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Ways to kick the waste habit with Anita Vandyke
It seems like an oxymoron to say that it's a waste to produce waste. It was Ray Anderson, Chairman of Interface Inc. who said: "All…
How to raise a free-range child
It wasn't so long ago that not only were there free range chickens and free range pigs and free range cattle, there were also free…
Invasive plants and animals continue the colonisation process
It can be a vexed question when it comes to discussing, let alone deciding, how to manage invasive species - especially cats - in the…
Healing the earth one stitch at a time
If one of the stories we are telling ourselves is that we're living in a breaking world, where social order, ecological systems and finances are…
How the humble mushroom can clean up toxic waste
Research into the role of fungi in nature and how this organism (often mistaken to be plants, when in fact they are in a kingdom…
Nature doesn’t so much give, rather we take, observes Jeff Corbett
There's a story we tell ourselves that says we are robust and once an adult, of independent means and able to get by without the…
Life lessons from a whale perspective
We humans have a fascination with whales that goes back a long way. In times past it had a rather dark side with the killing…
Planetary boundaries provide ecological limits that are good for our health
What are the limits to our human encroachment on the other than human world of which we are a part? That's a question that has…
Lessons from history that apply today – water in the landscape
In this post we hear about how uninformed newcomers can negatively impact a vital water source for local people in: The Sands of Ooldea. It…
Waste or resource – It’s a matter of perception that requires a paradigm shift
It was at South Cardiff on a barmy June afternoon and he was scouting around for useful ‘rubbish’ that households had placed on the verge…