Melbourne’s latest commercial buildings has set a new benchmark in sustainability with an innovative structural solution featuring a lightweight movement resistant steel frame, timber flooring and double-glazed glass walls. The five-storey, 4000-square-metre second tower at 276 Flinders Street, at the corner of Flinders and Elizabeth Streets, meets the…

Premier’s Sustainability Awards entries closing soon

3 Jun, 2019

Entries in the 2019 Premier’s Sustainability Awards close at 5pm on Thursday 13 June. Finalists will be announced mid-August. All finalists are invited to attend the awards’ ceremony on Thursday 10 October – a night of celebrating sustainability leadership, creativity and innovation across 11 categories. 2018 finalist in the awards’…

Research to Reality Expo Perth

3 Jun, 2019

Addressing climate change through reducing carbon emissions is arguably the highest environmental, economic and social priority of our time, but do we know the facts and solutions for the future? Over the past seven years the Cooperative Research Centre for Low Carbon Living (CRCLCL), has worked closely with Curtin University…

Denfair announces biggest ever activation program

31 May, 2019

Held at Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre from 20 – 22 June, DENFAIR, Australia’s leading destination for contemporary design for designers, architects, interior stylists and design-lovers is only three weeks away with professional and public registration open. This fifth year of DENFAIR is set to deliver a truly unique design…

202020 Vision tour

29 May, 2019

202020 Vision – a national initiative to increase urban green spaces by 20 per cent by 2020 – is back on the road for their biannual Australian urban forestry road show. The last national tour, attended by over 450 urban greening professionals, confirmed the key barriers to increased urban greening…

Open House Melbourne 2019

28 May, 2019

Strong cities empower communities, which is why the 2019 Open House Melbourne Weekend on Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 July will open sites and explore crucial city issues through the lens of open access and inclusion. As in past years, an astounding selection of significant commercial and civic buildings, private…

Melbourne Winter Masterpieces: Terracotta Warriors | Cai Guo-Qiang

27 May, 2019

In a dual presentation of Chinese art and culture past and present, the Melbourne Winter Masterpieces series at the National Gallery of Victoria presents China’s ancient Terracotta Warriors alongside a parallel display of new works by one of the world’s most exciting contemporary artists, Cai Guo-Qiang, at NGV International, from…