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Housing prices are down – and that’s great for Australia
This month, economist Saul Eslake has put the government’s budget initiatives to lower housing prices in perspective… and it’s a very good thing for Australians and our economy. Residential property prices are falling in the capital cities, by an average of 2.5% in August according to property market data providers Cotality and Proptrack. Sydney and Melbourne…
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Bowen’s New Clean-Energy Triple Play
Encouraging changes are afoot as Federal Energy Minister Chris Bowen this month not only announced an expansion of the national rooftop solar rebate scheme to include large-capacity business, factory, farm and school sites but also a new data centre policy that is likely to rule out gas-powered facilities. Up to now, the federal solar rebate was capped…
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New ECOMIND Certificate launched to support youth climate activists facing mental health and burnout challenges
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As the new year gets off to a challenging start, scientists and experts offer steps to feel better in 2026
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Dr. Jane Goodall and Iain Douglas-Hamilton — videos celebrating the lives of two of the world’s most inspiring conservationists
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ANZ shareholders vote to demand disclosure of lending linked to deforestation and block executive pay plan at the bank’s AGM
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For the first time, Australian researchers have linked a new fossil fuel project – Woodside’s Scarborough gas project – to hundreds of deaths
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Tiny fish, big stakes: Australia’s fight to save the Red-finned Blue-eye highlighted in a new report calling for tiny fish to be protected
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Going Dry in January or February post the holidays? Here’s why even a month off is great for your mind, body and mental health
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Wishing all of our clients and friends a wonderful, low-impact Christmas and holiday season.
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This holiday season, don’t miss David Attenborough’s Ocean
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Australia’s food future: A recipe for trouble?
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New ECOMIND Certificate launched to support youth climate activists facing mental health and burnout challenges
As Australia’s youth climate movement faces the growing crisis of rising climate change impacts and an increasingly volatile political and social environment, burnout, disengagement and fragmentation among young activists is a growing threat. ECOMIND is working with a team of researchers and young people to design a climate mental health certificate to help young Australians…
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As the new year gets off to a challenging start, scientists and experts offer steps to feel better in 2026
As 2026 kicks off with what seems like a litany of bad news stories, scientists and health experts are emphasising that feeling better this year won’t come from dramatic life changes, but from small, evidence-based habits that build over time. From avoiding trying to be perfect and channelling your anger to prioritising socialising and taking…
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Dr. Jane Goodall and Iain Douglas-Hamilton — videos celebrating the lives of two of the world’s most inspiring conservationists
At the passing of iconic conservationists, Dr. Jane Goodall and Iain Douglas-Hamilton, we share inspiring videos about their incredible decades of work to protect and educate about our natural world. Dr. Jane Goodall, the pioneering primatologist and environmental advocate, transformed humanity’s understanding of the natural world through her groundbreaking research on wild chimpanzees in Tanzania…
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ANZ shareholders vote to demand disclosure of lending linked to deforestation and block executive pay plan at the bank’s AGM
Shareholders at ANZ’s AGM late last year delivered an unmistakable signal to the nation’s fourth-largest bank: provide greater transparency on nature-related finance risks and executive accountability. Investors not only registered a “strike” against the bank’s executive remuneration report but also delivered a world-record vote in favour of a deforestation resolution — underscoring rising investor concern…
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For the first time, Australian researchers have linked a new fossil fuel project – Woodside’s Scarborough gas project – to hundreds of deaths
Global warming from Woodside’s massive Scarborough gas project off Western Australia would lead to 484 additional heat-related deaths in Europe alone this century, and kill about 16 million additional corals on the Great Barrier Reef, new UNSW and ANU research has revealed. Their ground-breaking research was recently published in Nature magazine’s international Policy Journal. The…
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Tiny fish, big stakes: Australia’s fight to save the Red-finned Blue-eye highlighted in a new report calling for tiny fish to be protected
They’re so small, they’d fit on your fingertip. Yet tiny fish are big players in ensuring freshwater ecosystems are healthy: they recycle nutrients and act as essential bioindicators. A new report by charity SHOAL Conservation calls for international protection for tiny fish species, including Australia’s Red-finned Blue-eye. The new report by the UK-based charity SHOAL…
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Going Dry in January or February post the holidays? Here’s why even a month off is great for your mind, body and mental health
For all of you undertaking a dry January or February after the holidays, Alcohol Change UK, founders of Dry January, has good news for you…even one month off alcohol is great for your liver, gut, sleep, brain, skin and mood. January’s (or February’s — the shortest month of the year!) annual wave of sobriety —…
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Wishing all of our clients and friends a wonderful, low-impact Christmas and holiday season.
As we head toward the end of the year, the Ethinvest team would like to wish all our clients, colleagues and friends all the best for a wonderful Christmas or Hannukah and a great new year. We appreciate working with you all year long! For great ideas on reducing the waste and impact of the…
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This holiday season, don’t miss David Attenborough’s Ocean
If you haven’t seen it yet, make time over the break to take in what many believe is David Attenborough’s best documentary yet, Ocean, showing us that saving our global oceans also means saving ourselves and life on land. David Attenborough draws on a lifetime of experience to reveal Earth’s most spectacular underwater habitats, evidence…
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Australia’s food future: A recipe for trouble?
Two major developments in global nutrition research and national policy have collided, raising questions about the future health of Australians. A landmark international review has found that ultra-processed foods (UPFs) are linked to harm in nearly every major organ system, while Australia’s new national food policy could make these products even more dominant in the…