In this issue

	Issue 170

Features

Sustainable neighbourhoods: the cohousing model The ‘housing crisis' in our cities is firmly on the national agenda. Gilo Holtzman reports on a long-standing housing model that offers the promise of affordability, sustainability and social cohesion. Learn more

Fish as friends not food in sharks' social networks ‘Fish are friends, not food,' says Bruce the Shark in the movie Finding Nemo, during a group-therapy-style meeting for marine predators. But could sharks and fish really be friends? In a statistical way, they could. Learn more

Climate-resilient restoration of box gum grassy woodlands
Box gum grassy woodlands are an iconic part of the eastern Australian landscape and once extended across large parts of inland south-eastern Australia. On trial sites on farmland in southern and central New South Wales, CSIRO is looking at ways of restoring these unique ecosystems to improve their resilience to a drying, warming climate.
Learn more

Green shoots from brownfield roots While brownfield sites present many challenges for developers, they may be the key to sustainable growth in the face of intense population pressures on our cities. Learn more

Allan Jones and energy efficiency: just getting things done
Allan Jones is the man in charge of steering the City of Sydney’s ambitious plan to produce 100 per cent of its electricity needs from local energy and to reduce emissions by 70 per cent by 2030. Like his hero, the nineteenth century British engineer Isambard Brunel, he has a reputation for ‘just getting things done’.
Learn more

Computer power stacks up for flood mitigation The best tools to mitigate the effects of floods such as those we've seen recently literally splashed across our TV screens may not be levies or sandbags, but computers. Learn more