Reasons to hope No. 9

Hello Recycle Heroes! Here’s some great news for your Monday morning:

• Glamping for Potoroos, Bandicoots and other small Australian native animals -

Dr Alex Carthey and her initiative group ReHabitat have created flat-pack biodegradable habitats to help re-house our ground-dwelling animals after bushfires. Not only do they protect them from predators, but the materials break down into nutrients for insects which become food for the wildlife. Talk about a cyclical ecosystem!

Alex Carthey, Emily Hegarty, Angela Rana & Guy Dixon

• These students are doing the hard yards to keep Australia green

The Green Group from Dapto High school have taken it upon themselves to plant a 10 x 10 metre ‘tiny forest’ across from their school. Over 256 plants, trees and shrubs all in the mix, with 111 different species have turned what used to be just a dirt patch into a thriving ecosystem 💪

Wollongong Botanic Garden

• These stars are helping to bring back the beauty of the Great Barrier Reef

Tarquin Singleton, Yirrganydji man and cultural officer and project manager of the Reef Cooperative, and his conservation team are building metal structures to reinforce and encourage growth in coral environments. Over the past few years the team has reported a significant increase in the speed of the growth.

• The  Australian government has officially joined the Climate Club

Australia has joined the The Group of Seven (G7) group of advanced economies — consisting of the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, France, Italy, Germany and Japan, who are working towards net zero emissions by 2050. In March, parliament passed a law requiring Australia's biggest greenhouse gas polluters reduce their emissions or pay for carbon credits. We are on the right track!

Reuters: Fabrizio Bensch