As one of the most abundant and diverse groups of mammals on planet earth, bats play a critical role in pollination, seed dispersal, insect control, nutrient distribution, writes Oma Rodger,…

Within the circular economy framework recycling is low on the list of priorities. Nevertheless, right now in many cases it's the best option we have, and over time it will…

Land care is a concept that's been around for eons.  Indigenous people did it as a matter of course.   Living with the land, considering themselves part and parcel of the…

When we citizens of Australia find it difficult to self discipline, unable to desist from using single use plastic bags of our own accord, then it is well known that…

A short post to pass on a couple of wise observations. According to Robin Wall Kimmerer, April 13 being International Plants Day, was a good opportunity to reflect on how…

How our biggest threat is us.  How can that be?  It's not unusual to threaten someone else, but surely one wouldn't threaten themselves.  It's seems strange, but it also seems…

Lake Macquarie City Council’s Built and Natural Assets Standing Committee (BNASC) met on 11 April. The Committee, voted on item 22BNA003 Adoption of Munibung Hill Management Plan, in a one line recommendation,…

Lives lost to ferals continues to mount by the day, let along the week, the month, the year.  And that's on top of lives lost over the last ten, twenty,…

The two issues we most often skirt around when we talk about nature and how she is dealing with the onslaught of human consumerism, are population and economic growth. A…

Bombarded by emails, tantilised with offers, the never ending constant arrival of what would in another context be unsolicited mail arriving every day.  Except now it’s almost every hour of…