environment

Designing a better world

08 Jan 2008

A team of first year Civil and Environmental Engineering students from UNSW is about to gain first-hand experience helping developing communities in India.

Eco-giving takes presents of mind

21 Dec 2007

Being eco-friendly this Christmas takes more than just saying no to plastic bags when buying gifts and goodies, a UNSW researcher has warned.

A right to the environment?

24 Sep 2007

The Advisory Council of Jurists of the Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions met at UNSW's Faculty of Law to begin a four day meeting to consider the right to the environment.

Human rights in a changing environment

26 Apr 2007

How is the changing environment impacting on human rights? Leading experts will debate the issue at the Australian Human Rights Centre's symposium, Securing the Environment: the challenge of protecting human rights in a changing environment to be held at UNSW.

Designs on a healthy environment

06 Mar 2007

UNSW researchers have been working to ensure that the current multi-million dollar Liverpool Hospital redevelopment is designed for all people in the area - even if they never step foot in the building.

Floods cause feeding and breeding frenzy

06 Feb 2007

Floods across large parts of western Queensland will produce a bird bonanza lasting six to nine months, according to UNSW researcher Professor Richard Kingsford.