We don’t talk about them as much, but blue spaces can have an equally beneficial impact on our health and wellbeing as green spaces. In fact, the science has been consistently putting forward for more than a decade that being by water is good for body and mind.
They are pervasive and appear in almost every corner of the globe. Primary and secondary microplastics have been discovered in oceans, lakes, water bodies, soil, the atmosphere – and even within our food supply and drinking water!
Read about their impact and how can we reduce the amount of microplastics in the environment.
New bioretention filter media specs are out and available for free download from our website.
In addition to providing specifications for filter media, it gives great advice and options to improve and maintain healthy plants in bioretention systems.
What was just a pipe dream in creating sustainable stormwater management systems is now becoming reality thanks to a long-standing Water by Design program that teams best practice research, community action, and proactive policy to tackle this wicked problem with innovative solutions.
Read more about the Living Waterways program and six cool projects being delivered right here in Queensland.
If you wanted to have your say in a new inquiry into plastic pollution in Australia’s oceans and waterways, time is running out.
A flotilla of local kayakers took to the water last weekend removing litter from Brisbane’s iconic Breakfast Creek.
The kayaks were manned by passionate community members who put up their hands to take part in a two-hour clean up paddle session to remove the problematic build-up of plastics and other rubbish that accumulates in this important tributary of the Brisbane River.
Healthy Land & Water
Level 11, 240 Queen St
GPO Box 735
MEANJIN (BRISBANE)
QLD 4001
Australia
Healthy Land and Water Ltd
ABN 91 115 662 989
