Green roofs to cull carbon emissions

29 September 2009 | First research reveals exactly how much carbon green roofs can sequester from the atmosphere.

Rudd failing Australia on carbon competitiveness

16 September 2009 | The G20 countries have been assessed on how competitive they will be in a low carbon global economy and Australia has been found lacking.

LAVA wins global competition for eco-city in the desert

27 August 2009 | Chris Bosse of Sydney studio LAVA speaks about his firm's winning design for the world's first carbon-neutral, waste-free city centre in the desert.

Sydney sustainability plan "misleading": reader

27 August 2009 | Seventy per cent carbon reduction from Sydney 2030? No way, says one reader in a letter to the editor.

Architects have pulling power, say scientists

30 June 2009 | The future of Australia's green economy lies in the hands of architects to lead innovations in carbon efficient designs, a scientist tells Architecture & Design.

High-rise farms to help feed cities

17 October 2008 | Central high-rise “food factories” are able to produce the equivalent crops of 1,000 hectares.

Emissions compensation dangled like a carrot

1 January 1980 | The business industry could lose $12 billion in free carbon permits if emissions trading legislation fails to pass by December, the government warns