biodiversity

Trees play a key role in the religious and cultural observances of peoples around the world. The tree is central to Easter as well as Christmas. Photo: Joshua Earle
Culture

Into the woods: an Easter meditation on trees

By — April 15, 2019

Long Island garden at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne, features planted indigenous vegetation of the Lower Yarra River. Photo: Molonglo
Culture

It’s okay to garden if you listen to the landscape

By — April 5, 2019

2019 is the international year of indigenous languages. A favourite story this month suggests we learn the original names of Australian trees.
Environment

Foreground reads: our pick from around the web in March

By — April 4, 2019

Bird feeding has brought humans and non-humans together for millenia. Image: Marcus Ward
Environment

Healthy cities are more-than-human

By — October 25, 2018

Bird-friendly habitats are increasingly hard to come by in our cities. Image: Eduardo Fonseca
Cities

Foreground reads: Our picks from around the web for June

By — June 13, 2018

A new vision for Point Grey, Lorne
Public domain

Bush Projects to bring a little bit of wild back to Lorne foreshore

By — May 17, 2018

Dry plantain trees in El Tambo, Tola, Nicaragua.
Cities

Permaculture key to preserving food security for all

By — October 25, 2017

Pop Up Patch turned a disused carpark into 140 veggie crates. Image: Moreland Food Gardens Network
Public domain

The rise of the productive landscape

By — September 14, 2017

Public Farm 1, pictured in 2008 at MoMA PS1. Image: Work Architecture.
Planning

Why can’t you grow food wherever you want?

By — September 13, 2017

Maatsuyker Island, 10 kilometres off of Tasmania's south-west coast.
Environment

What kind of island would you create?

By — August 10, 2017

Chief Commissioner of the Greater Sydney Commission, Lucy Hughes Turnbull AO surveying Marrickville PS' freshly minted greens.
Environment

From asphalt jungle to edible landscape

By — June 2, 2017

A deceased oriental white eye bird – a casualty of Singapore's artificial light. Image courtesy of Zhao Renhui.
Environment

Richard Weller’s Atlas for the End of the World as We Know It

By — April 21, 2017