Australia's largest engineering event, Convention 2014, is set to feature a half-day forum on enterprise sustainability. Organised by Engineers Australia, the Business Enterprise Sustainability Forum will be held on 27 November from 1-6 pm. [ + ]

Scientists from Southern Cross University have discovered that flood events dramatically increase the release of greenhouse gases from coastal floodplains into the atmosphere where the landscape's hydrology has been modified by human activity. [ + ]

Professional services company GHD has named Blair Shackleton as Market Leader - Water for Western Australia. Shackleton is a chartered chemist with more than 33 years' experience in the water and power industries. [ + ]

As the world is abuzz with talk of declining bee populations, a new book by Cliff Van Eaton has revealed that the issue is dependent on economic factors as well as environmental ones. [ + ]

A US research collaboration has developed a new polymer which, when used added to a solar cell, improves the efficiency of that cell. [ + ]

New Zealand research has found that more and more of the country's citizens are shifting their power to solar energy. The study was led by Dr Rebecca Ford, a lecturer at Victoria University of Wellington's School of Engineering and Computer Science. [ + ]

The Australian Government has released the Energy Green Paper - a document which includes policy approaches to ensure reliable and affordable energy that supports business competitiveness, lowers the cost of living and grows exports. [ + ]

Road Lighting 2015, to be held from 9-10 March in Auckland, will help New Zealand road lighting authorities learn about LED road lighting developments that could halve the country's road lighting costs. [ + ]

The National Landcare Awards gala dinner, held last week in Melbourne's Royal Exhibition Building, celebrated 25 years of Landcare and the outstanding individuals and groups who are excelling in their delivery of a range of different landcare projects. [ + ]

Forty small and medium businesses from around Australia have submitted an open letter to the government, urging it to retain the Renewable Energy Target (RET) and reject the recommendations of the recent review to shut down or severely reduce the target. [ + ]

Resourceful Events is this week holding the International Mining and Resources Conference (IMARC 2014). Held at the Melbourne Conference and Exhibition Centre from 22-26 September, the event brings together mining leaders, policymakers, financiers, technical experts, innovators and educators under one roof. [ + ]

Researchers from the UTS Institute for Sustainable Futures have been awarded a grant from the NSW Government to introduce food sustainability into the curriculum for student chefs and event managers at Sydney TAFE. [ + ]

Professor Peter Newman AO - former NSW Sustainability Commissioner in Sydney and Project Leader for the CRC for Low Carbon Living (CRCLCL) - today presented the seminar 'Low Carbon Research in The Wild West' at UNSW. [ + ]

In an effort to discourage smokers from discarding their cigarette butts on the street, the City of Sydney has launched the YUK anti-butt campaign. From 17 September to 2 October, visitors to Wynyard Park will find a 2 x 5 m Perspex sign made out of cigarette butts, spelling out the word "yuk". [ + ]

Engineers Australia is bringing Convention 2014 - said to be the largest engineering event ever held in the Southern Hemisphere - to Melbourne from 24-28 November. [ + ]