Perhaps not an environmental pollutant that we are used to seeing dealt with, but according to a study, carried out at the University of California Berkeley, the average surfboard creates 375 pounds of CO2 emissions. Another great startup initiative from the HATCH Taronga Accelerator Program 2021, Sine Surf is tackling this environmental issue with their ingenious timber surfboards. Their innovative design and production, using timber and their nanosilica bio-epoxy composite, mean that their surfboards are one of the most sustainable manufactured surfboards on the planet. Read more about the startup here: https://sinesurf.com/

Ever wonder what the Great Barrier Reef tastes like?With 60L of pristine salt water collected from the John Brewer Reef, The Brewery Townsville have kegged a beer like no other; a German Gose style 'salty' beer made with water directly from the reef.Made with half wheat, half malted barley, hopped with lemon and corriander, and the reef water added directly to the mash tun, the Great Barrier Reef Gose promises a crisp and refreshing finish to quench your thirst in the heat of North Queensland.Limited to just 1600L, it wont last long.

Hydrogen Technologies (HT) has developed and tested prototype technology to introduce molecular hydrogen and supplementary oxygen to high density ship seawater holding tanks and land-based salt and freshwater holding tanks and ponds, for coral trout and other white meat finfish.The benefit of the technology is a significant reduction in mortality and an actual improvement in fish health thereby improving yield and grade price/kg of fish sold to market.See https://www.amgc.org.au/project/development-of-a-self-contained-all-in-one-calibrated-hydrogen-and-oxygen-supplementation-solution/

Born 1962, Wurundjeri/Boon Wurrung Country, Narrm. Lives and works between Gadigal Country, Sydney and Jerrinja Country, Currarong, NSW. Her practice encompasses collage, installation, event and performance. Projects are often collaborative and concerned with lineages of representation, politics and history. Some projects originate as political practices, others are picked up by cultural institutions. “Climate catastrophe is upon us. And yet, here we are, so far down the wrong road. Trumpeting a gas-led recovery. Watching wildlife disappear, forever. Still stealing stolen lands. Letting liars lie. Is it possible to imagine a way away from this precipice” Deborah Kelly https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMWhH75IFMY&t=4s

Great to support the space industry & the moon rover mission!Mr Gilmour said his company could manufacture and launch the rocket that would carry the Australian made payload to the moon and potentially land it as well. Gilmour Space Technologies is already at the forefront of Australia’s commercial space race, securing $61 million in a Series C round earlier this year – the largest private equity raise by a local space company. See https://www.innovationaus.com/gilmour-we-can-take-australian-made-rover-to-moon/

Koalas have home ranges and attachments to particular trees, but they also need to move – to escape fire and to live, breed, exp