Off Campus reporter Peter Tzannes met war veteran Bill Ryan, who at 97 years old shows that the School Strikes for Climate are mobilising activists from all generations. Featured photo: Caz Adams
Environment
Eating Meat Is Killing The Planet
BY JEN DAVIDSON Last week’s alarming report by the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warned that our consumption of meat is contributing significantly to a hotter planet. But can we be coerced into evicting meat from our diet? As one of the biggest per capita meat eaters in the world, Aussies are renowned […]
The Bunnies Behind Our Beauty Routines
BY ERIN GRANT As we colour our eyelids, massage in moisturiser, ruby up our lips and even wash our hair, some of us are completely oblivious to the manufacturing process of our cosmetic products. There is a dark side to our daily routines; many companies choose to test their products on animals. By using them […]
Sports making a positive impact on the environment
BY ADAM HAYWARD @Hayward_AdamK Sport is such an important part of Australia’s culture, there is a huge opportunity to promote the environmental challenges that effect sport from grassroots to the elite level. The Sports Environment Alliance (SEA) is an organization which uses the power and influence of sport to raise awareness, support action to protect […]
UK plans to ban live export
By Christian Jailer @jailerchristian In happy and positive news from across the pond, increased fury over animals suffering health problems and death as they are taken in trucks across England has created a new policy which sets to ban live export in the country. “All animals deserve to get the respect and care they deserve […]
Upcycling food: Hidden Harvest
Hidden Harvest is a community-based not-for-profit organisation that raises awareness about food waste and its related environmental and social problems by “upcycling” food that would not normally reach the consumer’s plate. REMI DASKEY @remidaskey interviewed Berbel Transe, the driving force behind Hidden Harvest, to discuss the bigger issue on everyone’s plates.
Port Expansion Danger to Barrier Reef
Turtle swimming in waters of the Great Barrier Reef. Photo: Sam Harris/flickr BY CHARLOTTE MUTORO The coal terminal at Abbot Point is one of five ports along the Queensland coast to be given the go ahead for expansion. Abbot Point, which is close to the Great Barrier Reef has been designated a port development […]
Great leap forward: cloningthe Gastric Brooding Frog
Cloning an extinct species has long been a staple of science fiction, but is it about to become a reality? Story by Jack Corbett When Jay Savage first discovered the golden toad in 1966, the species became a poster specimen for the biodiversity of Costa Rica. While it lived in a small area, roughly 10 […]
Artivists play their cards for Muckaty
Story and photo by Shardae Ewart Where can you meet a queen, a king, a rebellious kangaroo and a maggot-infested horse? In a tucked-away gallery on Day St, a stone’s throw from the city’s centre, where more than 300 people gathered to support the opening of the exhibit ’The Cardshow.‘ It was a beautiful evening […]