Fungi: One of life’s essentials, often overlooked, invariably underestimated
PICTURE: Fungi at Munibung Hill. Credit: Gavin Ord. WITH all the wet weather along the east coast of Australia, mould has been making its presence felt and become the bane…
Time to turn our attention to the underground world of fungi
The science is continuing to build about the importance of fungi in nature. As we wander about on the surface of the Earth, we are for the most part oblivious…
A rollcall of how much damage we’ve done so far, in SOE 2021 report
Stuffing up nature doesn’t do anyone any favours, least of all us. The SOE* report is an account of the way that damage is damaging the humans who’ve done it.…
Growth beyond limits on a finite planet cannot be sustained
This post includes references to documents courtesy of a Sustainable Population Australia news feed. QUOTE “Population growth contributes to all the pressures described in this report. Each person added to…
A shocker of a report that needs a seriously determined approach to arresting the ongoing decline
Our life support is in trouble, but a series of half measures is unlikely to ensure it doesn't go from bad to worse. For some reason others, such as Napoleon's…
A national shame. But not big enough of a shame to change the hearts and minds of Australians it seems.
There is a picture depicting a young girl gazing into a glass cabinet with a caption that reads: As close as she will get - a taxidermied Tasmanian Tiger on Display…
The need to protect the planet from ourselves and to remember, we are alive, our toaster is not
First Monday of the second half of 2022. Let's get started with some positives by quoting words of wisdom from William McDonough, author of The Upcycle, with Michael Braungart. For…
Why we must protect trees
Trees. What's not to like about trees? With so many attributes, it's hard to imagine life without them. Or to imagine Munibung Hill without them. Yet, trees had a hard…
The psychology behind behavior change
Things are never as simple as they seem or as we'd like to imagine they might be. These extracts give a taste of what's needed to bring us into line…
This one, that one and the other one – getting terminology right
It's time to get it right, because getting it wrong can be a not so good thing These native, indigenous, endemic terms confuse a lot of people, a lot of…
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