Brisbane Sustainability News

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Recycled Cycles and Bamboo Bikes

How green is your cycle?

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Shade Cloths that Generate Solar Power

Super solar solutions for your backyard.

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Shell Begins Construction on World’s Largest Floating Object

An energy crisis is looming. In light of this, Royal Dutch Shell are constructing the world’s largest man-made floating object.

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Turning Trash to Gas in a Powerful World of Waste

A small-scale device created by Agnion could be used by supermarkets, hospitals and shopping centres to make the most of the waste they create.

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Branding That’s Friendly First Thing in the Morning

Branding to make you smile, even before your morning coffee hits home.

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Highly Efficient Aero-Train Prototype that Actually Flies

A new prototype that would eliminate the problem of friction between a train and its tracks by flying extremely close to the ground.

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The Best 2024 Christmas Markets in Brisbane for Presents, Produce and Festive Feels

Whether you're keen on festive produce, design wares, locally made gifts, a North Pole bar or Christmas pudding-flavoured ice cream, there's a seasonal market for it in Brisbane.
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The Best Nurseries and Plant Shops in Brisbane

Fill your home and garden with gorgeous green babies from any of these Brisbane nurseries and plant shops.
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The Best 2023 Christmas Markets in Brisbane for Presents, Produce and Festive Feels

There's really no reason to go within a square kilometre of a shopping centre this year thanks to the best Christmas markets in Brisbane.
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Ten Creative Events to Browse, Buy, Peer, Feast and Dance Your Way Through at Brisbane Art Design 2023

Art lovers and design devotees, May in Brisbane is your time to shine — here's what you need to see.
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Seven Vivid Sydney Highlights You Need to Add to Your Winter Calendar

With pop-up cabaret bars, thought-provoking conversations and free live music, the 2022 run of Vivid Sydney is set to shine bright.
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Eight Stunning Locally Made Jigsaw Puzzles for When Boredom Strikes (Again)

Got too much time to kill? Instead of flicking on the TV, give these beautiful, brain-tickling gems a go.
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All the Best Australian-Made Picnic Gear for Your Next Park Session

Keep your drinks cool and your shopping local when you plan your next picnic outing.
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Six of This Year's Biggest Boxing Day Sales

Score up to 70 percent off wine, cruelty-free makeup and activewear at these online sales.
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Six of This Year's Biggest Black Friday Sales

Score up to 70 percent off reusable cups, homewares and sportswear at these online sales.
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Brisbane's Best New Spaces of 2018

Six of the most stunning and thought provoking new buildings, artworks and venues to arrive in Brisbane this year.

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Recharge Between Classes in Solar-Power Seats

A team from MIT have created outdoor furniture which can charge your phone and computer by solar-power.

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Next Step for Sustainable Cities: Smog-Eating Buildings

Imagine if the materials a skyscraper is made from could eliminate the pollution it produces?

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Sustainable City in United Arab Emirates

First glimpses at a sustainable city sprouting roots in Abu Dhabi.

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Floating Golf Course in the Maldives

Obscene and indulgent or responsible and socially inclusive? Maldives begins work on floating golf course.

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Green Thumbs Up for Gardening Made Simple

Self-contained gardening kit includes all the bits and pieces to satisfy your green thumb.

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Street Advertising Revealed Only in the Rain

Fresh Green Ads creates street campaigns with eco-friendly materials that are revealed with a spot of wet weather.

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Mother Nature May Earn Legal Rights in Bolivia

Bolivia is proposing a treaty that will grant legal rights to the environment.

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Beyond Coal Kicks Ash

An environmental organisation partners with an underwear brand to create Beyond Coal, a company that sells underwear to raise money to spread awareness of the dangers of coal.

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The T-Box Captures Wind Power From Trains

The T-Box can harness wind energy from moving trains to generate power.

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Juice in a Box Encourages Environmental Awareness in Children

Reusable juice boxes encourage young children to be eco-friendly.

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iPods Charged by the Human Heart

New nanotechnology can lead to self-generated energy that can power iPods and other portable devices.

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Underwater Art Hopes to Regenerate Coral Reefs

Underwater artwork helps repair and preserve threatened coral reefs.

