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Ever stopped to think about how much pollution we cause playing and watching sport? Dr Tim Breitbarth discusses inspirational footy clubs that have radically reduced their carbon footprint.    

Yes! The mighty Pacific might be in peril, but Professor Jodie L. Rummer from James Cook University, says she still believes that we can save it from overfishing, acidification and pollution.

Julian Assange has been held in solitary confinement in Belmarsh prison since April 2019 awaiting a final determination of the US for his extradition. David Barr talks to Quentin Dempster about his case.

Enjoy another tongue-twisting taste of Monday Drive’s resident poet, iconoclast and satirist, the infamous Tug Dumbly as he spit-roasts the Christmas spirit with his trademark mix of corrosive humour and high octane eloquence.

Your essential Christmas movie list brought to you by Monday Drive’s film buff, Riley Lavellelong.  

Every year millions of unwanted Christmas presents literally cost the earth. Monday Drive spoke with behavioural scientist Dr Jana Bowden about how conscious consumers can avoid the consumer trap this Christmas.

Welcome to part one of Monday Drive’s fascinating interview trilogy exploring the Wonderful World of Trees with Ruth Hessey and Dr Sebastian Pfautsch.  Let yourself be enchanted, educated and enlivened by Dr Pfautsch, a passionate arboreal expert, who reveals the mysteries of plant cooling capacities in response to urban heat, how trees breathe and why we need them more than […]

David Barr talks to Prof Rod Tiffen about the forthcoming Senate enquiry into the Murdoch dominance of our newspaper market.

David Barr talks to Bondi Vet presenter Audrey Shen about Future Vets Camp in January for children 9 – 16 years.  

Drive Tuesday talks to Sandy Biar, National Director of the Australian Republic Movement about his take on the recently revealed letter Prince Charles sent to Sir John Kerr after the dismissal of the Whitlam government.  

Ruth Hessey speaks with Caitlin McGee, research director in housing futures at the Institute for Sustainable Futures (ISF) at the University of Technology Sydney about the growing movement of collaborative housing. Collaborative housing enables residents to share costs and pool resources. But its residents also benefit from living in a connected, supported community, while allowing […]

The Weather Diaries – A Movie About Parenting In An Environmental Crisis Kathy Drayton, director of  “The Weather Diaries” speaks with Ruth Hessey about the environmental destruction that propelled her to start her documentary. The Weather Diaries is a feature documentary made by a mother concerned about the future for her daughter; a musician emerging […]

Ruth Hessey speaks to Andrew Skeoch about Listening Earth, which offers a vast range of natural soundscapes, transporting you to wild places and reminding you of nature’s more gentle pace of life. Andrew is an educator, naturalist, environmental thinker, and one of Australia’s best-known nature sound recordists. Together with his partner, nature photographer Sarah Koschak, […]

Venus Shell Systems is Australia’s only food-grade seaweed farm processing system from sun to bottle. The company manufactures food, cosmetics and medicinal products sold under the name phycohealth. Owner of the company, marine biologist Dr Pia Windberg, set up the Venus Shell Systems to harvest the therapeutic properties of seaweed, as  “seaweed is an important […]

A proud descendent of the Burramattagal people of Western Sydney, Sebastian Goldspink is an independent curator and Founder of ALASKA projects, a platform to exhibit contemporary visual art in unused or disused spaces – showcasing over 500 artists across 150 exhibitions since its opening in 2011. Built in 1897 the Woollahra Gallery at Redleaf building has a […]

The Grattan Institute, a Melbourne-based think tank, contradicts the PM’s suggestion that gas would be key to a post-Covid economic recovery. Their report finds that the Coalition’s gas plan would help fewer than 1% of manufacturing workers. If Australia’s is to achieving net-zero emissions this century, as promised by PM Scott Morrison the prime minister, […]

Recently published research has shown that moonlight can change the behaviour of Australian wildlife. One study found small mammals were more active on cloudy nights. Another study found male willie wagtails love singing on a full moon.

Our Non-Human Psyche  Sydney artist Lux Eterna creates a series of highly detailed and intricate hand-drawn and hand-foiled works of flora and geological matter, based on meditative approaches to embodied time spent in the natural world. The exhibition opens Nov 19 at Stanley St Gallery, Darlinghurst and runs until Dec 5.

At Food Plant Solutions you can find all the information you need about nutritional food, why we need it and how to grow and use it. The NGO’s co-founder, agricultural scientist Bruce French, has spent over 30 years voluntarily documenting information on all the food plants of the world, establishing a database of over 30,000 […]

Waverley Cemetery’s 16 hectares of green space are undisturbed by vehicles or development. The area has become a haven for small birds, reptiles and other wildlife. With all this teeming natural world, it has also become a tourist destination in its own right. But you can also create your own little wildlife haven – Sam […]

Australian poetry at your doorstep

Scientist Jennifer Lavers urges us to ditch balloons and find more environmentally-friendly alternatives for party decorations. In her personal crusade against plastic pollution, Jennifer found countless balloons in the stomachs of dead birds. But balloons might be more toxic in general and the industry’s claim of their biodegradability a form of corporate greenwashing.