Sea-level rise is one of the inevitable and inexorable results of climate change.  Melting ice and increased ocean temperature mean a...

We’ve all seen the images of bushfires, especially over the past few years.  In the Spring and Summer of 2019-20 fires devastated almost...

Following on from my post about cyclones , it makes sense to follow up by talking about floods since the two often go together. I’ve...

Cyclones are generally considered a tropical weather phenomenon.  However, as I write this series South-East Queensland, where I live,...

None of us will be able to escape increasing heat, but we can make our tenants’ homes more heat resistant to help them live comfortable...

In the Christian Book of Revelation (Chapter 6) there is a famous scene in which four horses and their riders are released into the...

Last week I spent a bit of time reading Living Hot: Surviving and Thriving on a Heating Planet  by Clive Hamilton and George Wilkenfeld. ...

In my previous post I summarised AHURI’s set of interlinked research on circularity in housing.  They found that there is a long way to...

The Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI) recently completed a series of linked research projects on the subject of...

You might see transport and travel as peripheral to the business of a housing and homelessness agency. However, both tenants and staff...

The recent article on transitioning away from gas provided an overview of the reasons to transition, some of the challenges involved and...

One of the major issues in household energy use at the moment is how quickly we can, and should, wean households off gas for cooking,...

The Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI) has recently put more of its resources into investigating the intersections...

One of the things we know about climate change is that it leads to more frequent and more intense extreme weather events – droughts,...

Like everyone else, I've been following the Commonwealth Budget closely. We are in the middle of a housing crisis and I was really...

A quick shout-out to the team at The Fifth Estate , who do a great job of spreading the word on zero carbon and environmentally-positive...

One of the conundrums facing social housing providers is how their tenants can access the benefits of solar power. It’s great if...

On 10 March this year, a wide coalition of organisations launched a national blueprint for energy efficiency standards in rental homes. ...

Here's a little heads up for those who are interested in improving their energy efficiency. The Commonwealth Government has released a...

I thought my readers might be interested in some upcoming events put on by Renew as an extension to their annual Sustainable House Day....