Have you heard about China’s six zeros policy for building materials?
Probably not. We heard about it through Shane Hodgkins of Matrak, one of our speakers at Circular Disruption. We Googled it, with thin pickings. Even in the age of AI.
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Coming out of the all-consuming Circular Disruption Forum we ...
It’s a case of what have we created here?
When you’re deep in the weeds of designing an event, it’s sometimes impossible to rise above those pesky weeds, low carbon or not, and see the talent and innovation that’s about to wow your audience. But wow us all it did: the speakers, the audience with their engagement and tough questions, and the ...
Spinifex is an opinion column. If you would like to contribute, contact us to ask for a detailed brief.
At face value, the Solar Sharer announcement – three hours of free power every day for everyone that wants it – is a fantastic policy initiative. At last, everyone can get a slice of the action and the whole world (except perhaps some National and ...
No one could have foreseen it, but it’s increasingly clear the many thousands of Sydneysiders who marched in the streets for an end to the lockout laws kicked off a policy reform process that could ultimately reshape the way we think about and plan for time in our city.
As a teenager putting on parties in Kings Cross and the city before the lockouts, ...
We are all familiar with the 30-minute city. But the average attention span has collapsed to 47 seconds – barely enough time to notice a building, let alone a neighbourhood. What does that mean for placemaking?
I am not a placemaker. But I have spent my career thinking about how to make places better. And I know that it is the small human-scale quirks ...
There are always two sides to sustainability. One is the excitement and exhilaration of great ideas and inspiring people. And then there’s the dead weight flops from people who just don’t want to change.
In recent weeks we’ve had both. On the dead weight side of politics is the move from the National Party and possibly the Liberals to get rid of their ...
Joan Michelson, writer for Forbes and host of the Electric Ladies podcast, shared her views on AI and the erosion of climate data thanks to the US government cuts to climate research and science agencies, plus some optimistic views on the political fight back against the US president. Turns out she was on the money after Zohran Mamdani stormed home as ...
Overview:
EY in the news, City of Sydney goes electric, Redfern Indigenous aged care, ARENA; Queensland grid; V2G charging; aviation fuel
6 November: While EY’s Australian company commits to new digs in Canberra its former global sustainability guru Matthew Bell based in the UK has jumped ship to Anthesis, where he will be group chief executive ...
MARKET PULSE: The property industry is finally “turning a corner in 2025” after chronic skill shortages, high staff turnover and soaring costs impeding business growth, according to the most recent Avdiev Report.Principal Rebecca Sachse said there has been a 15 percentage point increase in the number of businesses performing well compared to six months ...
IN BRIEF: While EY’s Australian company commits to new digs in Canberra its former global sustainability guru Matthew Bell based in the UK has jumped ship to Anthesis, where he will be group chief executive officer.
He succeeds co-founder Stuart McLachlan who started the company in 2013 and since then has amassed around 1400 staff across the ...
ENERGY BRIEFS: Experts are concerned that delays to the National Construction Code will slow the uptake of EVs, as yet another negative consequence flows from the backdown on regular NCC updates, especially on energy. The latest blow means the next iteration of the code, where EV charging points will be stipulated, won’t be until mid-2029.
The NCC was ...
In a regional recycling plant in Australia, Stewart Monti of Atelier Ten will use waste materials to …build the waste processing building.
At Port Kembla, south of Sydney, near Wollongong, Monti and his team are working on a 200-hectare parcel of surplus land owned by BlueScope Steel to create a new industrial ecosystem. It will use large-scale ...
Have you heard about China’s six zeros policy for building materials?
Probably not. We heard about it through Shane Hodgkins of Matrak, one of our speakers at Circular Disruption. We Googled it, with thin pickings. Even in the age of AI.
Sign up for our free newsletter.
Coming out of the all-consuming Circular Disruption Forum we ...
It’s a case of what have we created here?
When you’re deep in the weeds of designing an event, it’s sometimes impossible to rise above those pesky weeds, low carbon or not, and see the talent and innovation that’s about to wow your audience. But wow us all it did: the speakers, the audience with their engagement and tough questions, and the ...
Spinifex is an opinion column. If you would like to contribute, contact us to ask for a detailed brief.
At face value, the Solar Sharer announcement – three hours of free power every day for everyone that wants it – is a fantastic policy initiative. At last, everyone can get a slice of the action and the whole world (except perhaps some National and ...
No one could have foreseen it, but it’s increasingly clear the many thousands of Sydneysiders who marched in the streets for an end to the lockout laws kicked off a policy reform process that could ultimately reshape the way we think about and plan for time in our city.
As a teenager putting on parties in Kings Cross and the city before the lockouts, ...
We are all familiar with the 30-minute city. But the average attention span has collapsed to 47 seconds – barely enough time to notice a building, let alone a neighbourhood. What does that mean for placemaking?
I am not a placemaker. But I have spent my career thinking about how to make places better. And I know that it is the small human-scale quirks ...
There are always two sides to sustainability. One is the excitement and exhilaration of great ideas and inspiring people. And then there’s the dead weight flops from people who just don’t want to change.
In recent weeks we’ve had both. On the dead weight side of politics is the move from the National Party and possibly the Liberals to get rid of their ...
Joan Michelson, writer for Forbes and host of the Electric Ladies podcast, shared her views on AI and the erosion of climate data thanks to the US government cuts to climate research and science agencies, plus some optimistic views on the political fight back against the US president. Turns out she was on the money after Zohran Mamdani stormed home as ...
Overview:
EY in the news, City of Sydney goes electric, Redfern Indigenous aged care, ARENA; Queensland grid; V2G charging; aviation fuel
6 November: While EY’s Australian company commits to new digs in Canberra its former global sustainability guru Matthew Bell based in the UK has jumped ship to Anthesis, where he will be group chief executive ...
MARKET PULSE: The property industry is finally “turning a corner in 2025” after chronic skill shortages, high staff turnover and soaring costs impeding business growth, according to the most recent Avdiev Report.Principal Rebecca Sachse said there has been a 15 percentage point increase in the number of businesses performing well compared to six months ...
IN BRIEF: While EY’s Australian company commits to new digs in Canberra its former global sustainability guru Matthew Bell based in the UK has jumped ship to Anthesis, where he will be group chief executive officer.
He succeeds co-founder Stuart McLachlan who started the company in 2013 and since then has amassed around 1400 staff across the ...
ENERGY BRIEFS: Experts are concerned that delays to the National Construction Code will slow the uptake of EVs, as yet another negative consequence flows from the backdown on regular NCC updates, especially on energy. The latest blow means the next iteration of the code, where EV charging points will be stipulated, won’t be until mid-2029.
The NCC was ...
In a regional recycling plant in Australia, Stewart Monti of Atelier Ten will use waste materials to …build the waste processing building.
At Port Kembla, south of Sydney, near Wollongong, Monti and his team are working on a 200-hectare parcel of surplus land owned by BlueScope Steel to create a new industrial ecosystem. It will use large-scale ...
