BellingenNSW<p>Housing - YIMBYs, NIMBYs and mass evictions at gunpoint</p><p>Lily Sánchez, You’re Not Angry Enough About Homelessness in America <br><a href="https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/youre-not-angry-enough-about-homelessness-in-america" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">currentaffairs.org/news/youre-</span><span class="invisible">not-angry-enough-about-homelessness-in-america</span></a></p><p>"We need to ensure we’re building homes, not investment portfolios."<br><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-13/yimby-nimby-housing-crisis-battle-for-your-backyard/105510984" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2025-07-13/yim</span><span class="invisible">by-nimby-housing-crisis-battle-for-your-backyard/105510984</span></a></p><p>Great job, good education, no home: is Australia’s bloated property market destroying the middle class?<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jul/13/great-job-good-education-no-home-is-australias-bloated-property-market-destroying-the-middle-class" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/australia-news</span><span class="invisible">/2025/jul/13/great-job-good-education-no-home-is-australias-bloated-property-market-destroying-the-middle-class</span></a><br>>><br><a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>housing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/unhoused" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unhoused</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/sprawl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sprawl</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/affordability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>affordability</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/AffordableHousing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AffordableHousing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/wages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wages</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/speculation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>speculation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/rentierism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rentierism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/mobility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mobility</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/relocation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>relocation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/cars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cars</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Carparks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Carparks</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/warehousing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>warehousing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/camp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>camp</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/nomos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nomos</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/biopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>biopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/NIMBY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NIMBY</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/YIMBY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>YIMBY</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/SettlerSociety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SettlerSociety</span></a></p>
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BellingenNSW<p>Ancient DNA reveals farming led to more human diseases</p><p>"Humans' close cohabitation with domesticated animals—and large-scale migrations of pastoralists from the Pontic Steppe—played a decisive role in the spread of these diseases...We've long suspected that the transition to farming and animal husbandry opened the door to a new era of disease—now DNA shows us that it happened at least 6,500 years ago. These infections didn't just cause illness—they may have contributed to population collapse, migration, and genetic adaptation."<br>>><br><a href="https://phys.org/news/2025-07-large-scale-dna-years-disease.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2025-07-large-sc</span><span class="invisible">ale-dna-years-disease.html</span></a></p><p>"Today, zoonoses account for more than 60% of newly emerging infectious diseases."<br>Martin Sikora, The spatiotemporal distribution of human pathogens in ancient Eurasia, Nature (2025). <br><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09192-8" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nature.com/articles/s41586-025</span><span class="invisible">-09192-8</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/pastoralism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pastoralism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/farming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>farming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/diseases" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>diseases</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/zoonosis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>zoonosis</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/pathogens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pathogens</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/livestock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>livestock</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/cattle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cattle</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/domestication" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>domestication</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/civilisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>civilisation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/animal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>animal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/husbandry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>husbandry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/SettlerSociety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SettlerSociety</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/meat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>meat</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/pandemics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pandemics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/IndigenousPeoples" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousPeoples</span></a></p>
BellingenNSW<p>"We're a biodiversity hotspot, but we won't be if we cover the whole of it in suburbia."</p><p>"If you're putting roads through koala habitat, you see more car strikes. </p><p>If you're building houses in there, you get more dog attacks, </p><p>and ultimately also the more koalas are compressed, you see higher stress in the population, and that results in less resilience and greater disease."</p><p>"The science is clear. We need to [be building] up, not out. The most important thing councils can do is protect the habitat that's there and be involved in restoring areas."<br>>><br><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-12/drone-survey-researching-koala-populations-endangered-animals/105279284" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2025-05-12/dro</span><span class="invisible">ne-survey-researching-koala-populations-endangered-animals/105279284</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>biodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/koalas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>koalas</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/EndangeredSpecies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EndangeredSpecies</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/RemnantVegetation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RemnantVegetation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/NativeForests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NativeForests</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/sprawl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sprawl</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/roads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>roads</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/cars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cars</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/dogs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dogs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/BellingenShire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BellingenShire</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/suburbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>suburbia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/SettlerSociety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SettlerSociety</span></a></p>
