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Flood Resilient Housing in Ballina

10 marzo 2015 By admins In All Categories, Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience, Edge News

Flood Resilient Housing in Ballina Edge Environment is working with Ballina Shire council to develop alternate development pathways for flood resilient homes in Ballina Shire. …

IKEA Sales of Sustainable Products Exceed $1 Billion in 2014

5 marzo 2015 By admins In All Categories, Edge News, Reports and Publications

IKEA Sales of Sustainable Products Exceed $1 Billion in 2014 Ikea sold more than $1.13 billion of sustainable products in 2014. A 58% increase over …

BRRT App – Use your mobile to measure your property’s resilience to natural hazards

5 marzo 2015 By admins In All Categories, Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience, Edge News

The ability that a building has to withstand natural hazards depends inherently on its construction materials and design. With natural hazards occurring more frequently and …

9 Steps to Understanding Climate Change (for non-scientists)

5 marzo 2015 By admins In All Categories, Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience, Edge News

The Science of Climate Change February 2015 from the Australian Academy of Science is aimed at non-scientists trying to make sense of the contradictory information …

Environmental Risks Dominate the WEF Global Risks Report 2015

5 marzo 2015 By admins In All Categories, Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience, Edge News, Environmental Risk and Due Diligence, Resilience

The World Economy Forum (WEF), recently released it’s annual Global Risks Report for 2015, heralding the significant and acknowledged dangers we face from un-mitigated climate …

Progress in Reducing Waste from the Food Supply Chain

5 marzo 2015 By admins In All Categories, Edge News, Industrial Ecology, Sustainable Procurement

Edge Environment’s third industrial ecology workshop held in November 2014 resulted in a number of potential waste diversion projects, several of which have progressed in …

Building Recycling Capacity in the Construction Materials Market

5 marzo 2015 By admins In All Categories, Edge News, Industrial Ecology

Market development for current non-recyclables is the core objective of the Sydney Industrial Ecology Network (SIEN). Through a wider exploration of the types and quantities …

Promoting Best Practice in the Demolition Industry through the SIEN

5 marzo 2015 By admins In All Categories, Edge News, Industrial Ecology

Partnered with the Better Buildings Partnership (BBP), the Sydney Industrial Ecology Network (SIEN) has been able to instigate and affect best practice in the demolition …

Clean Up Australia Day – Edge collects 1600 bottle caps

5 marzo 2015 By admins In All Categories, Edge News, Recovery Strategies

On Clean Up for Business Day last Tuesday 24th of Feb 2015, the Edge Environment team got together to collect 1600 bottle caps lodged in …

NABERS ratings approved for use in federal Emissions Reduction Fund

5 marzo 2015 By admins In All Categories, Climate Change, Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience, Edge News

The Department of Environment has released the February update to its $2.55 billion Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF). As a federal program, the ERF supports businesses …

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