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Switched On

Brightgreen Lighting are doing their part to bring an end to the energy-sucking standard light bulb.

Eco Epiphany

Have you ever put bananas into a plastic bag? It may not seem like the worst environmental crime, but this simple act led Ben Anderson and his partner Sarah to create the online store Eco Depot.

Evergreen

This Sebastian Di Mauro expo may just sustain our yearning for the perfect lawn! Opening this August in Melbourne.

Woodhead's Carbon Neutral Office

In a recent review of its program, Woodhead, Australia’s first Asia-Pacific architectural firm to become carbon neutral, found travel to be the biggest contributors to carbon emissions in the battle for a carbon neutral office.

Call for Entries from Sebel

The Green Furniture Student Design Competition is closing for entry on August 4th. Hurry design students- get your green furniture designs in now!

Plant Plastic

Zelfo Australia is pleased to announce that the world's first bio-plastic made entirely from plant fibres is now used in their products

Eat your Greens

Sustainability, future and food will be foremost on the minds of designers, restaurateurs and the public visiting the Eat Green Design initiative during the State of Design Festival in Melbourne this month.

Designed For Biodiversity

Vertical Gardens to inject greenery into built environments. This July, the Melbourne International Design Festival will transform one of Melbourne city’s major landmarks into a vertical field of verdant greenery.

Carpet Installation Revolution

A new system, developed by InterfaceFLOR, is set to cut the environmental impact of modular carpet installation by up to 90%.

Nothing More, Nothing Less

As we work ever-more desperately towards a more sustainable future, the really smart people see the solutions as only partly technological. Many answers may lie in a simpler, less wasteful past.

A Paper Bookcase

Seeing is believing. 97% recycled post-consumer paper waste is turned into a rigid, lightweight fibre board, strong enough to make a bookcase…..WATCH VIDEO

Walking on Art

Kingston Foreshore, Canberra, is a development exemplifying sustainability and exceptional design quality, with a designed landscape worthy of note.

6 Stars in The Gauge

The Green Building Council of Australia has awarded Melbourne's, The Gauge, with a 6 Star design rating

Get on Your Bike

A UTS graduate makes the bike riding option that little bit more appealing

Green and Clean

Electrolux set to launch 'green' vacuum cleaner in July, made from 55% recycled plastic.

Hatch in a Nest

Sustainable Aussie designer Sandy Imeson took to Milan in April with his 100% recycled Hatch bowls.

Not so Blank Canvas

Blank Canvas, an eco-friendly project involving eight icons of design. Collaborate, create, and give back...responsible design.

Sydney's Next Green

The Sydney cityscape will soon feature a new iconic commercial building on a landmark CBD site with the announcement by Mirvac of its new premium grade 'green' building.

Clearing the Air with UCI

The team at UCI are preparing for a big 2008, with their innovative, eco-designed ‘Task Air’ workstation a finalist in both the Australian International Design Awards and the Interior Design Awards.

INSTYLE Cleans Up at 'Sustainability Green Globe Awards'

INSTYLE Contract Textiles has won three awards at the 'NSW Government Sustainability Green Globe Awards'

'NET' Your Average Desk

Seibu Furniture is renowned for offering high-end designer products to the Australian market at an affordable price. Their new ?NET? range of desking solutions is one such product - meeting all the demands of the modern office at a painless price.

Seriously Sustainable Style 2008

Six environmentally conscious design studios were asked to create eco-friendly living spaces for the AIFF in Sydney. Their green tinged innovations stole the whole show.

Raising the Bar: Xanita X-Board Plus

Turning VOC-free, recycled paper into environmentally-friendly lightweight board.

'True' Green

'True' is a contract seating range created for the ecological group ESO, and designed by one of Australia’s most highly respected designers – Donald Holt.

GHD Does it All, with the Environment in Mind

Professional services company GHD are paving the way for sustainable and comprehensive architectural service

Sustainable Swinburne

Raising the benchmark for green design: Swinburne's Faculty of Design signs Designers Accord

Linoleum xf - A Surface Revolution

The new surface treatment for linoleums with even better maintenance qualities

GECA License for CSM

Just a few letters mean great things for CSM Storage and Filing Solutions

Winner of Westpac Business Award

Castle Hill based Tarkett Australia has won the Westpac Sustainable Business Award Norwest

Mathieu Lehanneur Designs for Quality Air

According to NASA, air quality indoors is worse than outdoors, with indoor plastic furniture to blame. So comes 'Bel-Air', a plant that filters air indoors.

Dubai is Going Green in 2008, with Aussie Help

Australian-based company Ecospecifier International has been invited to take part in Dubai's commitment to sustainable building design

Star Convention Centre

Melbourne's new Convention Centre to the greenest in Australia

Green Cities 2008 Conference

World renowned designer to speak at Green Cities conference 2008

Utterubbish at Singapore Design Festival 2007

Putting out the rubbish at the 2007 Singapore Design Festival

VS1 is ESD

South Australia Water's new headquarters first building to achieve prestigious rating

The Pond: Urban Backdrop for Temporary Bar

Melbourne's makeshift recycled watering hole

Dreaming of a Green Christmas

Buro North has developed an ecologically progressive Christmas tree

Krooom for the Future

When cardboard does the hard yards in the office

Melbourne Age Best Sustainable Design Award

Bamboo Costello seat wins sustainability award

Take a Peek at The Millennium Home

A new concept for the future of residential design

Waste Paper Bin

Studio Verissimo creates basket case from recycled current affairs

Recognition for Australian Irrigation Technology

Agrilink's Aussie designed water regulators take to the Globe

Lateral Thinking, Clean Living

Cundall's approach recognised in 2007 Sustainable Awards

Portugal To Produce New Wave Of Energy

The latest attempt at saving the planet comes in waves

Flat-packing Furniture

The new generation of flat-packed furniture is here

Greywater Treatment

Australia's current drought has inspired the creation of innovative water-saving products.

LifeStraw to Save Lives

Design for the Other 90% exhibition showcases the LifeStraw

Smartflush Saves on Water

Caroma Dorf and Fowler achieve four-star rating for sustainable toilet

Environmentally Friendly Shopping

Bigger and stronger, these bags are the environment's new best friend

Sustainable Living in Canada

Local architecture meets Japanese design in green Beaver Lake cottage

DQ: Eco-focused

DQ magazine's January issue looks at all things environmental

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