BellingenNSW<p>Welfare of koalas living in plantations: Aerial and ground-based shooting of koalas </p><p>"..The ongoing chronic animal welfare crisis facing koalas in southwest Victoria that has been unfolding for decades. The root cause being rampant habitat loss and the relentless expansion of the blue gum plantation industry. With their natural habitat diminished, koalas are left with nowhere safe to go...Only one animal was rescued and taken into care, while 1,061 were euthanised."<br>>><br><a href="https://au.news.yahoo.com/photos-expose-fresh-blow-after-1061-koalas-shot-in-national-park-sad-truth-063055245.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">au.news.yahoo.com/photos-expos</span><span class="invisible">e-fresh-blow-after-1061-koalas-shot-in-national-park-sad-truth-063055245.html</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>biodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/koalas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>koalas</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/marsupials" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>marsupials</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/LoggingImpacts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LoggingImpacts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/LoggingIndustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LoggingIndustry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/harm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>harm</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/plantations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plantations</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/monoculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>monoculture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/SettlerSociety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SettlerSociety</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/euthanasia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>euthanasia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a></p>
BellingenNSW<p>The emergence of sarcoptic mange in Australian wildlife via pet dogs<br>>><br><a href="https://mastodon.au/@Bellingen/114384263250656422" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.au/@Bellingen/1143842</span><span class="invisible">63250656422</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wildlife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/conservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>conservation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/parasites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>parasites</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Sarcoptidae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sarcoptidae</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/mange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mange</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/InvasiveSpecies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InvasiveSpecies</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/koalas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>koalas</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/wombats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wombats</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/bandicoots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bandicoots</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/possums" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>possums</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/roaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>roaming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/pets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pets</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/dogs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dogs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/dogs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dogs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/dogs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dogs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/SettlerSociety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SettlerSociety</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Biosecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Biosecurity</span></a></p>
BellingenNSW<p>A burden to native wildlife</p><p>Sarcoptic mange is a parasitic skin disease affecting many Australian wildlife species. The burrowing mite creates tunnels under the skin affecting many Australian wildlife animals. "The mite is invasive to Australia and was likely introduced by European settlers and their domestic animals around 200 years ago.”<br>>><br><a href="https://wildlifehealthaustralia.com.au/Portals/0/ResourceCentre/FactSheets/Mammals/Sarcoptic_mange_in_%20Australian_wildlife.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">wildlifehealthaustralia.com.au</span><span class="invisible">/Portals/0/ResourceCentre/FactSheets/Mammals/Sarcoptic_mange_in_%20Australian_wildlife.pdf</span></a></p><p>"The origins of sarcoptic mange in Australian native animals are poorly understood, with the most consistent conclusion being that mange was introduced by settlers and their dogs and subsequently becoming a major burden to native wildlife."<br>>><br><a href="https://parasitesandvectors.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13071-016-1578-2" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">parasitesandvectors.biomedcent</span><span class="invisible">ral.com/articles/10.1186/s13071-016-1578-2</span></a><br>Fraser T, Charleston M et al. (2016) The emergence of sarcoptic mange in Australian wildlife: A long- standing and unresolved debate. Parasites and Vectors, 9: 316<br><a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wildlife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/conservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>conservation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/parasites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>parasites</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Sarcoptidae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sarcoptidae</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/mange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mange</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/koalas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>koalas</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/wombats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wombats</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/bandicoots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bandicoots</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/possums" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>possums</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/roaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>roaming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/pets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pets</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/dogs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dogs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/SettlerSociety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SettlerSociety</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Biosecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Biosecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/InvasiveSpecies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InvasiveSpecies</span></a></p>
NSW.Biodiversity<p>The family farm - years of 'bashing and burning'</p><p>"I bashed the trees down and burnt everything … I was a bash and burner."</p><p>"It took about 200 years to transform a once wild island into an agricultural powerhouse,<br>farmers raised to conquer the land; slashing native vegetation to make way for agriculture.Much of King Island's native vegetation has been cleared for farmland."<br>>><br><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-21/king-island-environmental-destruction-farmer-conservationist/104743516" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2025-04-21/kin</span><span class="invisible">g-island-environmental-destruction-farmer-conservationist/104743516</span></a><br><a href="https://theblower.au/tags/extinction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>extinction</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/farming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>farming</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/FamilyFarm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FamilyFarm</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/LandClearing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LandClearing</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>culture</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/SettlerSociety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SettlerSociety</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/machinery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>machinery</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/SlashandBurn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SlashandBurn</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/deforestation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deforestation</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/meat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>meat</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>biodiversity</span></a></p>
