Environment Archive

As more people flock to Sydney’s inner west, and the pressure for space builds, a group of dedicated locals have been working hard to improve the area’s biodiversity. Could it be a goshawk? By the time I figure out the focus wheel …

The legacy of renowned filmmaker John Davis was honoured at the NSW Parliament last month when he was named the first recipient of the Climate Champion Award.  On hand to receive the award in recognition of his environmental efforts and his documentary Coal- …

The deadline for the international community to reach a new universal agreement on climate change in Paris is 11 December, 2015. In anticipation of the looming deadline, the Australian government this month announced it will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least …

Wolli Creek is a wonderland of water, sandstone cliffs and grottoes, wildlife, red gums and wild flowers but its survival is due in no small part to a long struggle against the road lobby by dedicated locals and activists. Prominent among them …

  We cannot do another term of Nationals – we just cannot. They have been here forever, the last one for 27 years … somebody … anybody Save Our Souls! Here in the electorate of the Upper Hunter we are drowning in a …

Roberta is a classic A type personality. Hitting the kitchen with the jitters after a nauseating day, she opens the fridge desperate for anything that will raise her blood sugar levels. “Hello Roberta, how was work”? “Ghastly,” she replies. “There’s that last …

There has been a complication in scientists’ attempts to persuade the world about the importance of acting on climate change: how to explain why global warming seems to have paused. Indeed, warming since the turn of the century has not been at …

Like the prospect of a giant meteor disintegrating Earth, climate change used to be one of those issues too abstract to consider changing your lifestyle for. But the recent media portrayal of extreme weather events has put environmentalism back on the map. …

  In 2004, three palaeontologists found a fossilised fish that might have been the first back-boned animal to venture onto land, a venture with fundamental consequences for us all. Called Tiktaalik, this fish had a neck, shoulders, and fins with primitive elbows …

Baobab trees stand in abundance with lush yellow grass swaying at their trunks. Grey Loerie birds float between trees in the clear blue air while insects faintly hum from the earth. The bushveld: home to the Big Five, a place of enchantment and …