Posts Tagged ‘ forest ’

Australia Burns, A Nation Weeps

February 12, 2009
Australia Burns, A Nation Weeps

Black Saturday – February 2009, by Daniel Clarke: The Australian state of Victoria has fallen victim to what can only be described as hell’s fury – a series of raging firestorms that serve as the gravest warning of the frightening threat climate change presents our world. The authorities knew it was coming and the...
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Mothering Nature

January 18, 2009
Mothering Nature

The constant rain clatters against the burnt-out shell of a recently vandalised car; tiny tents flap violently in the biting wind and a piercing early morning whistle signals the daily visit of the local police force. Valerie Thompson has just descended from a tree-top canopy hanging precariously 50 metres in the air. She’s been...
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