News: Environment

Plan to raise height of NSW’s Warragamba Dam raises concern and protests over Blue Mountains wilderness area

Plans by the NSW Government to raise the height of the Warragamba Dam - which supplies water to Sydney - have led to concerns and sparked protests about its impact on world-heritage listed…

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Jun 10, 2019 Attractions / Culture / Environment /

 
 

New report highlights the need for tourism industry to acknowledge ‘invisible burden’

A newly released report, Destinations at Risk: The Invisible Burden of Tourism, published by the Travel Foundation, Cornell University’s Centre for Sustainable Global Enterprise…

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Jun 10, 2019 Culture / Education / Environment / Tourism / Wellness /

 
 

ICC Sydney recognised for championing sustainable practice

International Convention Centre Sydney (ICC Sydney) has been recognised in a new global report and online database released by UFI - the Global Association of the Exhibition…

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Jun 10, 2019 Education / Environment / Events / Venues / Wellness /

 
 

Brisbane’s Victoria Park Golf Course to be transformed into new inner city park

The Victoria Park Golf Course in the inner Brisbane suburb of Herston is to be closed to make way for a new 45 hectare public park in over half a century. With the site is entirely owned…

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Jun 9, 2019 Environment / Golf / Parks / Recreation /

 
 

World Surf League reveals plan to become carbon neutral and eliminate plastic use this year

The World Surf League (WSL) has pledged to become carbon neutral by the end of 2019, as part of a series of new sustainability commitments it claims will ‘set a new standard’…

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Jun 7, 2019 Environment / Events / Marketing / Sport /

 
 

Tennis Australia commits to United Nations climate change action

Tennis Australia has become the first Australian sporting organisation to commit to the United Nations Sports for Climate Change Action Framework.  Speaking at an event for climate…

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Jun 6, 2019 Environment / Events / Sport /

 
 

South Australian Government makes parks and nature-based tourism a priority

The South Australian Government is making an $11.8 million commitment in the 2019/20 state budget to improve parks and nature-based tourism experiences. The picturesque Fleurieu…

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Jun 6, 2019 Environment / Parks / Recreation / Tourism /

 
 

SEA LIFE Melbourne Aquarium calls for volunteers on World Oceans Day

This World Oceans Day (Saturday 8th June), SEA LIFE Melbourne Aquarium will be hosting a clean-up on the Yarra River at Enterprise Park and Batman Park as part of the global marine…

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Jun 6, 2019 Attractions / Education / Environment /

 
 

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