It can be a vexed question when it comes to discussing, let alone deciding, how to manage invasive species - especially cats - in the Australian landscape.  Let’s face it,…

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 all being stressed out, then…

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 of their own) can help…

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 support of others.  We have…

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 of whales for meat and…

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 exercised the minds of people…

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 was of course a colonial…

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 as part of the LMCC…

Of the people, by the people, for the people.  Democracy was at work on 22 June 2020 when Lake Macquarie City Council passed a Motion recommending a site inspection by…

Plants are the basis for what we eat, be it a meat / dairy, vegetarian or vegan based diet.  Concentrating so much of our diet on foreign plant varieties imported…