The cotton industry has seen a lot of bad press; depleting water supplies, poisoning water tables with pesticide – and producing tons and tons of cotton-bud leftovers that blight the landscape around processing plants. In rural NSW, Australia, one man has woven a profitable business out of cotton waste, using worms.
Save the Amazon: Investors Back Forest Conservation
Since the early seventies, concern has been growing about Amazonian deforestation. But despite decades of protest, the money has kept pouring in for new agricultural and infrastructure projects and the decimation has continued. Now, several financial backers have finally taken a stand and may pull funding for projects and industries that promote deforestation.
Masking the Problem: Coronavirus Pollution
Car Parks? Urban Renewal Catalysts
Tourism Recovery with Ecotourism Australia & WWF-Australia
Post Viral Cycling
Turning Inwards, Looking Ahead: Village Revitalisation in Indonesia
Just Cruising: Is the Industry Sustainable?
Cruise ships have become stranded off coastlines around the globe. Passengers and crew, desperate to get off, are being rejected by ports which don't want them. The coronavirus crisis could spell the end of the line for an entire industry which has become the butt of much crticism. But this is not news; the cruise business has long been called out for its social, health and environmental problems.
FairBnB: Book Today, Support Tomorrow
COVID-19 Pandemic: Five Ways Towards Resilience in Tourism Business
As the going gets rough, this new article follows through from the first by Gaia Discovery on surviving COVID-19 through tourism resilience. Here, Mallika Naguran writes on ways the resort, hotel and tour operator sector can go from mere survival mode to reinvent and become creative in their businesses.
Convergent Risks: Coronavirus and Climate Change
Canberra scores renewable first
Surviving COVID-19 Through Tourism Resilience
There are ways to combat a steep decline in tourism revenues during the COVID-19 outbreak. By becoming more resilient through change in operations and marketing approaches, the tourism, hospitality & travel operators can stay in business while keeping their staff. Mallika Naguran speaks to sustainable tourism and ecotourism experts to put together this feature.
Cheap Food? Cheap Life
All living things must eat – and must eat each other. Food is the great connector. Its influence over our lives and world is almost too big to see – which may explain why we fail to value it. Yet if we can learn to value food it has the potential to transform our lives and create better cities and a better world.
Ecotourism Australia Bushfire Recovery Position Statement
Climate Action Needed in Ecotourism Seasonality
Australian Bushfires: A Lesson from the Sahara
For almost 20 years Tony Rinaudo worked on a small reforestation project on the borders of the arid Sahara Desert. He helped turn a potential ecological collapse into a thriving agricultural success, bringing a ten-fold increase in forestation and a multi-million dollar agriculture industry. This, he says, holds a significant lesson for post-bushfire Australia