Think: Sustainability

It's being called a global epidemic on par with climate change, so what are we trying to do to stop it? This week we look at antibiotic resistance from a number of angles, looking at potential medicinal alternatives and even how Manuka honey can help prevent the spread of infection. Also, Hamburg in Germany is home to the world's first Living Algae Building, but how long before we see one here in Australia?

It seems like we're in the age of the coffee pod - they're quick to use, convenient and tasty. Australians consume more than 3 million pods a day, and with so many ending up in landfill, ridiculous amounts of plastic could sit under the ground for hundreds of years. Also, we re-evaluate if the reduce, reuse, recycle model is still an effective motto and we meet our first sustainability champion.

Ahead of World Water Day on Tuesday March 22, this episode we're looking at current approaches to water conservation and what needs to change to protect the finite resource. We look back at Australia's 'Milennium Drought' and what we're doing to help California in their current drought crisis, as well as expand on the practice of groundwater extraction and reassess how many people today are using rainwater tanks.

Earth Hour is coming into its tenth year, but with more and more people thinking about energy conservation, is it time to switch things up? Also we dive into some of the coral ecosystems which are adapting to climate change pressures; and look at how we're going to keep growing produce in the declining Sydney basin.

What is sustainability? What does it mean for me? How can I live sustainably? On Episode 1 we look at answering these questions as well as look back at how sustainability has transformed over time.