To acknowledge an accomplishment is a gesture most often reserved for human acts of achievement. That a person deserves to be recognised.  Perhaps, not unlike the old saying that we should…

In his book Changing Tides: An Ecologist’s Journey to Make Peace with the Anthropocene, Alejandro Frid argues for a change in thinking about environmental management and our place as humans…

We have a bias at MHCS.  Art that is inspired by and incorporates aspects of nature gets preference, perhaps as you’d expect. In Quilting gem uncovered on road trip, (The…

Climbing Munibung Hill is nothing like climbing Mt Everest.  Being a hill, not a mountain it doesn’t come with the challenges of hundreds of other places, but it doesn’t matter. …

Electronic components await inspection and possible repair at the Stilbruch workshop in Hamburg, Germany. Legislation is pushing back against a waste-based economy by requiring companies to help customers fix their…

Picture: Connecting remnant bushland with larger areas is critical to the survival of invertebrates, small mammals,  and reptiles that live within these trapped / isolated areas.  Wildlife crossing overpasses such…

Everything is connected. We are part of a whole and what we do in Lake Macquarie, impacts on the lives of shark in waters near and far. Something seemingly as…

‘Beyond each price tag hides a ripple effect. It expands from soil to waterways, grocery aisles to kitchen plates, factories to fulfilment centres and mail slots to landfills. This global…

In his book A Life on Our Planet, David Attenborough writes about what we need to do in order to live within the carrying capacity of the Earth's ecological systems. …

Awesome is a word that's bandied about a lot these days, especially in relation to sport and physical appearance.  We think it devalues the word when considered in the bigger…