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Catch Your Dog Doing Something Right
What if your dog offered you a behaviour you didn’t ask for? What if it was a good idea? Being smart enough to catch your dog doing something right is good for both of you. You get what you want and your dog gets to flex his creative muscles!
Gulls, Garbage, Glory
Landfills are wonderful, exciting places. The only place potentially more exciting is a sewage lagoon, but short of finding one of those the lure of a new bird at the landfill of the southernmost city in the world was too much to bear.
Shame of My Generation
Why should you be part of a solution when you can profit more from adding to the problem? This seems to be the defining question of my generation, a generation which in my opinion, in the rear-view mirror of history, will equal the infamous Nero … Read more →
Too Close to Nature in Florida
Donning my mask and snorkel – a sight that draws guffaws from my family who are too intimidated to join me – I jump in and swim with small fish at the opening of the aquifer. But I dare not get too close – looking down the throat of a black, underwater cave undoes my courage.
The Dark Side Of The Elephant Business
The world is running out of elephants, both in the wild and in captivity. In Thailand it’s estimated that overall the population is decreasing by 3.5% per year – which means that in 30 years there will be no elephants left in the land of elephants. But, there are some people who are trying to do something about it, before it’s too late.
River Of Life
Life in the driest state on the driest continent was different this spring. Nature provided a beautiful prelude to the season of rebirth in South Australia. The Murray River floodplains were transformed after more than a decade of drought. Just add water!
Am I Green?
We use natural gas to heat our house and water, electricity to run the rest – including laptops, modems, telephones, and every battery operated device that requires a charger, plus all those things that have a little green light that never goes off.
International Women’s Day 2012: Connecting Girls, Inspiring Futures.
Connecting girls, inspiring futures is the theme of International Women's Day 2012. Girls globally are making an impact on the world. They are seeing beyond their own homes, streets and cities with a world view that embodies compassion and vision. … Read more →
The Herd Instinct
It’s that time of the year again – lambs gambolling in the fields but this year between my cataracts and wonky wrist I am just not prepared. In addition, they are a week earlier than usual. This is how it came about. Last year when I put the cat … Read more →
Life As An Elephant
It’s not easy to be an elephant these days. African elephants are threatened by the relentless poaching frenzy that is slaughtering over 100 elephants per day throughout Africa. Asian elephants, are critically endangered by rapid habitat loss, causing them to raid croplands in search of food, leading to deadly conflicts with humans, poaching, or capture, and a life of captivity in zoos, tourist shows or logging camps. For us, life as a human is challenging enough. But for elephants, is there any hope?
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