IUCN Recognizes World’s Top Reserves
November 15, 2014
An article by Kennedy Warne, National Geographic. For 50 years, conservation efforts on behalf of the world’s endangered species have been guided—and goaded—by the Red List of Threatened Species from the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN). This list—with its familiar categories including “least concern,” “vulnerable,” “critically endangered,” and the irreversible “extinct”—has provided Read on…
Tomorrow’s cities: The zoo where the humans are enclosed
October 15, 2014
An article by Jane Wakefield, BBC News. The 21st Century is going to be marked by global urbanisation – by 2050, more than 70% of the world’s population will live in cities. New buildings will help define our future cities, but what do people want from them? A recent survey from design company Sasaki asked Read on…
A new study into Australia’s water says it needs to be a urgent priority
October 14, 2014
An article in ABC Australia. It was just a few years ago that we were showering with buckets and dobbing in the neighbours for washing the car on the wrong day. But as the crippling drought has subsided, our water crisis has fallen off the radar. Australians use more water per capita than anyone in Read on…