UEA's September newsletter is out now. In this issue read about Jack Mundey's visit to Christie Walk Waste Management at Christie Walk UEA's Internship program kicks off with University of Adelaide students Adelaide City Councillor David Plumridge's thoughts on Urban Planning Tips on starting your own EcoCity and much much more.. Click here to download the newsletter  UEA September Newsletter


Read More

Alex Steffen: The shareable future of cities Alex Steffen,  a long time climate change campaigner, journalist and founder of online magazine www.worldchanging.com recently gave an inspiring talk at www.ted.com which I wanted to share with you here. Steffen explains that in the developed world, our response to climate change has focused largely on a transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy which he says is a recipe for disaster. Not because renewable energy is a bad idea, but because the trajectory of emissions growth posed by a rapidly urbanising world is likely to outstrip any capacity...


Read More

The great Australian dream is a quarter acre block in the suburbs with a hills hoist out the back and space for the kids to play outside. Or is it? The Grattan institute recently conducted a survey of more than 700 people in Melbourne and Sydney to determine what attributes they looked for in housing - and what was available. The results show that more Australian's are willing to make trade-offs when it comes to the size and type of housing they live in, if other amenities can be gained. The report highlighted a significant shortage of semi-detached homes and apartments in both middle...


Read More

Peter Head, a Director at the engineering consulting firm ARUP is one of the world’s leaders in sustainable urban development. In his paper ‘Entering the ecological Age’ Peter Head sets out a vision for sustainable cities of the future. He concludes that we can – and must, transition to a mode of development that allows us to live within environmental limits of resource use. He shows how this can be done by addressing key themes of Energy, Waste, Water, Food production, He addresses the key themes of Carbon emissions, Ecological Footprints, Transport, Water and Waste, Energy, Food...


Read More

Friends of the Earth is hosting the annual Radioactive Exposure Tour from May 19−29, 2011. Since the 1980s, these tours have exposed thousands of people first-hand to the realities of 'radioactive racism' and to the environmental impacts of the nuclear industry. See the following site for further information. http://www.foe.org.au/anti-nuclear/issues/oz/radtour


Read More

UPDATE: The launch has now been booked out. Thanks so much for your interest! Urban Ecology Australia, in association with Change Media and Adelaide Mt Lofty Ranges NRM Board invite you to celebrate the launch of the Christie Walk educational DVD/CD Resource Pack on Wednesday 6th April at Urban Ecology, 105 Sturt Street, Adelaide city. The honourable Lord Mayor of Adelaide, Stephen Yarwood, will be there to officially launch the resource pack. If you'd like to attend, please RSVP by Thursday 31st March to (08) 8212 6760.


Read More