
Climate Council

Bolster your mental health during the depths of winter by resisting the urge to hibernate indoors.
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As the weather cools, we let the kitchen warm us. We’re roasting, we’re baking, we’re making pies and tarts and pizza. Yum!
Tender chickpeas and meaty pulled oyster mushrooms are cooked to perfection in a luxurious creamy sauce to create this irresistible plant-powered...
Forget Taco Tuesday, you’ll want to taco every day with this bright and colourful dish! It’s versatile and powered with probiotics from...
Who doesn't love a big bowl of steaming noodles? Try this healthier version of one of our favourite Thai dishes.
The ultimate vehicle for a colourful array of vegetables (vary the mix by season or as you choose), this rich and fragrant korma with tender...
These decadent doughnuts are gluten-free, refined sugar free, and easy to make. What's not to like!
We have such fond memories of sitting at a warung (local cafe) in Bali, eating sweet banana pancakes. These are so damn easy to make and we hope...
Spraying sheets and pillows with calming scents can be a wonderful aid to slumber
The next time you go for a walk, discover the wonder of the everyday world around you
A skincare routine can be a way to nourish yourself inside and out
When the clouds converge, practise gratitude for the smallest of glimmers, and learn to dance in the rain.
Seaweed may just be the unlikely superhero we need in the climate crisis.
Seaweed, previously the unwanted guest at your beach party, is now increasingly associated with sushi, superfoods, spa treatments and – among scientists, at least – solutions to climate change.
So just how, exactly, can seaweed help us tackle the climate crisis? Increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, mostly due to fossil fuel combustion, is driving rapid climate change. As the atmospheric carbon dioxide goes up, so too does the carbon dioxide in the oceans.
We know that we need to stop burning fossil fuels, fast. But we also need to remove some of the carbon dioxide that’s already in the air and oceans. And that’s where seaweed comes in.
Like other plants, as seaweed grows it absorbs carbon dioxide. But what makes seaweed a particularly appealing carbon sink is its growth rate: about 30 to 60 times the rate of land-based plants. This rapid turnover rate makes it ideal for mass scale production.
On top of this, some species of seaweed are super stable and don’t break down easily, meaning they have high potential for long-term carbon storage. Plus, seaweed can also be harvested and used to produce biofuels, reducing our need for fossil fuels.
Researchers have estimated that if nine percent of the world’s ocean surface were used for seaweed farming, we would be removing 53 billion tonnes of CO2 from the atmosphere. And that’s just from the absorption of carbon during the growing process!
If that seaweed was then harvested and processed, it could also produce enough biofuels to replace ALL of today’s fossil fuel energy needs. The nutrients left over from this process could then be recycled to assist with further seaweed farming. And it doesn’t stop there. Seaweed farming can also produce safe sites for breeding fish populations, as well as reversing ocean acidification.
The technology that’s needed to achieve this level of global seaweed farming is already available and in use, however on a much smaller scale. Seaweed farming is well established in Asia, and China is leading the way with hundreds of square kilometres of seaweed farms off its coast.
The technology is slowly expanding into other regions, but there aren’t any offshore sites in Australia… yet! However, ProBono Australia recently reported, “The team behind the 2040 documentary have teamed up with The Climate Foundation, The Intrepid Foundation and the University of Tasmania to build Australia’s first seaweed platform, off Tasmania’s eastern coast.”
If seaweed can remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, and also reduce fossil fuel dependency by providing a sustainable source of biofuels, we definitely hope to see more of it in the future.
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Burgs are life! We love all the classics, and they are tastier and better for you when filled with plants.
If you haven’t tried sweet pizza before, it’s time to fix that! In this recipe, homemade pizza bases are smothered with sweet bechamel, and...
The star of the dish is the cashew cream. Be sure to push the veggies down so they are covered before baking. The magic happens when they soak up...
The ultimate vehicle for a colourful array of vegetables (vary the mix by season or as you choose), this rich and fragrant korma with tender...
Spraying sheets and pillows with calming scents can be a wonderful aid to slumber
The next time you go for a walk, discover the wonder of the everyday world around you
A skincare routine can be a way to nourish yourself inside and out
When the clouds converge, practise gratitude for the smallest of glimmers, and learn to dance in the rain.