Mothers and others gathered in Inverloch to mourn for the first mammal to be wiped out by rising seas.

Five years ago someone suggested putting some solar panels up at the State Coal Mine. Yesterday a mini solar farm of 92 kWh of solar panels and 41 kWh of battery storage was switched on.

Bass Coast Climate Action Network launches itself with a film screening and panel discussion. Maddy Harford reports

Could Western Port’s mangroves help to tackle climate change? The answer, writes Neil Daly, is in the tea leaves, if only the politicians would take notice.

Tree clearing on Phillip Island has reached epidemic proportions, writes Bernie McComb, as new research shows the profound effect of trees on keeping our planet habitable.

Stayed loyal to your electricity company year after year? Then you’re probably paying more than other people, writes Susan Davies.

Young conservationists have an opportunity to meet like-minded people in a beach clean-up and glamp on Phillip Island.

PHILLIP Island wildlife carers Kaylene Mendola and Colleen Gilbee found plenty of support when the council confiscated their warning signs late last month.

The walls of Cait and Peter Ghys’s Inverloch strawbale house are half a metre thick and it has just received a 10-star energy rating.

If you’re lucky enough to encounter a goanna in The Gurdies, don’t stand staring at it for too long, advises Dick Wettenhall

Totally Renewable Phillip Island is seeking support for its first community energy project.

While the politicians are still arguing about renewable energy, Phillip Islanders are getting on with it. Linda Cuttriss reports

Revegetation of a coastal woodland near Rhyll has special meaning for John Eddy.

A pioneer in carbon-neutral farming, Ventnor beef farmer Bob Davie will share his hard-won knowledge at Outtrim next weekend.

A MEETING on energy justice in Wonthaggi last weekend attracted a full house of people wanting to hear more about local energy projects.

While the old guard is still arguing about coal, Bass Coast has clearly seen the future. Susan Davies welcomes a surge in local energy projects.

To some it's a stinking cesspit ... but to local artist and printmaker Susan Hall, the ephemeral Inverloch lagoon is a place of environmental richness and artistic inspiration.

Activist-scholar Anitra Nelson discusses options for small and shared living at the eighth South Gippsland Sustainability Festival on Sunday.

In the 1930s, many a Phillip Island farmer about to cut down a tree looked both ways to make sure ‘Zing’ Oswin-Roberts wasn’t watching. ​

Anne Heath Mennell was one of about 80 gardeners, growers and land-carers who gathered at Bass to hear more about our new community river garden.