Blog archive:
April 2010

After nearly six years as the CEO of WWF, Mr Greg Bourne is leaving.

Ian Kiernan the founder of Clean Up Australia and Clean up the World talks about a throwaway society on Plastiki website.

After 39 Days at sea the Plastiki has reached land

Links to papers and online summaries from the 2010 Museums and the Web Conference.

Our next upstairs temporary show looks at something unusual for the Australian Museum - sport.

Smartphones are changing the face of journalism and open content is changing the nature of education – what does this mean for providing museum content on demand?

A new study from the International Center for Media; the Public Agenda (ICMPA) at the University of Maryland suggests that we are.

Some of these facts found on the plastiki website are shocking!

Here is a short list of how we can all care for our oceans to protect the beautiful marine life that lives there.

What is a Gyre? And how many are there?

An update on the Plastiki expedition

Thursday is ‘One Day Without Shoes’ day, a day to spread awareness about children developing preventable feet conditions. By not wearing shoes for one day gives you the opportunity to walk in the steps of these children in developing nations.

The journey of Plastiki is well underway and things are looking positive!

Why is water so precious? Because only a small percentage, 0.08% of the world's water can be used for domestic use.