Australia's marine environment is diverse and unique, reaching from the tropics to Antarctica.

For many years the ocean has been considered an inexhaustible resource, a place that would provide us with endless fish and a bottomless pit for our w...

Water is a scarce resource in Australia and our rivers are our lifeblood. The demands of our cities, agriculture and industry have traditionally taken precedence over the needs of the natural environment. Rivers have been diverted, dammed and used...

Provide the tools for development with this handy gift. Engineers Without Borders (EWB) works with disadvantaged communities throughout the Asia and Australia, to improve their quality of life through sustainable and appropriate engineering projec...

In Cambodia, more people own a mobile phone than have access to a toilet. Engineers Without Borders volunteers are working with local organisations in Cambodia, Vietnam, Indonesia, East Timor, India and Australia to develop new types of toilets, i...

A water tank in a school or medical clinic in Cambodia means that people can access safe drinking water all year round. In many areas throughout the country there is no accessible ground water or it is unsuitable for drinking, so enough rainwater ...

For women in Mozambique, owning a donkey can greatly improve their quality of life. The Cupo and Tlavane communities, in remote, dry and poor areas, are still affected by the destruction of the civil war that ended in 1992. Women have the difficul...