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Brisbane Gin Festival

Fri, 4 Apr - Sun, 6 Apr 2025
Brisbane Showgrounds, Bowen Hills

This boozy festival is bringing 50 craft gin distillers from around the country to Brisbane Showgrounds for three days of masterclasses and tastings.

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New Year's Eve in Brisbane

Tue, 31 Dec, 2024
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Les Misérables: The Arena Spectacular

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Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Boondall

You'll hear the people sing when this arena spectacular version of Victor Hugo's famous 1862 novel hits Brisbane.

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Rhys Darby: The Legend Returns

Wed, 30 Apr, 2025
Princess Theatre, Woolloongabba

The New Zealand comedian is bringing his first stand-up show in almost a decade to Brisbane.

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Lifeline Bookfest — Summer

Sat, 18 Jan - Mon, 27 Jan 2025
Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, South Brisbane

It's time to stock up on soap opera-themed cookbooks and other treasures you didn't know you needed — again.
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Festive High Tea

Fri, 1 Nov - Sun, 29 Dec 2024
Living Room Bar, Brisbane City

'Tis the season to build your own gingerbread house over festive-themed cocktails at Brisbane's W Hotel's Christmas high tea.

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$2 Summer Dips

Sun, 1 Dec 2024 - Fri, 28 Feb 2025
Various Brisbane venues, Brisbane

You can enjoy a swim in Brisbane City Council's 22 public pools for just $2 all summer long.
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Brisbane Comedy Festival

Wed, 23 Apr - Sun, 25 May 2025
Brisbane Powerhouse, New Farm

Get ready to laugh: Rhys Darby, Ross Noble and Boozy Shakespeare are on the lineup when Brisbane's annual comedy festival returns for 2025.

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Christmas in Brisbane

Fri, 22 Nov 2024 - Fri, 31 Jan 2025
Various locations across Brisbane, Brisbane

From a festive maze to a free light and sound experience, here's how Brisbane's CBD and South Bank is celebrating Christmas in 2024.
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Moonlight Cinema Brisbane

Thu, 21 Nov 2024 - Sun, 16 Feb 2025
Roma Street Parklands, Brisbane

Catch 'The Fall Guy', 'Gladiator II', 'Challengers' and a heap of Christmas movies under the stars in Roma Street Parklands.

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The Revolutionary Masterplan for Mentougou Eco Valley Development

Eriksson Architects have designed the most modern environment friendly development to date, the Mentougou Eco-Valley.

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Win A Grant for Your Big Green Idea

The British Council are offering grants up to $20,000 for eco-entrepreneurs.

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Looking Beyond Earth Hour

2011 hopes to go Beyond the Hour after Earth Hour on March 26.

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Planting the Seeds of Life in Garbage City

The Seeds of Life design hopes to change Garbage City's trash troubles into an eco-friendly skyscraper community.

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A Mobile that Can Recharge in your Pocket

An environmentally friendly mobile phone that can run on body heat

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Silicone Speakers for Sharing Music Anywhere

Foldable, stackable, washable and virtually indestructible, Tembo Trunks sustainable silicone speakers let you share your tunes wherever you are.

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Pepsi Develops 100% Sustainable Plant-Based Bottle

Pepsi trumps Coke with a 100% plant-based bottle made of switch grass, pine bark and corn husks.

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Food From The Sky Creates Rooftop Gardens in London

London supermarket plants a garden on the roof to promote sustainable fruit and vegetable production in cities.

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Eco-Friendly Alternative to Plastic USBs

Each Flashkus is created from thin strips of recyclable cardboard, allowing for easy disk-labeling and the potential to recycle the body of the disk once you're done.

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Australia’s Biggest Garage Sale

The Garage Sale Trail will be held on Sunday, April 10 this year in backyards, front yards and garages right across Australia.

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Homes Getting Cheaper and Smaller by Design

With the global economy in a less than premium position, sustainable micro-houses might be awaiting us all in the future.

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TED 2011’s Big Idea for Global Sustainability

Interchangeable life-size Lego parts have the power to completely democratise industrial production in a sustainable way.

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Kite-Powered Car Drives Across Australia

A unique take on raising environmental awareness involves a kite and a pair of German 'extreme sportsmen.'

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