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Ecos
A bimonthly scholarly journal that publishes research and issues of sustainability in the environment, industry and community. Focused on Australia and the Asia-Pacific region.
Articles from No. 159, February-March
Blueprint for a Sustainable Enterprise
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The success of a company and the wellbeing of the communities it serves are connected. A business needs stable and viable communities to be successful, and communities depend on successful businesses to provide products, services, jobs and infrastructure....
Bon Bon's Biodiversity Revealed: A Biodiversity Audit on Bon Bon Station Reserve in the Arid North of South Australia Has Revealed a Treasure Trove of Native Plant and Animal Species
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[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Located south of Coober Pedy, the vast former pastoral property, Bon Bon Station, is now owned by Bush Heritage Australia. In October 2010, more than 20 scientists and volunteers arrived for a five-day biodiversity survey....
Build It Back Green: In the Chaos and Suffering Caused by Natural Disasters, the Environmental Impacts of Relief and Reconstruction Efforts May Not Seem a Priority. but in Recent Years, There Has Been a Significant Push to 'Build It Back Green'
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In 2009, having adopted a 30 per cent 2020 reduction target for greenhouse gas emissions, the Queensland government partnered with the Australian arm of the global environmental organisation Green Cross to advance the 'Towards Q2: Tomorrow's Queensland'...
Climate Warming: Despite 'Ups and Downs'
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Periodic short-term cooling in global temperatures should not be misinterpreted as signalling an end to global warming, according to CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Honorary Research Fellow, Barrie Hunt. 'Despite 2010 being a very warm year...
Curbing IT's Appetite for Energy: The Information Technology (IT) Sector's Phenomenal Growth and Appetite for Energy Have Produced a Bulge in Its Carbon Waistline. It's Not a Good Look When the World Is Warming at a Rate Unprecedented in Recorded History, Just How Big Is the IT Sector's Footprint in Australia?
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[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The ICT (information and communications technology) industry continues to make quantum gains in processing power while improving its energy efficiency--measured in Floating Point Operations Per Second (FLOPS) (1) per watt....
ECOS Is Evolving Online
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As a non-profit publication supported by CSIRO, ECOS magazine is dedicated to the dissemination of information on sustainable development and related research, as accessibly as possible. ECOS has experienced significant growth in readership and...
Island on the Edge: An Environmental Catastrophe Is Unfolding on Christmas Island, the Site of Australia's Latest Suspected Mammal Extinction. the Unique Wildlife of the Island Is Struggling to Cope with the Impact of Humans and Introduced Pests
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[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] To most Australians, the name Christmas Island is synonymous with its offshore immigration detention centre, and the desperate attempts by asylum seekers to reach Australian soil in crowded, unseaworthy vessels. But there...
More Accurate Measure of Food's Water Footprint
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Australian and Swiss researchers have been working together and with agricultural enterprises and major food companies to develop a standardised approach to measuring 'water footprints'--the amount of water embodied in food and other consumer products....
New Intelligence on Saving City Stormwater
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[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] When heavy rain falls in the city, roads and footpaths become runways for toxic chemicals that flush into stormwater, polluting rivers and streams. Alexandra de Bias looks at an innovative new solution to the problem. Stormwater-borne...
Reignition: The Positive Side of Cancun
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[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Cancun Agreement forged at the COP16 climate summit in Mexico in December has restored momentum to UN climate talks, according to analysts at The Climate Institute (1), whose perspectives are summarised here. While...
Skilling Up for a Low-Carbon Future: Vocational Education and Training: Given the Need for Both Short and Long-Term Training for Sustainability Discussed in the First of This Three-Part Series (ECOS 158, Pp 22-24), It Is Clear That the Vocational Education and Training Sector Will Play a Major Role in Building Capacity for Our Nation over the Next Five Years
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The Australian government's second national action plan for education for sustainability, (1) published in 2009, outlines ambitious strategies and actions for creating a sustainable future. Elsewhere, federal government departments have been working...
Strong Links to Land Deliver Better Health Outcomes
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Around the time the Prime Minister's 'Closing the Gap' report was released in February, the Desert Knowledge Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) published a comprehensive report outlining four principles for Aboriginal land management. Researchers say...
Sunshine State Tourism Heeds Weather Warnings
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Tropical Cyclone Yasi and the devastating floods in south-east Queensland came as a double blow to the state's tourism industry this summer. But some tourist operators were better prepared than others, thanks to the foresight of Tourism Queensland--and...
Zero Carbon Australia Plan, Revisited
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[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In 2010 the Beyond Zero Emissions group released a report with the University of Melbourne's Energy Research Institute claiming that Australia could be powered by renewable energy sources by 2020. Here its lead authors reply...
