Ok, not just any zoo. One of the good ones. I stand with the anti-zoo groups when it comes to those that do not care for their charges and do not contribute to animal welfare. I’m grateful to those who rally to have unscrupulous zoos closed. However, suggesting all zoos should close is like
It’s a little like asking how many stars in the sky? Or how many grains of sand are there? They are questions that cannot be answered with any accuracy. Sure, technology has made it possible for scientists to make educated guesses – estimates. The very fact that fish live in a mainly unexplored ocean
The short answer to that is, it can’t. We all know the world is drowning in plastic. However, opening the conversation about a speck of plastic really can help save the world. This is how one tiny speck of plastic, smaller than my little fingernail, is doing just that.
Did you hear about the Melbourne couple who found a crocodile in their yard on Christmas Day (2017)? Or the man who discovered a giant goanna attached to his house? How about Gigantor, an enormous eastern brown snake found in an NSW Central Coast backyard? From trapped kangaroos to wondering wombats, remarkable reptiles and
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
What has no beginning, end or middle and touches every continent? If you answered ‘ocean’, you are right. In fact, the ocean covers more than 70 per cent of the Earth’s surface and is responsible for producing more than half our oxygen. Ocean currents have a major influence on weather patterns. This means
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
It has cooked hundreds of meals. Filled my young sons’ tummies with healthy food. Created countless comfort food meals for cold winter’s nights. Saved me from ‘slaving over a hot stove’ on hot summer days. Now it’s helping to nourish my children’s children. And I look at this little pot and see how
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