NSW.Biodiversity<p>Debate rages over push to declare buffel grass a weed of national significance</p><p>"A pasture grass providing benefits as feed for livestock is not considered a weed."</p><p>End of debate.<br>>><br><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-20/graziers-and-environmentalists-clash-over-buffel-grass/105145268" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2025-04-20/gra</span><span class="invisible">ziers-and-environmentalists-clash-over-buffel-grass/105145268</span></a><br><a href="https://theblower.au/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>biodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/monoculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>monoculture</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/livestock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>livestock</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/cattle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cattle</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/lobby" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lobby</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/SettlerSociety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SettlerSociety</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/weeds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>weeds</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/bushfires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bushfires</span></a></p>
BellingenNSW<p>The Sydney surburban sprawl that’s a death zone for koalas<br>video >><br><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-13/the-sydney-surburban-sprawl-that%E2%80%99s-a-death-zone/105169238" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2025-04-13/the</span><span class="invisible">-sydney-surburban-sprawl-that%E2%80%99s-a-death-zone/105169238</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/koalas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>koalas</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Biodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/sprawl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sprawl</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/roads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>roads</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/trauma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trauma</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/cars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cars</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/RoadTrauma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RoadTrauma</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Sydney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sydney</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/NSW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NSW</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/extinction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>extinction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/ExtinctionCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExtinctionCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/SettlerSociety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SettlerSociety</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/thylacines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>thylacines</span></a></p>
BellingenNSW<p>Australia is in an extinction crisis – why isn’t it an issue at this election?</p><p>"Over the past decade, more than 550 Australian species have been either newly recognised as at risk of extinction or moved a step closer to being erased from the planet."</p><p>"Analysis shows 1,964,200 hectares of koala habitat was cleared between 2012 and 2021 – 81% of that in Queensland."</p><p>"Australia tops global rankings for mammal extinction – at least 33 species have died out since European invasion and colonisation – and is number two behind Indonesia for loss of biodiversity. The challenge is not only to stop the loss of habitat but to restore the environment in places it has been lost in 250 years of European-driven clearing."<br>>><br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/07/australia-is-in-an-extinction-crisis-why-isnt-it-an-issue-at-this-election" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/australia-news</span><span class="invisible">/2025/apr/07/australia-is-in-an-extinction-crisis-why-isnt-it-an-issue-at-this-election</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>biodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/ecosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ecosystems</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/loss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>loss</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wildlife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/koalas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>koalas</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/care" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>care</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/biosphere" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>biosphere</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/laws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>laws</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/deforestation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deforestation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/extractivism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>extractivism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/SettlerSociety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SettlerSociety</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/destruction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>destruction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/extinction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>extinction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pollution</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/sprawl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sprawl</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>housing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/governance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>governance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/ExtinctionCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExtinctionCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/FossilFuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFuels</span></a></p>
BellingenNSW<p>Human-made ecosystems: Ecological novelty is now the "new normal" for our planet</p><p>"30-40% of the world's terrestrial ecosystems have already transformed into novel states."</p><p>"O'ahu as an "amazing crystal ball" that offers a glimpse of the future of our planet if humans continue to damage environments and drive species to extinction."</p><p>"Hawaii's O'ahu's lowland forests are now almost entirely devoid of the plants and animals that grew here for millions of years before the arrival of humans. Settlers brought extinctions by cutting down trees to make farms and introducing voracious predators and disease-carrying animals. Today, these tropical forests are a tapestry of non-native species introduced from every corner of the planet: Brazilian peppertree, Indonesian cinnamon and roseleaf bramble from the Himalayas and Australia. Most of the animals, including all the birds that Tarwater mentioned earlier, are also alien."</p><p>"We like to think of O'ahu as the cautionary tale for all the other Pacific Islands and the Hawaiian Islands. It's what you don't want to have happen – Corey Tarwater"<br>>><br><a href="https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250403-the-new-hawaiian-freakosystem-emerging-on-oahu-accidentally-created-by-humans" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.com/future/article/2025040</span><span class="invisible">3-the-new-hawaiian-freakosystem-emerging-on-oahu-accidentally-created-by-humans</span></a></p><p>Towards a novel biosphere in 2300: rapid and extensive global and biome-wide climatic novelty in the Anthropocene<br><a href="https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/abs/10.1098/rstb.2023.0022" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">royalsocietypublishing.org/doi</span><span class="invisible">/abs/10.1098/rstb.2023.0022</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>biodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/biosphere" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>biosphere</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/ecosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ecosystems</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/extinction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>extinction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>birds</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/loss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>loss</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/InvasiveSpecies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InvasiveSpecies</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/degradation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>degradation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/SettlerSociety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SettlerSociety</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/cattle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cattle</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/dogs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dogs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/grasses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>grasses</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/NovelEcosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NovelEcosystems</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/weeds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>weeds</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/restoration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>restoration</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Pacific" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pacific</span></a></p>
