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save the world, one chocolate at a time

  • Written by: Robert Edis, Soil Scientist, Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research

Shopping can be confusing at the best of times, and trying to find environmentally friendly options makes it even more difficult. Our Sustainable Shopping series asks experts to provide easy eco-friendly guides to purchases big and small. Send us your suggestions for future articles here.


Cocoa is probably the most sustainable of all...

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How the internet is reshaping World Heritage and our experience of it

  • Written by: Cristina Garduño Freeman, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Australian Centre for Architectural History, Urban and Cultural Heritage (ACAHUCH), University of Melbourne
How the internet is reshaping World Heritage and our experience of itMany more people experience World Heritage sites like the Sydney Opera House in digital form than physically visit them.Author provided

Most people’s experience of World Heritage is now a digital one. Whether it’s on social media, an official website, Wikipedia or a simple Google search, this shift in “visitation” means many...

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land degradation is turning soils into deserts

  • Written by: Abbas El-Zein, Professor of Environmental Engineering, University of Sydney

If any of us still has the slightest doubt that we are facing an ecological crisis on an unprecedented scale, then a new report on land degradation, released this week by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), provides yet another piece of evidence.

Land degradation can take many forms, but...

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Senate newcomer Tim Storer plays hardball on company tax

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

The government’s company tax cut for big business has received a further blow, with key crossbencher Tim Storer in a statement to the Senate questioning whether a reduction for all companies is fiscally prudent.

On Tuesday, the government was forced to defer its legislation when it failed to secure deals with Storer, an independent from South...

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  1. John Blaxland on Australia's expulsion of Russian spies
  2. Why family violence leave should be paid
  3. Queensland has saved a Hollywood blockbuster, but the local film industry is still missing out
  4. Victorian drug law reform recommendations are welcome – but must include prisoners
  5. How complementary medicine practitioners can help get kids vaccinated
  6. Not everyone can say #MeToo and we need to tackle the causes of sexual violence
  7. why does lemon juice lighten the colour of tea?
  8. Curious Kids: Why are we ticklish?
  9. the City of Sydney's efforts to increase the affordable housing supply
  10. Private health insurance premium increases explained in 14 charts
  11. Do you really need private health insurance? Here's what you need to know before deciding
  12. Why Europe shouldn't follow Australia's lead on asylum seekers
  13. China’s falling space station highlights the problem of space junk crashing to Earth
  14. What happens when companies remove expiry dates on gift cards?
  15. With affection and humour, Patricia Piccinini probes the boundaries of human and other
  16. Africa's great migrations are failing but there is a solution
  17. Government defers company tax cut vote for want of numbers
  18. Is counter-attack justified against a state-sponsored cyber attack? It's a legal grey area
  19. The West increases pressure with diplomatic expulsions, but Russia is unlikely to cave
  20. Why schools become battlegrounds during conflict
  21. Start resetting your kids' body clocks before daylight saving ends – here's how
  22. Australia would be better if we'd heeded Pauline Hanson's message more: Tony Abbott
  23. Rape, sexual assault and sexual harassment: what’s the difference?
  24. What governments can learn from Perth's property market
  25. Your online privacy depends as much on your friends’ data habits as your own
  26. Australia expels two Russian spies as part of international push against Russia
  27. Climate policy is a fiendish problem for governments – time for an independent authority with real powers
  28. Why Australians need a national environment protection agency to safeguard their health
  29. Men and young people more likely to be ageist: study
  30. Kids with autism less likely to be fully vaccinated
  31. Darwin's paying the price after Cyclone Marcus
  32. when religious freedom and LGBTI rights intersect
  33. Lisa Reihana's Emissaries is a vital retelling of colonial history
  34. how elite schools are struggling with the pressure to excel
  35. Pensioners would retain cash refunds on franked dividends under Labor backdown
  36. Why China is a leader in intellectual property (and what the US has to do with it)
  37. We're still playing catch up with academia's longstanding #MeToo sexual harassment problem
  38. The day Australian cricket lost its integrity and a country reacted with shock and anger
  39. How birth interventions affect babies' health in the short and long term
  40. Future 'ocean cities' need green engineering above and below the waterline
  41. Full response from a spokesperson for Paul Fletcher for a FactCheck on electricity prices and renewable energy policy
  42. are South Australia's high electricity prices 'the consequence' of renewable energy policy?
  43. Australia should steer clear of the sanction fight between the US and China
  44. satirist Armando Iannucci on The Death of Stalin
  45. Armando Iannucci's The Death of Stalin reveals the anxieties of team Putin
  46. why ball tampering is cheating
  47. The off-topic Conversation #157
  48. how some NZ brands are shortchanging domestic customers
  49. Coalition trails 47-53% in 29th consecutive Newspoll loss
  50. Should lab-grown meat be labelled as meat when it's available for sale?

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