In 2005, the United Nations launched the Water for Life Decade to help raise awareness about the need to care for our water resources. Mark Angelo, a Canadian river enthusiast led an initiative to establish a World Rivers Day on the last Sunday in September. This event has grown and in 2012 there are world […]
Since the dawn of time people have personified Rivers. We think of them as beings and give the emotional qualities of humans to reflect their moods. they are placid, angry, meandering and lazy. However, we don’t accord them the rights of people or corporate bodies. In a landmark case for the Rights of Nature, officials […]
The National Atlas of Groundwater Dependent Ecosystems (GDE Atlas) presents the current knowledge of GDEs across Australia, and shows known GDEs as well as ecosystems that potentially use groundwater. The GDE Atlas is a tool to assist the consideration of ecosystem groundwater requirements in natural resource management, including water planning and environmental impact assessment. The […]
Bioneers is a non-profit educational organization based in New Mexico that highlights innovative and practical solutions for restoring people and the planet. Since 1990, Bioneers has acted as a hub to generate breakthrough approaches to the world’s most pressing environmental and social challenges – drawing on inspiration from nature and human ingenuity. This year the […]
Will Trueman talks about collecting native fish stories from Aboriginal people.
We believe that we should work to be happy, but could that be backwards? In this fast-moving and entertaining talk from TEDxBloomington, psychologist Shawn Achor argues that actually happiness inspires productivity.
Brian Dare talks us through some unique underwater photography of the Murray Cod breeding cycle. The footage was captured in the Dumaresq River area by a research team from NSW & Qld Fisheries (Gavin Butler and Steve Brooks).
Simon Sinek has a simple but powerful model for inspirational leadership all starting with a golden circle and the question “Why?”
The lovely Nicola Dixon from the Sydney Metro Catchment Management Authority got a surprise when she was awarded the ARRC Yellow Award a few weeks ago at the SMCMA Board meeting. Judy Christie who works with Nicola said that she was nominated for the award because of her: …enthusiastic and positive and energetic approach, in […]
We are delighted to be able to bring you two new True Tales of the Trout Cod booklets covering the Central Murray and Riverina, as well as a Native Fish of the MDB Species Booklet. The three booklets contain a wonderful mix of stories, anecdotes, historical newspaper articles, photos and science. What a ripper. Any […]
