I've been researching (a.k.a. testing these methods out on myself) as well as trawling through the literature to find the best techniques that we can all use to connect with nature right now during these 'rona times - for our health and wellbeing. Cause, #iso. And they definitely work! At the start of #isolife, I [...]
Category: ecology
The best way to help animal and wildlife bushfire victims in Australia right now
*This post has been updated 27/01/2020* Welcome to 2020; the future of Australia’s biodiversity may rest on one catastrophic bushfire season. Or should I say, Australia’s response to the effects of one catastrophic bushfire season. At time of writing, more than 10.7 million hectares of forest (primarily National Park estate and native forests) has burnt [...]
Compost with the most
With just one week to go on Subpod’s Kickstarter campaign and with peak gardening season just around the corner, now is the perfect time to support a local business doing good, reduce your carbon footprint and get compostin’. They’ve already smashed their $55k goal and they’re offering up to 29% off when you pre-order* their [...]
NEW WORKSHOP – The basics of Nature Connection, Wildlife Ecology and Rewilding
We have just launched a brand new workshop - Nature Connection, Wildlife Ecology and Rewilding. BOOK HERE It's a 1 day course set in the stunning Lamington National Park at Binna Burra, QLD – Saturday June 1st - 10am - 4pm Connect with Australian ecology, geology, evolution and wildlife on the edge of a volcanic [...]
Saving our Big Scrub rainforest
We are very excited to now be stocking Big Scrub Landcare's 'The Big Scrub Rainforest - A Journey Through Time' book. BUY BOOK NOW "Only a few hundred years ago the Big Scrub was the largest continuous expanse of lowland subtropical rainforest in Australia, covering an area of 75,000 hectares around the present-day towns of [...]
What do Ecologists actually do?
"You just get to cuddle animals all day, right?" Ecologists are the ones trying to remind Economists that we live on a planet with FINITE resources - humans need to work WITH the planet, not against it. We kind of need air and food and stuff.