“We are human only in contact, and conviviality, with what is not human.” David Abram Leading voices of Australia’s First Peoples and North American cultural ecologist David Abram explore our place in the more-than-human world Mon 6th Dec • Wed 8th Dec • Fri 10th Dec 12.30-2.30pm AEDT (UTC+11)* on Zoom This series of three yarning Continue Reading →
The long held principle of bush regeneration is that “local is best.” The idea is that restoring the plant communities that existed in an area before the European invasion is the best way to “return” to a stable, natural environment and re-establish biodiversity to support animals and other plants endemic to the area. That may Continue Reading →
Friday 19-11 08:30-11:00 Mackenzie Bushcare Group Working Bee – Mt Petrie Road Reserve, Mackenzie Saturday 20-11 06:30-08:30 Weeding the creek – Pennywort Creek Bushcare Group, Pratten st Corinda 08:00-10:00 – Stellar Carrington Habitat Group Working Bee – Ian Page Park, 61 Cloverbrook Place, Carina 15:00-17:30 – bushcare Working Bee – Arnwood Place – off Ekibin Continue Reading →
Two official COP26 “Net Zero” programs were exposed as harbouring large elements of greenwash this week by New York based ‘YesMen” and UK-based Glasgow Calls Out Polluters (GCOP). The official “Race to Zero” and “Science based Targets” initiatives have been criticised by many academics and environmentalists including Greta Thunberg who tweeted that “net-zero targets [are] Continue Reading →
Three weeks after the federal Womens Safety Minister Anne Ruston announced a $5,000 Escaping Violence Payment (EVP) Program, domestic violence sector organisations are reporting that the program falls far short of the promise. It is administered through faith-based service providers who get the bulk of the money to provide services to the woman fleeing violence. Continue Reading →
Saturday 13th November 08:00-11:00 – Glindemann Park Working bee – Glindemann Park, Holland Park 14:00-17:00 – Bushcare Working Bee – Arnwood Place – Annerley 15:30-17:30 – November Bush Care Working Bee – Lagonda Park Bushcare – Annerley Sunday 14th November 07:30-10:30 – Bushcare Working Bee – Planting Day! – Akuna St, Kenmore 07:30-09:30 – Sweeney Continue Reading →