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What Australians planted this year, and the natives worth a spot

By Isaac Olson, Nursery Near Me Every nursery has an opinion about what Australians plant. We had a year of orders instead, so we counted them: 20,604 plants across 3,165 orders, shipped between September 2025 and August 2026 to gardens in every mainland state. Half of everything we sent was native. In Victoria it was […]

Epson supports OzHarvest CEO CookOff 2026 as Craig Heckenberg steps into the kitchen

Epson A/NZ MD Craig Heckenberg Epson Australia is proudly supporting OzHarvest’s 2026 CEO CookOff, with Managing Director Craig Heckenberg swapping the office for the kitchen to help raise vital funds for Australians experiencing food insecurity. Taking place in October and November, the CEO CookOff brings together business leaders, leading chefs and corporate teams across Australia […]

New report reveals more than one in four respond to a garment failure by leaving the brand

Samsara Eco, a circular materials company, today launched its new Circular-Conscious Consumer Report, revealing a critical blind spot costing the fashion industry. When a garment fails, consumers are 12 times more likely to walk away from a brand than to replace the item with the same brand. Only 5.9 per cent return the item, so […]

Second flash flood in six weeks hits new communities in Nepal

Location:Bidur Municipality ward 11 Gerkhu, Nuwakot, Nepal  Credit: CARE Nepal/ CSRC Nepal – Community Self Reliance Center. A flooded section of a highway in Nuwakot, Central Nepal, following the outburst of a glacial lake in Tibet on August 26, 2026. A flash flood has caused major damage in Nepal’s Gorkha District. It struck when a […]

Wilderness Society reveals the winners of the 2026 Karajia and Environment Awards for Children’s Literature.

From the coral reefs of Ningaloo to the waterways of the Torres Strait, Australia’s landscapes, wildlife and deep connections to Country are at the heart of the Wilderness Society’s 2026 Karajia and Environment Awards for Children’s Literature. Six books have been named winners, including new works by beloved novelist Tim Winton, Torres Strait Islander actor […]

QBE Foundation awards $600,000 in local grants to community organisations

The QBE Foundation has awarded $600,000 through its 2026 local grants program to support twelve charity and community organisations across Australia. Successful recipients will each receive $50,000 to expand initiatives that help strengthen inclusion and climate resilience, with the program also providing QBE employees an opportunity to nominate charities they are passionate about for funding […]

US executive order targets Chinese grid hardware, but battery storage serving AI data centers is more exposed.

By Rystad Energy A White House executive order designed to secure the US power grid from Chinese-made equipment is more likely to disrupt battery storage supply chains than the transformers and switchgear it aims to target, according to new Rystad Energy analysis. Executive Order 14421, signed by President Donald Trump on 26 August 2026, names […]

Traditional Pacific Talanoa sets out six climate and health priorities ahead of COP31

The Climate and Health Alliance (CAHA) Pacific leaders set out climate and health solutions ahead of COP31 Pacific community leaders have called for urgent action to protect women from extreme heat and climate disasters, and for climate finance to reach the local health systems supporting them. The calls are among the priorities emerging from a […]

Australia backs plan to double the world’s solar homes to 300 million by 2030

Minister Chris Bowen announcing Global Rooftop Solar Declaration at PreCOP Press Conference  Australia has become the first country to endorse a global plan to double the number of homes with rooftop solar by 2030, putting household solar in the spotlight ahead of the UN’s COP31 climate summit in November. The Global Rooftop Solar Declaration was […]

Logitech Unveils Its Biggest Enterprise Launch Ever: More Power, More Future-Proofed Rooms for the AI Revolution

Reinventing Rally Bar 2: Logitech’s market-leading video bar supercharged with a new Qualcomm processor; premium new lens and sensors; Right Sound 3 audio; and a sleek, sustainable, user-friendly design Introducing Rally System 2 Pro: A modular video conferencing solution for large, complex, and divisible multi-purpose rooms Debuting Sound Shape Audio Technology: Audio innovation that evenly […]

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First published in 2003, Eco Voice is your go-to publication for sustainability news in Australia. Eco Voice prides itself as an independent news platform with a clear focus on sustainability, with articles coming from a diverse range of contributors – all levels of government, corporations, not-for-profits, community groups, small to medium sized businesses, universities, research organisations, together with input from international sources. Eco Voice values community, conservation and commerce. Eco Voice is a media partner of the prestigious Australian Banksia Sustainability Awards – The Peak Sustainability Awards.
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