Planning, and planting, for humans and animals in a more crowded, warmer future

Story and pictures by Georgie Preston

When the cat’s away: Time’s up on roaming moggies, experts say

Story by Charlotte Walkling

Elegant and devastating, feral deer stir passions as they chomp through ecosystems and farmland

Story by James Worsfold

Trout are a prized catch for anglers, but experts warn these ‘freshwater rabbits’ threaten native fishes

Story by Brendan Kearns

Bendigo’s natural advantage a ray of shine in the renewables landscape

Story by James Costa

Siren call: El Nino return sparks fears of fiery future

Story by Jacob Wallace

Soils ain’t soils: green ag’s field day for farmers battling costs and heat

Words by Michael Jeong

Meltdown: health risks of a warming world worst for young, old and poor

Story by Jerome Des Preaux

Sun, sea and … storm surges: bayside buyers beware

Story by Gideon Cohen Pauline Février Hannah Vandenbogaerde

‘It consumes your life’: Landfill’s rotten smells and toxic history

Words by Marilyn Tan Xinyi Li

‘Set up for failure’: Bush GPs frustrated by ‘chaotic’ locum system

Story by Jordyn Beazley

‘We don’t feel it’s safe’: The systemic failures in rural healthcare

Story by Jordyn Beazley

‘Breaks your heart’: Rural kids waiting on critical development services

Words by Jordyn Beazley

For young, COVID is what happens when you’re busy making other plans

Words by Alyssa Herr

For creatives on the cusp, 2020 is one long, heartbreaking performance

Words by Sean Goodwin

Young Chinese Australians suffer outbreak of another cruel disease – racism

Words by Wing Kuang

In the inhospitable COVID world, service industry casualties pile up

Words by Benjamin Silvester

As international student hotspots empty out, housing market reels

Words by Sakshi Agrawal

For cultures hit by earlier pandemics, memory triggers instinct to panic early

Words by Connor Amor-Bendall

Life without a safety net: an international student’s story

Words by Yuhan Zhang

When the best medicine is patience

Words by Andreas Nicola

Emergency or conservancy? Grappling with the charged language of climate activism

Words by Ruby Kraner-Tucci

Images by Steven Zoricic

On the land, and staring down the barrel of climate change

Words by Anthony Marsico

Counting the cost of rising tides on a precious, vulnerable coast

Words by Anna Chisholm

Power switch: Push to plug into a sustainable energy future

Words by Anthea van den Bergh

Photos by Steven Zoricic Fangying Zhou

Drone footage by Editor-In-Chief Andrew Dodd

Wastewater treatment plant faces a future that can’t be flushed away

Words by Jess Cockerill

The small ripples that build to a groundswell against climate change

Words by Jeremy Nadel

On the mudflats of Western Port, hope is being planted

Words by Rosalee Kiely

Breaking boards and expectations with Taekwondo

Video by Cici Liu

Exploring Geelong through canvas

Video by Yunfei Wang

Bringing big ideas to life with 3D printing

Video by Jiaqian Chen

Transforming into drag queen Rubi Taboo brings out Cliff’s best

Video by Zara Hastie

DISPOSABLE: When a Greek family goes vegan

Audio by Chelsea Cucinotta Andreas Nicola Jingfei Liu Chen Tian

DISPOSABLE: One woman’s twenty-year journey toward zero-waste

Audio by Yavuz Yilmazoglu Yike Cai Zixun Wang David Bogi

DISPOSABLE: More than a pad

Audio by Wing Kuang Chang He

Little tackers learning the ropes at Mordialloc Creek

Words and multi-media reporting by Xi Wang, Yue Zhang and Yulu Zuo

A clean, clear vision for Darebin Creek – just add people

Words and multi-media by Dilpreet Kaur, Zara Hastie, David Bogi and Andres Yaksic

Plundered for its gold, Andersons Creek recovers some of its riches

Words and multi-media by Chen Tian, Lingyi Meng and Liangyuanzhijun

Rescued from oblivion 50 years ago, Darebin Creek still needs its friends

Words and multi-media by Guia Galvez, Jenina Ibañez and Kavindra Iddawela

Taboo: Never say die? No place for mortality in polite conversation

Video report by Jenina Ibañez

Taboo: Leaving behind a pet’s dark past is no walk in the park

Video by Benjamin Silvester

Beyond the grave: Tragic toll of historic ship and ferry collision

Story by Ava Morrison

Pecking order: The plucky story of Victoria’s first Chief Poultry Expert

Story by August Mikleus

Cuisine queen: The lasting legacy of the legendary Mietta O’Donnell

Story by Siena Kinkela

In death as in life, a pillar of the community

Story by Major Xu