Our two big questions that will frame the event are:What’s the housing we want?
How will get it?
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We’ve got a brilliant lineup of panellists assembled for our Surround Sound on 26 of this month. There’ll be 80+ people, open mics and a big range of panellists x 2 to challenge, engage and question on how to ...
Whole of Environment Report: “What do you know about offshore wind?” It’s a question we’ve been asked a lot. Among professionals and friends, it’s usually accompanied by an active-listening face.Only four offshore wind farm (OWF) zones currently exist in Australian waters. These zones lie off the coast of NSW and Victoria. There are two further ...
As a university student in New Zealand doing business studies in the early to mid-1990s, Lee Stewart had no idea of the career that he had to pursue in sustainability. “New Zealand’s quite sheltered,” he admits, but like so many young Kiwis he crossed the Tasman to Australia, roved the world, and had his eyes opened to “what was going on” with industry ...
Our next big event is on housing.Think of it as a bit like QandA gone slightly rogue.
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Picture a big panel of housing experts, a crowd (80+ people), plenty of libation to loosen the thought processes, not near enough seating, so the room is bit “messy” and everyone’s fully engaged. Then set up two soap boxes, ...
Good vibes were off the charts at our TFE Live event this week, brought on by Elena Bondareva, who’s on a changemaking arc following the release of her book Changemakers’ Handbook, her fellow guest Pablo Berrutti of Stuart Investors, whose passion project sustainable finance library Altiorem, and upbeat moderator Maria Atkinson. The road to ...
Overview:
First industrial shed awarded Green Star, Greenpeace fights against planned pare back, Aussies are turning to Van Homes in the midst of the housing crisis, AAA calls for fast-tracked social housing, New contract rules support local businesses, AHURI says that Australians deserve better, 100,000 new sparkies needed
First industrial shed ...
QBuild, the Queensland government’s building agency is leaping ahead of the nation on modern methods of construction to address the housing crisis. It’s working with private sector providers in the industry and at three of its own facilities at Eagle Farm, Zillmere and Cairns to build capacity with an army of tradies, support staff and ...
This September, I will travel to Germany to help deliver Engineered Living Materials 2024, an international conference that convenes leading expertise in material science, synthetic biology, biotechnology, and biophysics around the “what” and the “how” of the our tangible future. This mini-series leads up to a dispatch from the conference in late ...
Architect, urban planner and current City of Sydney Independent, Councillor HY William Chan, has always been a man on a mission. In the lead-up to the New South Wales council election on 14 September, I caught up with Chan to find out what’s shifting in the city and how councils can reframe their mission from being seen as primarily “roads, rates and ...
The story of how to establish an Indigenous owned construction company is one of challenge and inspiration. Professor Martin Loosemore has spent several years digging into the social impact strategies of construction companies – to understand their achievements, challenges and solutions.Spinifex is an opinion column. If you would like to ...
The past week has been a busy week for ESG in general and climate in particular. A flurry of announcements that started with the Australian Senate passing mandatory climate reporting legislation, ASIC releasing their report on actions taken to deter greenwashing misconduct, the establishment of an expert methane reporting panel and the Australian ...
Australia ranks amongst the worst for using private cars to transport children to school and despite common assumptions, distance to school is not the main reason for this.Spinifex is an opinion column. If you would like to contribute, contact us to ask for a detailed brief.
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Our two big questions that will frame the event are:What’s the housing we want?
How will get it?
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We’ve got a brilliant lineup of panellists assembled for our Surround Sound on 26 of this month. There’ll be 80+ people, open mics and a big range of panellists x 2 to challenge, engage and question on how to ...
Whole of Environment Report: “What do you know about offshore wind?” It’s a question we’ve been asked a lot. Among professionals and friends, it’s usually accompanied by an active-listening face.Only four offshore wind farm (OWF) zones currently exist in Australian waters. These zones lie off the coast of NSW and Victoria. There are two further ...
As a university student in New Zealand doing business studies in the early to mid-1990s, Lee Stewart had no idea of the career that he had to pursue in sustainability. “New Zealand’s quite sheltered,” he admits, but like so many young Kiwis he crossed the Tasman to Australia, roved the world, and had his eyes opened to “what was going on” with industry ...
Our next big event is on housing.Think of it as a bit like QandA gone slightly rogue.
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Picture a big panel of housing experts, a crowd (80+ people), plenty of libation to loosen the thought processes, not near enough seating, so the room is bit “messy” and everyone’s fully engaged. Then set up two soap boxes, ...
Good vibes were off the charts at our TFE Live event this week, brought on by Elena Bondareva, who’s on a changemaking arc following the release of her book Changemakers’ Handbook, her fellow guest Pablo Berrutti of Stuart Investors, whose passion project sustainable finance library Altiorem, and upbeat moderator Maria Atkinson. The road to ...
Overview:
First industrial shed awarded Green Star, Greenpeace fights against planned pare back, Aussies are turning to Van Homes in the midst of the housing crisis, AAA calls for fast-tracked social housing, New contract rules support local businesses, AHURI says that Australians deserve better, 100,000 new sparkies needed
First industrial shed ...
QBuild, the Queensland government’s building agency is leaping ahead of the nation on modern methods of construction to address the housing crisis. It’s working with private sector providers in the industry and at three of its own facilities at Eagle Farm, Zillmere and Cairns to build capacity with an army of tradies, support staff and ...
This September, I will travel to Germany to help deliver Engineered Living Materials 2024, an international conference that convenes leading expertise in material science, synthetic biology, biotechnology, and biophysics around the “what” and the “how” of the our tangible future. This mini-series leads up to a dispatch from the conference in late ...
Architect, urban planner and current City of Sydney Independent, Councillor HY William Chan, has always been a man on a mission. In the lead-up to the New South Wales council election on 14 September, I caught up with Chan to find out what’s shifting in the city and how councils can reframe their mission from being seen as primarily “roads, rates and ...
The story of how to establish an Indigenous owned construction company is one of challenge and inspiration. Professor Martin Loosemore has spent several years digging into the social impact strategies of construction companies – to understand their achievements, challenges and solutions.Spinifex is an opinion column. If you would like to ...
The past week has been a busy week for ESG in general and climate in particular. A flurry of announcements that started with the Australian Senate passing mandatory climate reporting legislation, ASIC releasing their report on actions taken to deter greenwashing misconduct, the establishment of an expert methane reporting panel and the Australian ...
Australia ranks amongst the worst for using private cars to transport children to school and despite common assumptions, distance to school is not the main reason for this.Spinifex is an opinion column. If you would like to contribute, contact us to ask for a detailed brief.
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This issue is driven by a range ...
