Regional innovations: The future is out here
In waterways, farms and skies across regional Australia, the next wave of environmental and energy innovation is already taking off.
In the crystalline waters surrounding Badu Island in the Torres Strait, a group of friends, including Dennis Fay, a Cairns-based firefighter and former Australian Army soldier, are making a name for themselves on YouTube.
“Because the Torres Strait sits between two large land masses [Australia and Papua New Guinea], it acts like a funnel,”
Dennis says, expressing his dismay at the amount of debris, including glass, plastics and discarded fishing nets, that litters every beach in the archipelago.
Author's summary: Innovation is happening in regional Australia.