In March this year, Japanese journalist Harumi Hayakawa wrote a piece for the Japanese publication Asahi Weekly in which she explained why the terrifying Australian fires of December 2019 actually made her like the Blue Mountains even more.     In her article she described the many ways the community came together during and after the fires and how, …

On World Ocean Day Gabon announces protections for sharks and rays; AGL to replace Liddell coal-fired power station with solar-and-hydro energy facility; and new research shows that reducing light in city buildings during bird migrating season would reduce collision deaths by 60% These stories and more in today’s Solutions Digest: • The Gabon government and conservation NGO Wildlife Conservation Society have partnered to …

G7 agree on ‘historic steps’ to make climate reporting mandatory; EPA rules to phase down manufacturing and use of HFCs; and more than 2000 American’s participate in Ann Morton’s ‘Violet Protest’ against polarization These stories and more in today’s Solutions Digest: • Our young writer Annabel Pettit interviewed Blackheathen Jeffrey Crompton about his new podcast ‘Mick and the Phatman Talking …

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  In May 2020, in the early months of the pandemic, I spent time with Bob Burnett in his home at Mount Victoria. He and Peter Buckwell, his neighbour, were nightly companions and supporting each other through the Lockdown. As we’ve seen over the last few years, life has a way of up-ending everyone’s plans. As it turned out, by …

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