Ruth Hessey speaks with Caitlin McGee, research director in housing futures at the Institute for Sustainable Futures (ISF) at the University of Technology Sydney about the growing movement of collaborative housing. Collaborative housing enables residents to share costs and pool resources. But its residents also benefit from living in a connected, supported community, while allowing […]

The Weather Diaries – A Movie About Parenting In An Environmental Crisis Kathy Drayton, director of  “The Weather Diaries” speaks with Ruth Hessey about the environmental destruction that propelled her to start her documentary. The Weather Diaries is a feature documentary made by a mother concerned about the future for her daughter; a musician emerging […]

Ruth Hessey speaks to Andrew Skeoch about Listening Earth, which offers a vast range of natural soundscapes, transporting you to wild places and reminding you of nature’s more gentle pace of life. Andrew is an educator, naturalist, environmental thinker, and one of Australia’s best-known nature sound recordists. Together with his partner, nature photographer Sarah Koschak, […]

Venus Shell Systems is Australia’s only food-grade seaweed farm processing system from sun to bottle. The company manufactures food, cosmetics and medicinal products sold under the name phycohealth. Owner of the company, marine biologist Dr Pia Windberg, set up the Venus Shell Systems to harvest the therapeutic properties of seaweed, as  “seaweed is an important […]

A proud descendent of the Burramattagal people of Western Sydney, Sebastian Goldspink is an independent curator and Founder of ALASKA projects, a platform to exhibit contemporary visual art in unused or disused spaces – showcasing over 500 artists across 150 exhibitions since its opening in 2011. Built in 1897 the Woollahra Gallery at Redleaf building has a […]

The Grattan Institute, a Melbourne-based think tank, contradicts the PM’s suggestion that gas would be key to a post-Covid economic recovery. Their report finds that the Coalition’s gas plan would help fewer than 1% of manufacturing workers. If Australia’s is to achieving net-zero emissions this century, as promised by PM Scott Morrison the prime minister, […]

Recently published research has shown that moonlight can change the behaviour of Australian wildlife. One study found small mammals were more active on cloudy nights. Another study found male willie wagtails love singing on a full moon.

Our Non-Human Psyche  Sydney artist Lux Eterna creates a series of highly detailed and intricate hand-drawn and hand-foiled works of flora and geological matter, based on meditative approaches to embodied time spent in the natural world. The exhibition opens Nov 19 at Stanley St Gallery, Darlinghurst and runs until Dec 5.