Uncommon Sense delves into the shortcomings of the human mind for dealing with big-picture, long-term problems such as climate change, biodiversity loss, and the overcrowd-ing of Earth by people, products, and pollutants. Only…

This book aims to connect visitors to the earth and her life, beyond the typical “follow me, gather ‘round” technique  Earthwalks: an alternative nature experience by Steve Van Matre and The Institute…

Simple explanations, amusing analogies, quirky facts and detailed illustrations make this an easy to use guide to Australian insects.

The First Knowledges series offers an introduction to Indigenous knowledge in vital areas and their application to the present day and the future.  Songlines: the power and the promise, is…

Since we are creations of nature, the earth being our ancestral mother, it seems like a good idea to improve our connections with her, so that we can more closely reflect…

This ecological love affair is not for adults only. What a wonderful story, told from personal experience. Do children need nature?  "No doubt about it," says Barkham. If we need…

A story that echoes across the land Aboriginal people had been living around the river for at least 50,000 years.  The settlers took land on the river from the 1790s. …

Having a bird brain was once an insult. But not anymore. Despite their small size, birds whack an intellectual punch. Birds can solve puzzles. They play. They can shape and…

Travelling Australia on foot - The Ways of the Bushwalker - some would say the bushwacker. But this kind of bush walking is far more sophisticated than that. Australians have…

Shining a light on life underground. For healthy animals, we need healthy plants, and for healthy plants we need healthy soils and for healthy soils we need healthy functioning fungi.  Robyn…