by Arleen | Oct 16, 2023 | CLIMATE CHANGE, Critically endangered, Drought, Extinction, Uncategorized
THERE ARE MANY REASONS TO CARE… At Save Our Woodlands we often focus on how many species native to Australia are on the verge of extinction – or even worse how many have already disappeared. When one of Australia’s greatest icons, the koala has been...
by Arleen | Oct 14, 2023 | biodiversity, bushfires, CLIMATE CHANGE, Drought, Endangered, Extinction, Flooding
REPORT PREPARED EVERY 5 YEARS The writing is on the wall and the headlines are scary. And yes, we know that the Australia State of the Environment report is from 2021 but we think it is worth sharing – again. Visit the interactive government site dedicated to...
by Arleen | Oct 6, 2023 | Plastic, The Guardian
CAN SCIENCE & BACTERIA HELP SOLVE A MASSIVE CHALLENGE OF OUR OWN MAKING? When a microbe was found munching on a plastic bottle in a rubbish dump, it promised a recycling revolution. Now scientists are attempting to turbocharge those powers in a bid to solve our...
by Arleen | Oct 2, 2023 | bushfires, CLIMATE CHANGE, ECO-ANXIETY, Uncategorized
HOPE FOR THE BEST WHILE BEING PREPARED We’ve written about how devastating the Black Summer bushfires were, and how as summer begins in Australia over 1 million acres have already burned… We’ve also written about how experts have coined the phrase...
by Arleen | Sep 21, 2023 | Kangaroo, Kangaroo Study
NEW RESEARCH SHOWS KANGAROOS FORM COMPLEX RELATIONSHIPS Credit for the banner photo on this page Maggie King. Photo taken on our 4th project, Gwyder River Sanctuary. Excerpts below from a study published in Animal Behaviour and an article from Yahoo News. Over six...