The saying “take only pictures, steal only time, leave only footprints” isn’t one you would normally associate with a three-day music festival – that is, until now. Nicky Champ discovers how Peats Ridge are environmentally redefining music festivals.

Brian Walters, on the verge of becoming the first member of the Greens to win a lower house seat in Victoria, remembers just how tough it was in the beginning, writes Josh Kenworthy.

Brigid Mullane spoke to Dr Matthew James on Australia’s nascent rare earth industry and its place in the international market.

The organic food industry faces contamination and health risks if trials for GE wheat are allowed out of the laboratories.

Frozen halal meat from Australia is sold in supermarkets in the Middle-East alongside meat from animals shipped there live in controversial conditions. Michael Carter reports on the alternatives to live export.

Carbon capture storage is promoted by governments and the mining industry worldwide as a solution to climate change. But can it hold up to its promises?Lauren Kelleher reports.

Victoria prepares for summer with a bushfire briefing after warnings of a tough season from the Bureau of Meteorology. Faith Valencia reports.

Man’s best friend is facing a crisis as puppy farming rapidly becomes one of Australia’s most pressing animal welfare problems. Christie Sinclair reports.

Green business now stands for good business, and Australia’s design and building industry is leading the trend worldwide. Dave Drayton reports.

Plans to build nine dams on the main stretch of the Mekong river in Laos has outraged environmentalists and humanitarian groups, reports Dominic Geiger.