Climate change might be the most urgent issue of our day, both politically and in terms of life on Earth. There is mounting awareness that the global climate is a matter for public action.

Well-designed suburban parks could be an antidote to helicopter parenting. As well as giving kids much-needed time outdoors being active, suburban parks offer kids opportunities to decide what activities they do, new research shows. It’s an ideal opportunity for parents to let go of their task-focused daily agendas, even if just for a little while.

The world’s largest assessment of biodiversity recently shared the alarming news that 1 million species are under threat of extinction.

Australia’s extinction record is poor compared to the rest of the world, and our investment into conservation doesn’t do enough to restrain the growing crisis.

The Australian Registry of Wildlife Health has been investigating an emergent disease syndrome in swamp wallabies.

More than 70% of recreational fishers support no-take marine sanctuaries according to our research, published recently in Marine Policy. This study contradicts the popular perception that fishers are against establishing no-take marine reserves to protect marine life. In fact, the vast majority of fishers we surveyed agreed that no-take sanctuaries improve marine environmental values, and do not impair their fishing.

Climate change and energy policy, same-sex marriage, tax cuts and welfare payments: these were just a few of the subjects of heated debate in Australia in 2017. And the debates weren’t always based on the facts. So, who got it right and who got it wrong in 2017?

Insects are important wildlife often overlooked in urban habitats. What we do notice are the cockroaches, ants and mosquitoes in and around our homes. All too often we reach for the insect spray.

Alison Guesdon kindly wrote to us earlier this week saying: I wanted to start the 2019 Issues with a small gift for all ‘over there’ so I hope this brings some enjoyment for your readers.
I thought you may like to share/keep this for my offshore friends – pretty interesting stuff.
Over the past few years I’ve been working towards/researching getting a Rocky Point/Elvina page up that brings a bit of focus in on some of the early Summer Houses there. After a mammoth load/set that took over a week (130+ hours), added onto that research time, I finally got that one up too last Sunday and just finished fiddling with the extra bits I wanted to add in.

The story of the first Scotland Island Race and Cup is also a story about a man who came from rural stock who so loved Scotland Island and Elvina Bay that his daughter was named ‘Elvina Elizabeth’ after her mother’s sister ’, as well as a cruiser later on, may be the inspiration for that beautiful bay’s name and seemed determined to help Pittwater become established as the place to go to, in part due to setting up a company, 'Scotland Island Estates, Ltd’.

Does renewable electricity raise or lower electricity prices? There is more to this question than meets the eye: are prices lower before or after renewable subsidies are recovered, how has variability been accounted for, how have changes in network costs been accounted for, and so on and on.