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Spiders, Swans and Batten Reserve

For some reason I like to think that the government cares about the environment and wants to preserve bushland. Surely they know that once it’s gone, it’s gone forever. But it appears that governments couldn’t give a toss about preserving the environment as attested by the recent decision by the Labor State Government to rezone a bushland reserve in Lane Cove, Sydney to allow construction of 6 storey apartment blocks. Continue reading

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Is it the End of the World or Just the End of Humans?

There is no doubt that strange things have been happening on earth. There is massive instability, both in nature and amongst civilians. So what does it mean? Continue reading

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From Peaches to Pork – Your Food is all Dodgy

Do you ever think about the true cost of the food you eat? I mean the cost to the environment, the suffering and the cost to your health? If not, read this article to see the true cost of that floury peach or that piece of grilled fish on your plate. Continue reading

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The Curious Story of the Food We Eat

When you go to the supermarket and buy a dozen eggs, a bottle of milk, a carton of soymilk, a bag of peaches, a fish or pork chop for dinner and a newspaper you won’t be thinking about the inside story behind these harmless purchases. Continue reading

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Animal Highjinks

This week I’d like to feature a range of unusual animal stories and introduce you to some animals teetering on the edge of extinction. Continue reading

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Apocalypse now?

What is causing the extreme weather conditions in the world? Global warming? Just climate change? Whatever the reason, there are certainly some unusually severe weather senarios being played out in many diverse countries a bit too frequently. And insurance companies are not impressed. Continue reading

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Clever Crows / A Cunning Penguin/ A Smart Frog / A Grateful Whale / A Lucky Joey / A Sassy Fox

Just how smart are animals, birds and fish? Well maybe they can’t build houses out of bricks but they know how to find a decent meal. And they know how to escape a flood or tsunami.

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Fish and Birds Commit Mass Suicide

When all the trees have been cut down, when all the animals have been hunted, when all the waters are polluted, when all the air is unsafe to breathe, only then will you discover you cannot eat money.
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Happy New Year – but not for the birds!

Something very peculiar happened in Arkansas on the weekend. Firstly 100,000 drum fish died for no particular reason and then 5000 black birds fell out of the sky – dead.

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Water, Water Everywhere But Not a Fish in Sight!

“Humans have always been very good at killing big animals. Ten thousand years ago, with just some pointed sticks, humans managed to wipe out the woolly mammoths, saber tooth tigers, mastodons and giant vampire bats. The same is now happening in the seas.” So said the late Ransom A. Myers, Fisheries Biologist and Head of the Future of the Marine Animals Populations Project.

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