I’ve posted about magpie swooping season before here. From August until November the Australian Magpie is nesting and protects its eggs and young by swooping anything it perceives to be a threat. It’s not much fun for pedestrians or cyclists. I’ve certainly been victim to many a swoop and I try to avoid them if…
Posts Tagged with environment
World’s most sustainable city
A study run by UK company, Uswitch, investigated a range of sustainability factors to determine the most sustainable city in the world. I’m not sure what makes Uswitch the company to do this (and therefore how credible the results are), but they used a number of factors in their consideration, including: energy transport infrastructure affordability…
Operation Kangaroo
Upfront I need to say I’m an environmental scientist. I need to say that because from what I’ve heard, the things I’m about to say will upset some people, so I want to be clear I am coming from a professional perspective. Operation Kangaroo is an educational campaign being run by the Australian Government in…
I learned
In 2021 I’m answering a list of weekly journal questions. Read about it here. What I learned from……an Australian study, is that single-use face masks might be able to be turned into roads. How cool is that! Recycling single-use face masks isn’t something I have ever thought about before, but with our new covid life,…