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How would Steve Jobs approach the WSUD question? Lessons from Nokia and Apple

Most practitioners in the stormwater and WSUD industry have faced it at some stage – the frustrating comment back from councils, developers, lead architects or urban designers: “I reall...

Dear Government, here’s what we want for the future of water in Australia

Each one of us has day dreamed about it – ‘If I ruled the world, things would be different, things would be better’. Well your dreams have come true. Apologies, I’m not wri...

Three tips on making a business case for greener cities

‘If you liked it, then you should've put a value on it…’ Beyoncé was right - you have to let the world know what you really appreciate to guarantee it stays around. In ti...

Developing a thirst for urban agriculture

The Australian dream of a quarter-acre block is now becoming a distant memory. The obituary has been drafted and we city-dwellers move on, perhaps begrudgingly, towards a brave new world of more co...

What do you do when you have an idea?

‘To have a great idea, have a lot of them’ — Thomas A. Edison. For us, ideas come and go. Too often they come when they are not expected. In the shower, driving through the count...

Too big, too small, or just right? The benefits of neighbourhood scale energy and water management

If only cities didn’t grow. Or shrink. If they just stayed the same size, engineers would be delighted.  We could optimise the system, balance everything perfectly, and ensure everythi...

Hungry ‘burbs': Could urban agriculture be the answer to the energy-food-water nexus?

‘Let's take a drive, through the sprawl, through these towns they built to change’ – Arcade Fire, The Suburbs, 2010 I’m sure others who work in the urban planning sector go...

Food Selfies Event – Urban Agriculture in Brisbane, Thursday 16th October

Fuelled by her own interest in the urban water / food nexus, Kim has been assisting the Business Development Association (BDA) Young Patrons ‘GROW’ Group which is a dedicated team of yo...

CRC Water Sensitive Cities Conference – ICWM Master Class, Thursday 23rd October

E2Designlab are excited to be part of the CRC Water Sensitive Cities Conference later this month in Melbourne (21-23rd October).  We will be running a Master Class on the 23rd October titled &...

Bringing Melbourne's WSUD Asset Maintenance to the World

Dale recently attended the International Conference on Urban Drainage in Kuching Malaysia to learn from and share with WSUD, LID and SUDS researchers and professionals from around the world. The co...

Success at Stormwater Victoria Awards

E2Designlab had a strong showing at the recent Stormwater Victoria awards with its projects taking out two of the awards, one for Excellence in Strategic or Master Planning for Black Forest Road fo...

New office at the Australian National Botanic Gardens (Canberra)

With the addition of Julien Lepetit to the E2Designlab team, we are now in the position of opening our Canberra office. Supporting the various projects being delivered in the Nation’s Capita...