12 - Responsible Consumption and Production

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27 August 2024
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26 August 2024
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Train in vain: The end of the car dependent music festival?

Poor ticket sales, high running costs, insurance premiums, changing consumer preferences, and cost of living pressures are most cited as reasons the Australian music festival industry is in crisis. But there is another factor. Getting huge crowds to and from distant music festival sites by car presents significant challenges for both organisers and visitors.

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19 August 2024
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15 August 2024

Climate change has some microscopic winners, with global-scale consequences

Earth’s oldest, tiniest creatures poised to be climate change winners, but the repercussions could be vast.

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1 August 2024
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29 July 2024
Deep fakes

When it comes to political advertising, is AI ever OK?

The Liberal National Party Queensland (LNP) has recently taken a bold step in its political strategy by employing artificial intelligence...

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22 July 2024
Appliance junk

Is Australia becoming a dumping ground for unrepairable appliances?

What happens when appliances break? Unfortunately, broken appliances are unlikely to be repaired. It doesn’t have to be this way, however. If we fail to keep up with legal developments in other parts of the world, Australia could soon become a dumping ground for cheap and nasty appliances.

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19 July 2024

Economic outcomes and impacts of ‘eco anxieties’

Study suggests tracking changes in eco-anxiety and matching them to lifestyle choices. 

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18 July 2024

Logged forests have ecological value – if not pushed too far   

Researchers reveal “thresholds” for when logged rainforests lose the ability to sustain themselves while highlighting value of already logged forests.

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18 July 2024

Study highlights Australia’s troubling role in global forest carbon decline  

Findings underscore Australia's emergence as negative outlier as forest areas and carbon stocks decline.

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