ArcActive CEO Stuart Mckenzie with battery at Deakin microgrid site A re-engineered lead-acid battery system aimed at helping businesses cut power bills is now operating in Geelong, as its developer seeks to make energy storage cheaper and easier to install. New Zealand energy storage company ArcActive has switched on the pilot at Deakin’s new Renewable […]
European Union Delegation to Australia Key facts: More than 280 students from Australia, New Zealand, the Pacific and the EU built 47 climate solutions in 60 hours. Each one tackled one of COP31’s priority areas. Climate Hack-tion turns the region’s COP31 momentum into action led by young people, with Australia leading the negotiations and the […]
Pixelanarchy algae Extended studies of fucoidan, a bioactive compound found in brown seaweed, confirm its potential to combat oxidative stress in future disease treatments – but it remains a long way from mass production and routine medical use. Flinders University pharmacology experts, in collaboration with industry partners from the Hobart-based biotech company Marinova Pty Ltd, […]
Chris De Cuyper, CEO and Founder of Fremantle Seaweed WA-based Asparagopsis seaweed producer Fremantle Seaweed, has acquired onshore nursery and seaweed production technology and equipment from FutureFeed to accelerate a path to commercial production by adding onshore cultivation to its open-ocean growing operations. The move follows the purchase of the ocean-backed facility located at 20 […]
By Nick Baker, CEO of Reflections Holidays With more than 700 bird species across Australia, birdwatching is a great excuse to get outdoors and explore somewhere new. Known as ‘twitching’ among keen birders, it’s an activity that people of all ages and experience levels can enjoy, without the need for expensive equipment or a detailed […]
Craig Roussac, CEO of Buildings Alive and Anthony Ursino, Chief Operating Officer & General Counsel at Pro-invest Group. Strategic partnership to strengthen environmental performance, operational insights and portfolio-wide reporting across 13 hotels Pro-invest Group has announced a strategic partnership with Buildings Alive to implement a portfolio-wide environmental performance optimisation, monitoring and NABERS improvement platform across […]
A black-footed tree-rat, captured on a camera trap used by Warddeken rangers. Picture: Cara Penton Charles Darwin University As workplaces around the world wrestle to integrate Artificial Intelligence in their operations, researchers and rangers in the heart of West Arnhem are successfully embracing this technology in conservation without compromising respect and knowledge. Recent research from […]
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 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 […]
