Aust Conserv

Climate change, drought, water restrictions - when you mention the name of Australia as a country, these are just some of the terms which become associated with it. Although these environmental issues are not exclusive to Australia, the fact that desalination plants are planned to be built in Sydney, South Australia, Victoria and Perth are causes for alarm.

Read on to find out why and whether or not the process of desalination really is the ideal solution for the country's drought problem.

No matter which part of the world it is that you visit, you are bound to stumble upon a man-made structure which has a negative impact on its surrounding natural resources. Although prior studies about the possible ill-effects of a construction are conducted - you will never really know what the long-term effects are to the environment until it's already too late.

Will the same fate hold true for the supposedly bountiful sea life that South Australia has once the desalination plant has finished its construction? That is what we will try to find out here.

Landcare Australia and Coastcare are using World Environment Day as a call to action to get Australians motivated and engaged to do something to help our country and our planet.

The aim of the ‘Your Planet Needs You’ campaign is to make it easy for you to sign up to a volunteer register to say what skills you can offer (it could be anything really from hosting a BBQ to driving and even walking!)

Premier Anna Bligh described it as the worst environmental disaster that Queensland has ever seen. The Environmental Protection Agency or EPA said that it could potentially kill any wildlife which comes in contact with it. These are just some of the results of the cyclone oil spill which occurred on March 11 in the coast of Queensland.

So what exactly is it that triggered the oil spill? What will happen to the wildlife? What is the government doing to prevent any further damage that the oil spill can wreak to the environment?

Read on to find out more about the Brisbane oil spill which was caused by Cyclone Hamish.

Australia, New Zealand, the state of California in the United States and New Caledonia – these are the places in the world which are particularly prone to bushfires.  As the name implies, a bushfire is a fires which occurs in the bush which can be made of scrubland, woodland or grassland.

Take the southeastern part of Australia as an example.  Here, bushfires occur during the drought years, as well as the summer and autumn season. The situation becomes especially severe during warm and dry conditions.

And if you think that bushfires do not occur during the winter or the dry season, think again.  These weather patterns combined with the seasonal growth of the bush are the usual culprits to the occurrence and frequency of bushfires.

Read on to find out more information about bushfires, its and effects to the environment.

If you want to help save the environment, there is absolutely no need for you to invest in a thousand-dollar solar home energy system if this is something that you cannot realistically afford. Just like everything else, there are little, easy fixes that you can do on a daily basis in order to be more environmentally friendly.

Top 10 Environmentally-Friendly Things to Do

Whether it's at school, at home or in your office, you should always take into consideration the effect of what you are doing to the environment. Let's say that one household makes it a rule for the members of the family to use a glass rather than letting water from the faucet run while they're brushing their teeth. When you put together the water that will be saved by a millions household which are implementing this practice, the effects to the environment will be significant enough.