The Adelaide Garden Guide for New Homes provides small garden designs and planting ideas to help make it easy to implement the Planning and Design Code’s mandatory tree and landscaping requirements for new homes and renovations in metro Adelaide.
TREENET is an independent organisation based in Adelaide and dedicated to improving the urban forests. The TREENET website is full of useful information for managing trees.
Our urban design choices around water impact our ability to adapt to climate change. The Cooperative Research Centre for Water Sensitive Cities is laying out a bold vision and practical tools for building resilient, liveable, productive, and sustainable cities.
CoastAdapt is for anyone with an interest in Australia’s coast, the risks it faces from climate change and sea-level rise, and what can be done to respond to those risks.
Dive in to South Australia’s marine and coastal hub. There are many resources available to help us understand these environments and how to protect them. The rock pool can point you in the right direction… and it has loads of gorgeous photos!
Water Sensitive SA is a capacity building program that provides stakeholders within the development and urban water management industries with the support they need to achieve the best water sensitive urban design outcomes. Water sensitive cities are climate resilient cities!
Plants and trees cool our cities and they reduce pollution. They get us out and about and make us healthier, happier and more productive. Yet, too often, they are overlooked when plans are drawn and concrete is poured. Greener Spaces Better Places have a plan to change that!
The Adelaide Sustainable Building Network is focused on making our built environment more sustainable. They promote, educate, connect, collaborate and facilitate… and they’ve got a fantastic Green Book, which shows the plethora of products and services available for those seeking more sustainable (and climate resilient) outcomes.
Carbon Neutral Adelaide is a commitment between government, business and community to work together to make Adelaide the world’s first carbon neutral city. Let’s hope they’re the first of many!
Which Plant Where is a plant selection tool that uses the latest evidence to predict how common plants will respond to local climate impacts. The website provides growers, nurseries, landscape architects and urban greening professionals with tools and resources to develop resilient and sustainable urban green spaces for the future.