Global water woes: Australia's looming water crisis

28 Mar 2015 | With the world facing a 40% water shortfall by 2030 threatening Australia's food and water secu ...  

How IA exposed Santos' sneaky CSG con

21 Mar 2015 | If it wasn't for an Independent Australia's investigation by deputy editor Sandi Keane, CSG miner ...  

STUDY: Climate change helped trigger Syrian war

4 Mar 2015 | Researchers say climate change probably caused the savage drought that affected Syria nearly a ...  

Respect for farmers and a fair price for food

1 Dec 2014 | We are awestruck by writers, politicians and B-grade celebrities, writes Sophie Love, yet farmers ...  

Australia’s food security — much more important than trade pacts

9 Apr 2014 | With climate change biting, food security is becoming a vital issue for Australia's future, to ...  

Single stomachs help cut carbon emissions

3 Jan 2014 | Cutting greenhouse gas emissions from livestock involves much more than simply reducing meat-ea ...  

The humble gardener’s revolution

1 Dec 2013 | Instead of trying to control nature, how about a system of farming that works with nature? Dr ...  

Occupy 2.0

22 Sep 2013 | Two years after the Occupy Movement kicked off, a new peaceful protest movement has arisen in its ...  

Victorian Government ignores Gippsland gasfield concerns

7 Aug 2013 | Victoria's Gippsland region is the latest flashpoint in the pitched battle to save Australia’s ...  

What about our smaller farmers Minister Fitzgibbon?

22 Jul 2013 | The Asian Century Whitepaper speaks about opportunities for Australian agriculture, Dr Nick Rose ...  

Land grabs — the new global oil and gold rush

14 Jul 2013 | Deputy editor and environment editor, Sandi Keane, takes a look at what is driving global specu ...  

Is Monsanto killing our bees?

28 May 2013 | Many thousands of people gathered in 436 cities around the world on the weekend to protest against ...  

Let 'er rip Ted Baillieu could spell R.I.P.

7 Jan 2013 | Baillieu’s ‘let er rip’ approach to the environment could spell R.I.P. for his beleaguered ...  

Sneaky Santos caught out in CSG con

7 Nov 2012 | Energy giant Santos’ quest to win the hearts and minds of NSW farming communities about coal ...  

Simmonds Lumber goes "CSI" to combat illegal logging

24 Aug 2012 | Ethical Australian timber company Simmonds Lumber is using scientific innovation to helping stamp ...  

The neo-colonial G8 corporate takeover of African agricuture

24 Jul 2012 | What is being portrayed as charity is nothing more than a cynical neo-colonial raid by the G8 to ...  

Germany a coffee giant without growing a single bean

17 Jul 2012 | Germany is one of the leading coffee exporting countries in the world, without having a single ...  

Time for Australia to embrace industrial hemp

14 Jul 2012 |