BellingenNSW<p>Extinction is a choice</p><p>"The Albanese government took power in May 2022, it pledged to end “wilful neglect” of the environment and to introduce stronger environmental laws "</p><p>"Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek has been taken to court over 11 threatened species. Here’s why<br>Today, environmental group the Wilderness Society launched a case in the Federal Court against Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek, arguing she and successive environment ministers have failed to meet their legal obligations to create threatened species recovery plans."<br>>><br><a href="https://theconversation.com/environment-minister-tanya-plibersek-has-been-taken-to-court-over-11-threatened-species-heres-why-219231" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/environmen</span><span class="invisible">t-minister-tanya-plibersek-has-been-taken-to-court-over-11-threatened-species-heres-why-219231</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Biodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/extinction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>extinction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/WilfulNeglect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WilfulNeglect</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/laws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>laws</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/SettlerSociety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SettlerSociety</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/extractivism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>extractivism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/ecocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ecocide</span></a></p>
BellingenNSW<p>Exposing the ugly underbelly of settler colonialism in Australia</p><p>“This was a horrendous research experience, but it did expose the ugly underbelly of settler colonialism in Australia." <br>>><br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/ng-interactive/2019/mar/04/massacre-map-australia-the-killing-times-frontier-wars" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/australia-news</span><span class="invisible">/ng-interactive/2019/mar/04/massacre-map-australia-the-killing-times-frontier-wars</span></a></p><p>Colonial Frontier Massacres in Australia, 1788-1930<br>Data from the Colonial Frontier Massacres Digital Map Project led by Prof Lyndall Ryan at the University of Newcastle’s Centre for the 21st Century Humanities.<br>>><br><a href="https://c21ch.newcastle.edu.au/colonialmassacres/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">c21ch.newcastle.edu.au/colonia</span><span class="invisible">lmassacres/</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/TruthTelling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TruthTelling</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/SettlerSociety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SettlerSociety</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/violence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>violence</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/colonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>colonialism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/ConspiracyOfSilence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConspiracyOfSilence</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/frontier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>frontier</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/ResourceFrontiers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ResourceFrontiers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/ContemporaneityOfTheNonContemporaneous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ContemporaneityOfTheNonContemporaneous</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/IndigenousPeoples" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousPeoples</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a></p>
NSW.Biodiversity<p>Provide habitat and fund wildlife hospitals!</p><p>"The WA Wildlife Hospital has seen a 17 per cent year-on-year increase in patient admissions over the past 15 years."<br>Reasons?<br>"These include increasing urban sprawl, with suburbs encroaching on natural habitats as the population grows, and attacks from introduced predators such as wandering cats, foxes and dogs."<br>>><br><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-20/wa-wildlife-hospital-buckling-under-surging-animal-admissions/104923496" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2025-02-20/wa-</span><span class="invisible">wildlife-hospital-buckling-under-surging-animal-admissions/104923496</span></a><br><a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Biodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wildlife</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>birds</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/carers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>carers</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/sprawl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sprawl</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/FishingHooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FishingHooks</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/roads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>roads</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/drivers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>drivers</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/IntroducedSpecies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IntroducedSpecies</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/pets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pets</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/dogs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dogs</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/ExtinctionCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExtinctionCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/SettlerSociety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SettlerSociety</span></a></p>
BellingenNSW<p>Human-mediated extirpation of wildlife through logging</p><p>"Before industrial logging in south-west British Columbia, there were nearly 1,000 spotted owls in the old-growth forests. But they have vanished in recent decades, victims of habitat destruction. Activists have tried in vain to hold the government to account, alleging protected species laws have failed to prevent the extirpation of the owls."</p><p>"Efforts to revive the population have failed, with a pair of owls released from the breeding program dying within months. The lone female in the wild is also believed to have died."<br>>><br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/12/canada-owl-rats-valentines-day" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/world/2025/feb</span><span class="invisible">/12/canada-owl-rats-valentines-day</span></a></p><p>What happened to the Northern Spotted Owl? >><br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_spotted_owl" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern</span><span class="invisible">_spotted_owl</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/LoggingImpacts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LoggingImpacts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/harm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>harm</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>birds</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>biodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/NativeForests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NativeForests</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/LoggingIndustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LoggingIndustry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wildlife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/habitat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>habitat</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/destruction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>destruction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/degradation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>degradation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/extirpation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>extirpation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/NSWLogging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NSWLogging</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/SaveTuckersNob" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SaveTuckersNob</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/koalas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>koalas</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/BellingenLogging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BellingenLogging</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/SettlerSociety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SettlerSociety</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/governance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>governance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/ecocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ecocide</span></a></p>
