Banksia Awards - NSW Biodiversity - Finalists!
L-R: Carolyn Hall (TMI CEO), Graz van Egmond (Banksia Foundation CEO) and Matt Egerton-Warburton (TMI Mulloon Law Committee).
We’re super excited to announce that our flagship project, the Mulloon Rehydration Initiative, is a top three finalist in the Banksia Awards’ NSW Biodiversity category! The Banksia Awards are the most prestigious sustainability awards in Australia and the longest-running sustainability awards in the world.
The Mulloon Rehydration Initiative is jointly funded through the Mulloon Institute and the Australian Government’s National Landcare Program. The initiative is also assisted by the NSW Government through its Environmental Trust.
Mulloon Institute - Mulloon Rehydration Initiative
The Mulloon Institute rehydrates and restores landscapes to create healthy ecosystems that are full of biodiverse habitat, more resilient to climatic extremes, and capable of ensuring food and water security. Their world class scientific research is recognised globally by the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Solutions Network who has chosen it as one of five demonstrators of sustainable agriculture and environmental regeneration.
NSW Department of Planning, Industry & Environment - Saving Our Species (SoS)
Saving our Species is a framework for large-scale conservation that goes far beyond what is required. Legislation requires Saving our Species to run a biodiversity program and develop recovery plans for threatened species, but maximising the number of species secure in the wild, integrating a range of partnerships to increase investment, and communicating outcomes are just a few examples of ways Saving our Species goes beyond business expectations.
Sydney Institute of Marine Science
Through innovative design that combines ecological and engineering know-how, a team at the Sydney Institute of Marine Science is bringing marine life back to built structures globally. Their work with Reef Design Lab uses 3D printing technology to recreate the pits, crevices and pools of natural shorelines on modular panels. The panels, which can be manufactured from upcycled materials, are then fitted to new or existing marine developments in customisable mosaics to create Living Seawalls.
Huge congratulations to the winners!
Sydney Institute of Marine Science
The Living Seawalls program has shown that despite marine construction being a large part of the problem, it can also be part of the solution. By blending ecological concepts and engineering in creative design, the team is reviving our increasingly urbanised oceans through the development of affordable, adaptable and scalable methods of ecologically enhancing structures. From humble beginnings in Sydney Harbour, Living Seawalls has now expanded to span across three continents and has gone from strength to strength this year, recently having been a top 3 finalist in the inaugural Earthshot Prize.