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Floods hit two Australian states, thousands evacuated - AlertNet

Floods hit two Australian states, thousands evacuated - AlertNet | Sustain Our Earth | Scoop.it

Massive summer floods have killed four people and forced thousands of people to evacuate their homes across two Australian states on Tuesday, disrupting air and rail travel and coal production.

A deluge fed by the ex-tropical cyclone Oswald dumped more than 200 millimetres (8 inches) of rain in some areas of the Queensland and New South Wales states over the past three days, swelling rivers and swamping towns.

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Five of the World’s Most Sustainable Building Concepts

Five of the World’s Most Sustainable Building Concepts | Sustain Our Earth | Scoop.it

As most of us know from hearing the word too many times, sustainable building covers a very wide range of definitions. But regardless of how we might define something and spar on who has the best meaning, the idea of practicing sustainability for what we build and how we live is a measure we should put into practice as often as possible. Here is one analysis by guest writer, Jay-Jay Stephens, concerning five of the world’s most sustainable building concepts. In hopes of creating a dynamic platform about sustainability, your comments are invited so we might expand our reporting on the subject...


Via Lauren Moss, Digital Sustainability
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