A new report from Planet Ark shows that Australians are generally great recyclers at home. The report, titled ‘Second Nature: Recycling in Australia’, has been commissioned for National Recycling Week, which runs from 12-18 November. [ + ]

United Utilities has chosen Black & Veatch to support its new Ecology Consultancy Services Framework. [ + ]

A Darwin-based scientist has converted Aboriginal knowledge of Australia’s landscape into an environmental management tool. [ + ]

The City of Sydney has created a new online game to help residents sort their household rubbish and reduce waste going to landfill. The game and animation are being launched to coincide with National Recycling Week, which runs from 12-18 November. [ + ]

The prospect of creating clean, renewable hydrogen fuel is closer than ever after a breakthrough in our understanding of photosynthesis. [ + ]

The Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Jenny Macklin, has announced that remote Indigenous communities in the Kimberley region will benefit from a $40 million Australian Government program designed to help improve energy efficiency. [ + ]

A commitment to provide the public with reliable and easily accessible information and give robust, independent advice to the government on sustainability was a key outcome from the first meeting of Australia’s National Sustainability Council, held on 5 November 2012. [ + ]

The Australian Curriculum Project - Water Education in Schools aims to coordinate existing efforts in water education across Australia in order to update and develop new resources that are digital, interactive and aligned with the Australian Curriculum. [ + ]

A $30 million upgrade and expansion of Southern Water’s Huon Valley water supply infrastructure will provide a reliable and sustainable drinking water supply to local communities. [ + ]

A two-day workshop on the experience of developing countries in implementing and promoting the ISO 26000 guidance standard on social responsibility opened on 5 November in Geneva, Switzerland. [ + ]

People are more likely to install a solar panel on their home if their neighbours have one, according to a Yale and New York University study in the journal Marketing Science. [ + ]

The first two Green Star - As Built ratings for industrial facilities are proof that industrial facilities can be truly sustainable, according to the GBCA. [ + ]

Engineering, architecture and environmental consulting company GHD is responding to growing market needs for experienced tunnelling professionals by appointing Evan Stamatopoulos as its Major Projects Executive - Tunnels. [ + ]

Countries are attempting to balance global warming and the continued use of fossil fuels by developing clean coal technologies, states a new report by GlobalData. [ + ]

Rupert Posner, the newly appointed CEO of Good Environmental Choice Australia (GECA), says consumers need independent reassurance to avoid being taken in by greenwashing. [ + ]