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A proud descendent of the Burramattagal people of Western Sydney, Sebastian Goldspink is an independent curator and Founder of ALASKA projects, a platform to exhibit contemporary visual art in unused or disused spaces – showcasing over 500 artists across 150 exhibitions since its opening in 2011. Built in 1897 the Woollahra Gallery at Redleaf building has a [...]Read More... from Sebastian Goldspink – New Gallery Coordinator At The Woollahra Gallery At Redleaf

The Grattan Institute, a Melbourne-based think tank, contradicts the PM’s suggestion that gas would be key to a post-Covid economic recovery. Their report finds that the Coalition’s gas plan would help fewer than 1% of manufacturing workers. If Australia’s is to achieving net-zero emissions this century, as promised by PM Scott Morrison the prime minister, [...]Read More... from Gas Not Key To Post-Covid Economic Recovery

Recently published research has shown that moonlight can change the behaviour of Australian wildlife. One study found small mammals were more active on cloudy nights. Another study found male willie wagtails love singing on a full moon. [...]Read More... from How The Moon Affects Native Australian Wildlife

[...]Read More... from Weekly Poem by Tug Dumbly – Monday Drive 21 September 20202

Our Non-Human Psyche  Sydney artist Lux Eterna creates a series of highly detailed and intricate hand-drawn and hand-foiled works of flora and geological matter, based on meditative approaches to embodied time spent in the natural world. The exhibition opens Nov 19 at Stanley St Gallery, Darlinghurst and runs until Dec 5. [...]Read More... from Lux Eterna’s Upcoming Exhibition “Our Non-Human Psyche”

At Food Plant Solutions you can find all the information you need about nutritional food, why we need it and how to grow and use it. The NGO’s co-founder, agricultural scientist Bruce French, has spent over 30 years voluntarily documenting information on all the food plants of the world, establishing a database of over 30,000 [...]Read More... from The Need For A Plant Database

Waverley Cemetery’s 16 hectares of green space are undisturbed by vehicles or development. The area has become a haven for small birds, reptiles and other wildlife. With all this teeming natural world, it has also become a tourist destination in its own right. But you can also create your own little wildlife haven – Sam [...]Read More... from Sydney – Teeming With Wildlife

Australian poetry at your doorstep [...]Read More... from Weekly Poem by Tug Dumbly – Monday Drive 14 September 20202

Scientist Jennifer Lavers urges us to ditch balloons and find more environmentally-friendly alternatives for party decorations. In her personal crusade against plastic pollution, Jennifer found countless balloons in the stomachs of dead birds. But balloons might be more toxic in general and the industry’s claim of their biodegradability a form of corporate greenwashing. [...]Read More... from Balloon’s Hidden Dangers

[...]Read More... from Weekly Poem by Tug Dumbly – Monday Drive 07 September 20202

Is the new Guula Ngurra National Park, which means “koala country” to the Gundangara traditional owners, enough to save our endangered koalas?  The NSW Government hopes a new National Park will protect koala habitat in the Southern Highlands. While environmental groups welcome any additional national park space, our koala population is in decline. [...]Read More... from NSW Koala Strategy – One More National Park To Save Koalas?

According to a new study, affluence is killing the planet. In our society, overconsumption is encouraged – but do we consume ourselves to extinction? A return to a more sufficiency-oriented lifestyle might even bring us more time affluence. [...]Read More... from We Can’t Afford The Rich

David Barr talks to Ray Dearlove about his new book on the plight of rhinos. Ray is passionate about protecting them for the predations of poachers. [...]Read More... from The Crash of Rhinos

[...]Read More... from Weekly Poem by Tug Dumbly – Monday Drive 31 August 20202

Australia’s Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act (EPBC) doesn’t do what it says. We are now a world leader in deforestation and mammal extinction rate. Currently, the Government is reviewing its national environment laws. Suzanne Milthorpe from the Wilderness Society explains the EPBC interim report.   [...]Read More... from Is Our Environment Protection Act Fit For Purpose?

David Barr talks to Eyal Mayroz, lecturer in peace and conflict studies at Sydney University, about the agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates to formalise their relationship and create full diplomatic relations. This could be the start of significant changes in the middle east. [...]Read More... from Changes in the Middle East

We speak with Zabou Breitman, French actress and director of the animation/drama “The Swallows Of Kabul”. The movie depicts a young couple’s life under the Taliban rule and how one gesture can endanger it. “… very powerful, and a superb parable, with a lump-in-the-throat ending that’s more moving than most live-action movies.” FilmInk [...]Read More... from The Swallows Of Kabul

Learn about the Aboriginal concept of Deep Time and how it can help us with understanding today’s environmental challenges. [...]Read More... from The Indigenous Concept of Deep Time

Caitlin Ryan shares with us her experience working for the international humanitarian medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF). For the past six years, Caitlin worked in Europe, Africa, Asia and the Middle East. She has recently returned to Australia to study and be closer to her family. [...]Read More... from The Challenges And Rewards Of Working For Doctors Without Borders