Aussie Enviro

I've just moved to a new place last month and now have storage space to bulk buy this Black Friday. When I started looking for certain items, especially ones associated with health and wellbeing, I was quickly disgusted by the amount of blatant greenwashing and I was surprised to see some technically recyclable products are currently recommended to not be recycled by local council.

It's made me wonder about some brands which I had assumed were legitimately environmentally conscious, and I want to confirm I'm making a better choice before buying significant amounts of their products.

What are some resources for helping us make environmentally-conscious shopping choices? Such as suggesting or auditing products for environmental impact compared to competitors.

Episode also available on the Crikey website

So the Coalition has (again) decided to ditch net zero. How much should you care? Very little, according to Crikey climate contributor Ketan Joshi. Far more pressing is the state of climate, environment and energy policy-making by the Labor government — which could pass world-leading legislations with the help of a supportive Senate, but is instead pursuing its own form of climate denialism.

Joshi joins the podcast to explain which policies and amendments could change the game for Australia, spill some gossip about the bid to host COP31, and share how he remains committed to optimism even as the fossil fuel disinformation machine tries to kill hope.

Questions first, explanation underneath,

1. Are tetra-pak containers actually better for the environment? Or is it a bit of a con?

2. Would powdered Oat milk be better than tetra-pak, or other containers?

I'm getting into Oat milk, been a long time coming, finally just getting on and doing it.

We've ordered some Nimbus powdered online. But for now I've been drinking from the Tetra-pak Oat milks. Brands were Vitasoy and Oatley (apparently they're shipped from Europe? Wtf?).

I looked up thinkstep anz's comparative assessment of tetra-paks impacts and it comes out top. But this seems about as independent as a trouts flipper, so i'm not sure i trust their conclusion.

Any answers, or guidance would be muchly appreciated. :)

This event centers on Pacific voices and scientific insight to spotlight lethal humidity as a growing threat to human survival. It explores cascading impacts of extreme humid heat on health, food and migration, and calls for urgent global action to achieve Real Zero emissions and protect communities in a rapidly warming world.

Speakers:

Dr Andrew Forrest AO - Executive Chairman and Founder, Minderoo Foundation and Tattarang Dr Shanta Barley - Chair, Lethal Humidity Global Council The Hon. Josh Wilson - Assistant Minister for Climate Change & Energy, and Assistant Minister for Emergency Management, Australian Government The Hon. Dr Maina Talia - Minister for Home Affairs, Climate Change & Environment, Government of Tuvalu Dr Tzeporah Berman - Chair, Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative Dr Bill Hare - Founder and CEO, Climate Analytics

Hosted by: Minderoo Foundation

One in every 25 participants at 2025 UN climate summit is a fossil fuel lobbyist

Quite interesting that it's really just a fossil fuel gathering. Even Brazil is clearing the Amazon and still exploring for oil and gas

On another note, bit like having it in Australia, we're a "petro state" and should be banned from even attending, let alone how completely cringe it is to even LARP at concern, so lets hope we don't get it. The emissions involved to get everyone to the arse end of Australia (Adelaide) at the arse end of the world are ludicrious, better to use the funds to give GST exemptions on bicycle purchases and build better cycling infrastructure)

How understanding risk and resilience can help us target effective, child-sensitive climate investments

As climate change accelerates, children are disproportionately impacted due to their unique developmental characteristics. The climate crisis threatens children's immediate wellbeing and their futures, requiring targeted interventions to address needs. This event showcases how understanding climate risk specifically for children can drive effective investments which build resilience for children and their communities.

Hosted by: UNICEF Australia

A daily photographic glimpse into the collective effort to build trust, dialogue, and cooperation to accelerate meaningful climate action and deliver its benefits to all.

10 NOV 2025

Considering the global nature of Conference of the Parties (COP) we're relaxing the community rule requiring posts to have a relation to Australian environmental concerns for the duration of COP30 this year.

This is to allow users to post general COP news alongside regular posts.

Posts that don't overtly have a relation to Australia or COP might still be removed.

An easy way around this for users, for this COP period, is to describe in the post why they think the link has a particular relation to Australian concerns above and beyond the general nature of Australia's link to the world fucking cooking and ecosystems dying.

I know theres a bit of grey in this rule change idea. If it doesn't work, sorry in advance!

Good post on fire risk over on c/australia right now.

Refer to the UNCC page for general COP30 updates.

The Australian Pavillion was a fantastic hub last year for interesting and important conversations regarding climate change. I'm hoping for much the same this year, and will be a base for much of my viewing and posts around the goings.

Australian Pavilion at COP30, DCCEEW - Youtube Channel

UN Climate Change Conference - Belém, November 2025 - Updates

UN news

COP30 in Belém, Brazil begins next week. I'll be trying to follow along with a series of posts, and daily threads, mainly tracking the Australian Pavilion.

I haven't looked up the Pacific and Kiwis Pavillion yet, but might track their progress through the week as well.