
Climate Council

In the fast-paced and demanding world we live in, finding moments of stillness and calm can be challenging. In an attempt to find a little peace...
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Perfect plant-based pikelets? Yes please! Make a big batch for your next Sunday brunch, or to freeze for quick and easy weekday breakfasts that...
This beautiful custard tart can be adorned with any stone fruit you please. We’ve used apricots, but peaches or nectarines would be wonderful,...
Simple yet sophisticated, this rich blend of creamy Licor 43 Horchata with fresh espresso is the perfect spark to ignite your night.
Our friends at Sanitarium share this hearty and warming winter soup, fragrantly spiced and packed with the goodness of extra vegetables, toasted...
Dainty sandwich fingers with the satisfying umami of vegan bacon and lashings of cream cheese make the perfect savoury inclusion in a classic...
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.
Love yourself by saying yes to desserts made from feel-good ingredients, including a sprinkling of #selfworth, #lettinggo, #ease&flow, and...
One month. No meat. What a difference it can make! Here’s why we should all give No Meat May a go this year.
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You can’t go wrong with a crumble, and this beautiful berry-licious version by plant-based chef Cynthia Louise is no exception.
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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.