If rates of global CO₂ emissions continue to climb, ways to rapidly withdraw the gas from the atmosphere may be needed. Do we have them?

In Bali's idyllic north-west corner, a unique community-driven marine conservation project is using electricity to rapidly regrow damaged coral reef and restore local livelihoods.

Last year was the year of the 'green' beer. Not the St Patrick's Day green, but the environmentally friendly, quench-your-conscience-while-you-quench-your-thirst kind of green.

Papua New Guinea's forests are not as pristine as previously thought and if current rates of destruction continue, by 2020 their area will be reduced by half, according to a recent analysis of 30 years' aerial and satellite imagery of the region.

Nearly three years after Cyclone Larry cut a swathe through the town of Innisfail and the tropical rainforests of Far North Queensland, the landscape is recovering. But what lessons have been learnt for future management?

The dingo has had a bad wrap in Australia, but new research on its benefits for native ecosystems may give the dingo something to howl about.

Considering Australia is an island continent with a largely coastal population, little attention has so far been paid to how ocean and wave behaviour influenced by shifting and more intense storm systems under climate change will re-shape our 30 000 kilometre coastline.

Camels have no Dreaming, say Aboriginal people; they don't belong in country. But more than a million camels roam through much of central Australia, and next year there will be 80 000 more as the population doubles by the decade.

Sustainable development requires a broader approach to policy and new criteria to measure 'progress'. But how do you weigh up the economic value of relevant ecosystem goods and services against their environmental value, or the 'public good', in this broader approach?

The annual Sustainable Living Festival is probably the only place in Australia where you'll find the Reverend Tim Costello rubbing shoulders with sustainable clothing fashionistas, or singer Paul Kelly on the same program as a sustainable gardening seminar.