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When we talk about sustainability and environmental impacts, there are numerous factors to consider: power use, water use, biodiversity impacts and a range of other factors. Many of these are near and dear to our hearts here at Gaia Resources, as much of our work has an environmental focus. While each of these elements is important when assessing your own impacts, today we are starting our investigations into carbon emissions in the context of a collecting institution. 

Many people know about the Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Health Checks that Gaia Resources offers. What might be a better kept secret is that we apply the same structured review process to digital archives, environmental data systems, and collections management platforms. 

In May we celebrated the United Nations International Day for Biological Diversity with a blog about how the environmental projects we deliver at Gaia Resources contribute to the United Nations goals for biodiversity conservation and sustainable development.

Jarrad’s note: We hand the blog over to Mieke this time who was looking at how much of her work - including a lot of it at Gaia Resources - has involved the Atlas of Living Australia (ALA).  This is her exploration of her journey with the ALA:

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As we get to the End Of Financial Year again we have taken the time to review the last 12 months, and we’ve got to say it’s been a real mixed bag!

Recently, three of our team - Piers, Sarah and Tyler - were guests at the 26th SouthEast Asia-Pacific Audio Visual Archive Association (SEAPAVAA) conference in the heat and humidity of Ipoh, Malaysia, very kindly supported by the National Archives of Malaysia, who also supported our travel to the conference.

There’s nothing quite like seeing years of collaboration, science, technical expertise and sheer grit come together to create something that can genuinely make the world a better place.

Gaia Resources has been supporting the Western Australian branch of the Australian Society of Archivists’ Professional Development days for quite a few years:

Travelling for a conference is always an outsized experience. New places, new people, new connections, new directions, so much input! So it was with much excitement that I travelled to Wellington, New Zealand recently for the DrupalSouth 2026 conference.

The theme for this year’s United Nations International Day for Biodiversity on 22 May 2026 is ‘Acting locally for global impact’. To celebrate this day, we’ve handed the blog over to Gill White, one of our Consulting Scientists, to reflect on how the environmental data projects we deliver at Gaia Resources contribute to the United Nations’ work on biodiversity conservation.