Collaboration between Australia's waste companies, recyclers and the Total Environment Centre has resulted in the release of a national plan to prevent two billion tonnes of carbon dioxide from entering the atmosphere. [ + ]

A team of coral researchers has taken a major stride towards revealing the workings of the 'engine' that drives Australia's Great Barrier Reef and corals the world over. [ + ]

ACX (Australian Climate Exchange) has launched the Melbourne-based carbon trading exchange. [ + ]

In conjunction with the Water Corporation, ABB Australia has officially launched the name of the Water Corporation and ABB SCADA Alliance — the Integrated Control Engineering (ICE) Alliance. [ + ]

National Walk to Work Day (WTWD) will be held around Australia on Friday 5 October 2007 to promote better health and a cleaner environment. By registering, individuals, businesses and organisations can help to improve our health and environment, while supporting four major Australian charities. [ + ]

The Australian Profibus Association will be hosting accredited Profibus training courses in Sydney and Perth in October 2007. [ + ]

Dr John Church of CSIRO has been awarded the 2007 University of New South Wales Eureka Prize for Scientific Research. [ + ]

The second annual Eco Expo Asia will be held 27–30 October. This year it will highlight the theme of ‘Indoor Air Quality (IAQ)’, as this has become one of the increasing concerns in both the environmental health and safety field and the general public. [ + ]

Despite high average annual rainfalls and balmy temperatures, an expert from The Australian National University warns that small island nations in the Pacific face freshwater supply and sanitation problems among the most critical in the world. [ + ]

Sustainable House Day (SHD) is a national open house day for sustainably designed houses organised by the Australian and New Zealand Solar Energy Society (ANZSES). The 6th annual event will be held 8 – 9 September 2007. [ + ]

The 10th International Riversymposium & Environmental Flows Conference has teamed with Climate Friendly to implement a climate-neutral event and offset its carbon emissions. [ + ]

The Ethos Foundation and Green Cross Australia are presenting a one-day ‘Leading for the Future’ roundtable on climate change at Queensland Parliament House on Wednesday 29 August. [ + ]

In the lead-up to the federal election, Australian industry is calling for priority action to clean up the nation's legacy of past industrial contamination, to enhance the nation's ‘clean green’ export image. [ + ]

Australia's clean-up scientists are getting ready to kick ASS (otherwise known as acid sulphate soils). [ + ]

The food, beverage, packaging and manufacturing industries are invited to submit an abstract for the 2008 Australian Institute of Packaging (AIP) National Conference, to be held 12-13 June 2008 at Luna Park, Sydney. [ + ]