If you want an easy way to boost the joy in your home, try adding some indoor plants to your décor. Indoor plants can reduce stress and anxiety, boost productivity, and help you recover from illness. They may even have the power to prolong life, according to several recent studies.
Did you hear about the Melbourne couple who found a crocodile in their yard on Christmas Day (2017)? How about Gigantor, an enormous eastern brown snake found in a NSW Central Coast backyard? From trapped kangaroos to wondering wombats, remarkable reptiles and beautiful birds, it seems more Australian backyards are attracting a host of
It’s a funny thing about nature. We talk about reconnecting with it like we are not part of it and it is not part of us. The truth is, we ARE nature. It’s just that many of us have forgotten this and see it as something separate from ourselves. Some work tirelessly trying
There’s a certain point, as you drive west on the motorway from Sydney, Australia, where your eyes are greeted with a blue vista on the horizon. You are not seeing the ocean, but some of the trees in the 1.03 million hectares that make up the Greater Blue Mountains Area. The magic
If you think your children are not hearing and paying attention to all the stories of doom and gloom for the planet, think again. Those little minds are like sponges and take in all the information around them. And it scares them. More than that, those stories can potentially rob your children of
A group of islanders stand at the tall cliffs overlooking the South Pacific Ocean and sing a song. And a little bit of magic happens. The islanders, from the village of Vaitogi, in Samoa, sing some ancient words and one by one, the sea turtles in the area will come to the surface of
It has been used to build houses, make pottery, keep creatures cool, and is one of the oldest words in the English language. Mud. The word dates back to at least 1400 and is derived from the original term “muddle”, meaning the lowest or worst of anything. This ‘lowly’ material can also make
While technology is speeding ahead at breakneck speed, the human race is going backwards in some respects. Think about it. The open spaces and natural foods and hobbies our ancestors enjoyed have been replaced with solid walls, preservative filled foods and hobbies that often include sitting in front of some kind of screen. Sure,
Ever missed something that was right under your nose? The answer has to be yes because all around us, magical, secret things are happening – right under our noses – and we fail to see them. We might think we take the time to stop and smell the roses, but how often do we silently
Clint Eastwood believed they were not listening when he ‘talked to the trees’ (Paint Your Wagon) but he may have been wrong. French scientists have discovered trees do talk – well, at least they make noises when they are running out of water. The scientists at Grenoble University, France, used slivers of dead
