A Sustainable Life: “Digitising” your wardrobe can help you save money and make sustainable fashion choices
Researchers DEIDRE SHAW and KATHERINE DUFFY, in an article first published on The Conversation, explain their research with Save Your Wardrobe, an app designed to help people organise and categorise their clothes..
A Sustainable Life: Laundry is a top source of microplastic pollution – here’s how to clean your clothes more sustainably
In an article first published on The Conversation, JUDITH WEIS provides some tips on how to reduce microfibre shedding from your laundry… Microplastics are turning up everywhere, from remote mountain tops to deep ocean trenches. They also are in many animals, including humans. The most common microplastics in the environment are microfibres – plastic fragments shaped like […]
A Sustainable Life: Real or artificial? A forestry scientist explains how to choose the most sustainable Christmas tree, no matter what it’s made of
In an article first published on The Conversation, CURTIS VANDERSCHAAF weighs up the pros and cons…
A Sustainable Life: Growing your own food and foraging can help tackle your ballooning grocery bill. Here’s how
Amid growing food insecurity in Australia and elsewhere, KATE NEALE, a researcher at Southern Cross University, provides some tips for growing your own food…
A Sustainable Life: What’s the carbon footprint of owning pet fish? An expert explains
WILLIAM PERRY, of Cardiff UNiversity’s School of Biosciences, looks – in an article first published on The Conversation – at what the data shows…
A Sustainable Life: Electric vehicles can’t compete with the emotional roar of an engine – but does that matter?
TOM STACEY, of Anglia Ruskin University, investigates in this article first published on The Conversation…
A Sustainable Life: Check your tyres – you might be adding unnecessary microplastics to the environment
SAMANTHA GARRARD, a marine ecosystem services researcher at Plymouth Marine Laboratory, explains why maintaining optimal tyre pressure is important…
A Sustainable Life: Reusable nappies can reduce the environmental footprint of parenting – but only if they’re used with care
Sustainability expert SHARON GEORGE, in a story first published on The Conversation, looks at disposable versus reusable nappies…
A Sustainable Life: How to make your clothes last longer – it’s good for your bank account and the environment too
In an article first published on The Conversation, SAJIDA GORDON, researcher for the Clothing Sustainability Research Group at Nottingham Trent University, provides some tips for ensuring the longevity of what you wear…
A Sustainable Life: Households find low waste living challenging. Here’s what needs to change
Researchers ROB RAVEN, DAVID O REYNOLDS, JO LINDSAY and RUTH LANE look at what their data shows about how Australians engage with low waste living…