Summary How many years will it take to restore the planet’s ecosystemsHow ecosystems function An ecosystem is a community of lifeforms that interact in such an optimal way that how …
Animal Impact
Do you enjoy the surprise of experimenting with ingredients and sitting down to eat a new meal? Do you like to take photos, or paint and draw? Do you get …
Yesterday I was asked – what do koalas do? How are they important? After all, how can something that just sits in a tree all day be much use to …
Book review: ‘What Would Nature Do? A Guide for our Uncertain Times’ by Ruth DeFries
‘The original budget of $30 million ballooned to $200 million. In April, Bass’s bankers, accompanied by armed federal marshals and sheriff’s deputies, issued a restraining order against management … In …
I’ve only just started listening to this podcast series but it’s already blowing my mind. Stevenson leads a growing gaggle of comedians from a diversity of countries that are not …
VicForests just won a landmark Federal court case against the local community, throwing light on an outdated definition of sustainability. Ironically, the judge ruled in favour of over 20 individual …
Seaspiracy on Netflix: a review. The reaction from marine scientists is baffling.
Poor people who can’t feed themselves can’t afford to save wildlife. So when we talk about stopping eating fish altogether, we must clearly caveat that with some exceptions. Because eating …
Will regreening deserts work to address climate change and famine?
I’ve been a bit busy the last few days but articles keep coming and in this age of “nature-based solutions” it seems everyone has an answer but animals are always …
Animal bites: nature’s complexity, deforestation stress & politics outweighs science
Nature knows how to avoid network collapse Nature shows a remarkable ability to take advantage of the benefits of complexity while avoiding its dangers. The problem for us is that …
