Australian salmon should be avoided according to the experts.

Want to avoid farmed Atlantic salmon? Get hooked on these alternatives instead

Experts advise avoiding the Tasmanian-farmed fish variety following recent catastrophic events. Here are some alternative – and more sustainable – catches to try instead.

  • Ardyn Bernoth

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CLT with TLC.

New Sydney homes that go up ‘like a Lego kit’

A leading architect whose clients include 20 of Australia’s richest people is experimenting with fast,sustainable materials on a row of four terraces in Bondi Junction.

  • Julie Power
Each Australian consumes around 2 kilos of salmon per year.

Planning tonight’s dinner? Don’t eat Atlantic salmon before reading this

Some people are under the illusion that farmed salmon is a sustainable industry. But if you’re feeling hungry,read this first.

  • Peter Singer
The apartment-specific rebate - which will be replicated in NSW - covers up to 75 per cent,and in some cases all,of the cost of installing panels. It is open until February next year.

Why do so few apartments in Sydney and Melbourne have cost-saving solar panels?

It’s a question that has long frustrated governments and apartment dwellers,particularly as Australia is a world leader in rooftop solar.

  • Simon Johanson
Laura Boyd.

Could you buy nothing for a whole year? The Aussies curbing their shopping habits

A no-buy challenge may sound restrictive,but for those who have done it,it’s brought freedom.

  • Lauren Ironmonger
O’Malley cats rights

‘Exterminate the brutes’:Should stray cats be killed or cared for?

A parliamentary inquiry into containment laws in NSW has sparked debate about a controversial policy spreading around the world.

  • Nick O'Malley
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Dr Laura Ryan at her nearly off the grid home in Newtown.

One big bummer ruined Laura Ryan’s dream of going off-grid in the inner city

Dr Laura Ryan has been a guinea pig for how to go off the grid in a small inner-city terrace. She nearly succeeded,except for “one real bummer” that cut her energy production by half.

  • Julie Power
Brad Pettitt taught his daughter to ride without training wheels on Rottnest Island.

Hey Perth,want inspiration for a sustainable city? Just look to the horizon

Rottnest Island/Wadjemup is in many ways everything that Greater Perth is not.

  • Brad Pettitt
Lori Spence and her two children try to celebrate Christmas in a sustainable way.

A pot plant tree,homemade gifts:How to have a sustainable Christmas

The Christmas season affects more than just our wallets and waistlines,so how can you reduce the impact of your yuletide celebrations on the environment?

  • Alyssa Talakovski
Woodside's plans to exploit Australia’s largest untapped gas resource,off the coast of Western Australia,have hit a snag. High-profile Australians including Tim Winton and John Butler are uniting to fight the project.
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Untapped beauty:The battle to save the wild Scott Reef from mining

Woodside's plans to exploit Australia’s largest untapped gas resource,off the coast of Western Australia,have hit a snag. High-profile Australians including Tim Winton and John Butler are uniting to fight the project.