Flooding our cities with artificial light affects more than our view of the heavens, research has proved it can also harm our wildlife.
Tag: environment
The six things I learned keeping a photo diary
It’s easy – and you should keep one too.
Floods, Fire and Sink Holes: Earth’s response to mismanagement
Climate change is impacting our day-to-day lives both environmentally and economically.
Huge news about giant pandas
An announcement by the Chinese environmental ministry has social media users celebrating.
Beyond the lawn
For my father, gardening was a reminder of home and connection to lost memories.
Another Aussie on the Endangered List
Australia’s Great Barrier Reef World Heritage listing is currently splashed across the international press for all the wrong reasons.
Interview: Daisy Jeffrey, Lead Organiser #SchoolStrike4Climate
Daisy Jeffrey, 17, is one of the key school students driving the School Strike 4 Climate, which on September 20 mobilised more than 300,000 people across Australia to protest for government action on climate change. Daisy spoke with Kat Vella. Featured image: School Strike/CC/flickr
WW2 Vet Bill Ryan Joins Sydney’s School Strike for Climate
Off Campus reporter Peter Tzannes met war veteran Bill Ryan, who at 97 years old shows that the School Strikes for Climate are mobilising activists from all generations. Featured photo: Caz Adams
Eating Meat Is Killing The Planet
BY JEN DAVIDSON Last week’s alarming report by the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warned that our consumption of meat is contributing significantly to a hotter planet. But can we be coerced into evicting meat from our diet? As one of the biggest per capita meat eaters in the world, Aussies are renowned […]
Narrabeen Locals Protective Of Swooping Maggie
BY JEN DAVIDSON Narrabeen locals are preparing for up to eight weeks of swoops and swipes from the notorious ‘Woollies magpie’. Between September and October, the male of the nest, which is fiercely protective of its eggs and fledglings, springs upon unsuspecting victims between the lake walkway on Wellington Street and the village car park. […]