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Questions around the end of the world

There has to be a novel in this somewhere. A writer awarded a large sum of money for a book which among many things touches on nature in crisis learns that that part of the prize is profit from fossil … Continue reading

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A powerful voice for nature: Jamie Kirkpatrick (1946-2024)

Friend, mentor, anchor, eco-warrior, a kind, compassionate, joyful, funny man… these are among words chosen by friends to describe University of Tasmania Distinguished Professor Jamie (James Barrie) Kirkpatrick, geographer and conservation ecologist. In his official biography on the university’s website, … Continue reading

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The vanishing homes on our floodplains

The village of my childhood comprised a dozen or so company houses on the main road, our family home on the hillside above and the farmhouse of my father’s youth down on the river flats – and a newsprint mill … Continue reading

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