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Welcome to the street that grows its own food. Over the past decade, innovative community gardens and vertical farms have been popping up all over the planet, as our climate steadily becomes hotter and, in many areas, drier.

Welcome to the street that grows its own food

But a suburb in Australia has taken things back to basics, turning their streets into an open-source garden that supplies the community with free fruit, vegetables, and herbs. Last year, the street produced 900 kg of bananas and 300 cabbages. The project, which is called Urban Food Street, started in 2009, when residents in the tropical north-eastern Queensland suburb of Buderim became outraged about the price of limes, which were retailing for A$1.50 to $2.00 each at the time.

The New Dream Blog. Barefoot College. Recharging home devices from mouldy bread could be the future. Updated Scientists say they have found a rare bread mould that could be capable of breathing life back into rechargeable batteries.

Recharging home devices from mouldy bread could be the future

Key points: An organism was found in a rare bread mould which has electro-chemical propertiesExperiment part of search for renewable energiesExperts expect such "quirky scientific finds" will become more frequent in the energy sector. Boyan Slat's high school project raises millions to clean up world's oceans. Loaded: 0% Progress: 0% Can this device save our oceans?

Boyan Slat's high school project raises millions to clean up world's oceans

Practical Action - technology challenging poverty. Latin America In Peru and Bolivia, we help communities set up small-scale technological solutions in remote areas where there is no access to basic services, including electricity, heating, clean water and sanitation.

Practical Action - technology challenging poverty

Western Africa Building on our recent extension of consultancy work into west Africa, Practical Action has recently set up an office to deliver impact at scale in Francophone west Africa. Eastern Africa. New material converts CO2 into clean fuel with unprecedented efficiency. A new material made from microscopic layers of cobalt can convert carbon dioxide gas into formate - a fuel that can be burned with no toxic byproducts and used as a clean energy source.

New material converts CO2 into clean fuel with unprecedented efficiency

Developed by a team of researchers in China, the material could be one way to deal with the 36 gigatonnes of CO2 we release into the atmosphere each year due to fossil fuel use. Scientists have been struggling for decades to come up with an energy-efficient way to transform CO2 into something useful, and early testing points to this new material as being one of the most promising options we’ve seen so far. These Are the Coolest Sustainable Sneakers We've Ever Seen. Planet Ark Australian Recycling Label takes the guesswork out of rubbish night. Loaded: 0% Progress: 0%

Planet Ark Australian Recycling Label takes the guesswork out of rubbish night

Jawbone in Rock May Clear Up a Mammal Family Mystery. WATCH: Divers swim in crystal clear water between continental plates. It might not look like anything special, but this video of a diver swimming in a lake is anything but ordinary.

WATCH: Divers swim in crystal clear water between continental plates

Hashem al-Ghaili posted a video to Facebook this week that has been viewed more than 24 million times. Why is it getting so much attention? The diver is swimming between the North American continental plate and the Eurasian plate. PLASTICIZED ~ Feature Documentary Film. ENSO Wrap-Up. Issued on 24 November 2015 | Product Code IDCKGEWW00 The positive Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD)—which reinforced El Niño impacts since late August—has broken down over the past fortnight.

ENSO Wrap-Up

This rapid decay is common at the start of the monsoon season. The IOD has little influence on Australian climate between December and April. More broadly, Indian Ocean temperatures have remained warmer than average through 2015; the October sea surface temperature (SST) anomaly for the Indian Ocean was the highest positive anomaly for any month on record. The warm Indian Ocean appears to have offset some of the drying influence from El Niño during the winter months. A strong El Niño persists in the tropical Pacific Ocean. Short Answers to Hard Questions About Climate Change. 3.

Short Answers to Hard Questions About Climate Change

Is there anything I can do? Weird Weather: Why Sydney And Melbourne Are Sizzling One Day, Freezing The Next. Why is it so hot and then so cold?

Weird Weather: Why Sydney And Melbourne Are Sizzling One Day, Freezing The Next

Is the weather broken? Is this a climate change thing? Land Water Future. Koalas, your trees are growing on our coal: protest group's anti-Shenhua mine message – video. Protest group Land Water Future has released a satirical campaign video poking fun at the proposed Shenhua coalmine in NSW. The $1.2 bn proposed mine on the NSW Liverpool Plains is facing a legal challenge over claims the NSW government did not properly consider the impact the mine would have on the local population of koalas, possibly leading to extinction of the group. Classroom Resources. We produce teaching resources for primary and secondary levels.

Resources include background information, student activities, full-colour cut-out 3D models and posters. For more information contact education@ga.gov.au. Videos. Why I Live A Zero Waste Life. Dirty Business - How mining made Australia Episodio 01. Winter Roads. IN8 IALS Activity93. WHO'S ON FIRST? A RELATIVE DATING ACTIVITY. MARSHA BARBER and DIANA SCHEIDLE BARTOS PALEONTOLOGY, AND in particular the study of dinosaurs, is an exciting topic to people of all ages. Although most attention in today's world focuses on dinosaurs and why they became extinct, the world of paleontology includes many other interesting organisms which tell us about Earth's past history. The study of fossils and the exploration of what they tell scientists about past climates and environments on Earth can be an interesting study for students of all ages. Teaching about Earth's history is a challenge for all teachers.

Geo lab a. Geo lab a. New findings rock long-held assumptions about ancient mass extinction. New evidence gathered from the Karoo Basin in South Africa sheds light on a catastrophic extinction event that occurred more than 250 million years ago and wiped out more than 90 percent of life in Earth's oceans and about 70 percent of animal species on land. The Day the Earth Nearly Died.

Laws of Superposition. Sweet Superposition! This lesson addresses only the Law of Superposition portion and not radiometric ... OLogy. Zombie Preparedness. Zombie Blog. Explorations Through Time. 10 of the best YouTube videos on climate change - Carbon Brief. Fossil Games Online For Kids - Learn About Different Fossils. Learning can be fun, free and fast with eschooltoday.

A Student's Guide to Global Climate Change. Energy and Global Warming. Global Warming Simulation, Global Warming Interactive, Climate Change Interactive. Climate Resource Center - Interactive: Climate time machine. A Student's Guide to Global Climate Change. Climate Connections Interactive Map. Climate Change Is Here - National Geographic Magazine. Global Warming Effects Map - Effects of Global Warming. Energy and Global Warming. Earth Viewer. Fossils Game - Interactive. Course: Identifying Common Rock Types. Earth Science Week. Earth Science Week (11-17 October 2015) is the annual international celebration promoting the importance and relevance of the geoscience to society.

Geoscience Australia will again be hosting Australia's Earth Science Week celebrations and aligning activities with the international theme of "Visualising Earth Systems". EarthViewer App. Educating for a Sustainable Future - Cool Australia. Natural Water Cycle. Let's Ban the Bead! - The Story of Stuff Project. No matter where you live, there are ways to take action to protect our waterways and put a stop to polluting plastic microbeads!