There’s no doubt things are changing – the climate has changed for millennia. One thing that’s different today than from say the massive sea level changes of some 8,000 to 18,000 years ago is our access to information via technology. Back then, people returned from hunting to camps that were inundated with water. Now we…
Author: gaiaswisdom
Halloween – why the fuss?
Does it matter?
Can someone please explain to me why, when my daughter says “We shouldn’t really be recognising Halloween now” she’s told “It doesn’t matter”? Why doesn’t it matter? If we said it’s not important to recognise Hanukkah in December or Christmas on December 25 could you imagine the backlash? But when a pagan child in the…
Any future for koalas?
It was recently reported in the Queensland press that statistics from Australia Zoo Wildlife Hospital, Moggill Koala Hospital and Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary Hospital reveal 1760 koalas were taken to wildlife hospitals in the southeast corner of Queensland in the 16 months to May (that averages out to a staggering 110 koalas a month!!). More than…
Plantain
I was so proud of myself the other day to recognise (growing wild) near our river Plantago lanceolata (narrow-leaved plantain / Ribwort). I’ve never been able to confidently recognise anything other than dandelion before! But every time I saw this plant something inside said “That’s plantain”. I’ve seen this plant ever since I was a…