Swift parrots and introduced bees compete for nectar
This study illustrates the competition between introduced bees and the endangered Swift Parrot for nectar availability.
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Genetic diversity and saving the forty spotted Pardalote
This article published in Heredity highlights the importance of genetic monitoring alongside other conservation actions in saving the exquisite endang...
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Threatened Species on Bruny Island
An extensive report compiled by ecologist Dr Tonia Cochran and Tasmania's Threatened Species Unit into the stunningly varied bird, plant and animal sp...
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Inala Jurassic Garden's Noah's Ark project
The Inala Jurassic Garden is a small, privately-owned botanic garden located at Inala, on Bruny Island. It is a repository for more than 700 species o...
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Braiding Sweetgrass
Braiding Sweetgrass explores reciprocal relationships between humans and the land, with a focus on the role of plants and botany in both Native Americ...
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Gandhi - on non-violence
Mahatma Gandhi was a lawyer who employed the principle of nonviolent resistance to successfully lead the campaign for India's independence from Britis...
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"I have a dream" - speech by Martin Luther King
"I have a dream", is the famous speech delivered by American Civil rights campaigner Martin Luther King Jr. An inspirational moment for all interested...
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Emmeline Pankhurst gives speech at Hartford
Gaining the right to vote for women took decades of dedicated effort to achieve. Here is a rendition of an electrifying speech by suffragette Emmeline...
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Walden by Henry D Thoreau
Walden or Life in the Woods, the reflections of Henry Thoreau on living simply and close to nature, is one of the most influential books in American l...
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Let the Franklin Flow - Saving a Wild River
In 1983 an audacious campaign to save a wild river became a defining moment in Australian environmental history
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De Fiets is Niets - The Bicycle Is Nothing
Today the Netherlands has a reputation as a kind of bicycling paradise. This was not inevitable but the result of a long and concerted effort.
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Pale Blue Dot: Carl Sagan
In this famous and compelling speech, Carl Sagan contextualises humankind's home, Earth.
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