And this we know, what to do about it. And this we also know, we have no time to waste. This we don’t know – if we are prepared to…

Australia is blessed with an abundance of wild, natural landscapes.  So where are the books that celebrate them? asks Hannah James in For the love of the land  (Australian Geographic,…

The call is getting stronger.  The voices are getting more diverse.  The push to bring the bush back into the 'burbs - into back and front yards has been around…

They have a reputation for being spooky.  Being dark in colour and hanging upside down and being nocturnal, all add to the mystery of these creatures.  We know very little…

One could be forgiven that we are about to discuss the rather sinister side of life, the shady characters that prefer to go about their business unbeknown to the rest…

When it comes making the case for a particular way of thinking, there are a number of ways to go about it.  One might be the debate, where two sides…

Protecting nature to protect ourselves.  Sounds obvious, but ... On this road trip of life, where do we expect to end up?  If life is as they say, more a…

It seems obvious that we are a part of nature, not some separate entity independent of the earth - able to exist isolated from the components that comprise the living…

Here is a follow-up to our posts referencing Matthew Evans and his book Soil. In the US there's the Thanksgiving Season.  At this time of the year with all the…

Our second part of the John Green feature: The Anthropocene Reviewed.   Sometimes I like to image benevolent aliens visiting Earth.  In my daydreams, these aliens are galactic anthropologists, seeking to…