If everyone on the planet lived like the average Australian, it would take a staggering 3.76 planets to support the world population! Confronting isn’t it? This statistic, released this week in WWF’s leading biennial Living Planet Report 2012, is a … Continue reading
Just over a month ago, at 8:30pm March 31, a record 152 countries and territories and more than 6,700 cities, towns and municipalities took part in the biggest Earth Hour event so far. A pretty inspiring result for a campaign … Continue reading
Late last year I found myself traveling around the world with one of Australia’s last remaining high-profile climate sceptics, former finance Minister Nick Minchin. I never expected to go on a journey with a politician who’s spent his career arguing … Continue reading
Returning to Antarctic waters on the Our Far South voyage, WWF Marine Advocate Bob Zuur reflects on protecting this unique – and changing – wilderness. One hundred years ago Robert Falcon Scott reached the South Pole. Fifty years ago … Continue reading
Campbell Jones, a farmer in the Wyalkatchem area, contacted me after he had seen an article in the Farmers Weekly about the work that the Healthy Bushland team (WWF, Wheatbelt NRM and Greening Australia WA), was doing to help a Bencubbin … Continue reading
A hint of movement in the darkened rocks, a scratch in the dirt, a white flash in the hushed night: trapped! A shy black-flanked rock wallaby mother and her joey are caught in a freeze-frame, using one of the motion-trigger … Continue reading