BellingenNSW<p>The cost of preventing extinction of Australia’s priority species <br> <br>"It would cost $15.6 billion per year for 30 years to prevent extinction for 99 of Australia’s priority species. The cost to reverse the decline of priority species and undo damage done by habitat loss, disease and other threats was estimated at $103.7 billion annually, while getting them off the threatened list entirely would require $157.7 billion per year.” </p><p>"Biodiversity loss and ecosystems collapse is ranked by the World Economic Forum as the second most significant global risk over the next decade, with 50 per cent of the global economy dependent on nature. " >> <br><a href="https://news.griffith.edu.au/2025/02/04/the-cost-of-preventing-extinction-of-australias-priority-species/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.griffith.edu.au/2025/02/0</span><span class="invisible">4/the-cost-of-preventing-extinction-of-australias-priority-species/</span></a></p><p>Australians spent over $33 billion on their pets last year.<br><a href="https://www.dogster.com/statistics/pet-spending-statistics-australia" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">dogster.com/statistics/pet-spe</span><span class="invisible">nding-statistics-australia</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>biodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/ecosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ecosystems</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/extinction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>extinction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/risks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>risks</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wildlife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/SettlerSociety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SettlerSociety</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/pets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pets</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/NaturePositive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NaturePositive</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/values" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>values</span></a></p>
BellingenNSW<p>"To be different without fear."<br> T.W. Adorno, Minima Moralia </p><p>"The referendum, Mr Sivaraman said, had "mainstreamed a torrent of racism" and emboldened people to "immediately challenge" any small measure granting self-determination to Indigenous people. People feel like the defeat of the Voice has given them licence to espouse their racist views...Racism towards First Nations people within Australia had been a "constant" for 238 years that "escalated dramatically" when there was something to attach it to, like cultural heritage protections or the Voice referendum." <br>>><br><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-20/mt-arapiles-plan-triggers-racism-towards-aboriginal-people/104604286" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2025-01-20/mt-</span><span class="invisible">arapiles-plan-triggers-racism-towards-aboriginal-people/104604286</span></a></p><p>'Freedom is no fear.’ Nina Simone/ Nicholas Payton <br><a href="https://visualizingabolition.ucsc.edu/exhibitions/music-for-abolition.html#sleepwalkers" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">visualizingabolition.ucsc.edu/</span><span class="invisible">exhibitions/music-for-abolition.html#sleepwalkers</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/referendum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>referendum</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/IndigenousPeoples" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousPeoples</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/FirstNations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FirstNations</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/voice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>voice</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/silence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>silence</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/CulturalLandscape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CulturalLandscape</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/sacred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sacred</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/respect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>respect</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/SettlerSociety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SettlerSociety</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/WhiteRage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteRage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/violence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>violence</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>racism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/safety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>safety</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/discrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>discrimination</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/denial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>denial</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/backlash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>backlash</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/tolerance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tolerance</span></a> for <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/ambiguity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ambiguity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/AuthoritarianPersonality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AuthoritarianPersonality</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/fear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fear</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/loss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>loss</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/mountains" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mountains</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/climbing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>climbing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/industry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>industry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/freedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freedom</span></a></p>
BellingenNSW<p>HOME UNSETTLED</p><p>Settlers are detached from the land and mostly mistake "Little boxes made of ticky tacky" as 'home.' But now<br>"Climate change is forcing us to rethink our sense of ‘home’ – and what it means to lose it."</p><p>Val Plumwood ... "argues that, under capitalism, the idea of personal belonging to a particular place or dwelling is often framed as being more important than many other vital attachments to place, such as connection to land. She uses the term “shadow places” to describe the ecosystems we exclude and exploit – including our forests and waterways – even though they are fundamental to our existence. These places provide essential labour, nourishment and the conditions we need to survive and flourish. For Plumwood, an expanded sense of “home” would encompass the broader ecological context we exist within."</p><p>" Indigenous Australian law scholar Irene Watson explains colonisers were already alienated from a sense of connection to land when they came to “Australia”. This disconnection led them to plunder the land, treating it as a commodity rather than a living, complex ecosystem that nurtures and is nurtured by First Nations peoples."<br>>><br><a href="https://theconversation.com/climate-change-is-forcing-us-to-rethink-our-sense-of-home-and-what-it-means-to-lose-it-247234" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/climate-ch</span><span class="invisible">ange-is-forcing-us-to-rethink-our-sense-of-home-and-what-it-means-to-lose-it-247234</span></a></p><p>Malvina Reynolds - Little boxes on the hillside, Full Version with Lyrics >><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUoXtddNPAM" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=VUoXtddNPAM</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Country" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Country</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/IndigenousPeoples" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousPeoples</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/care" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>care</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/displacement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>displacement</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/land" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>land</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/privatisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privatisation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/commodification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>commodification</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/LandSpeculation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LandSpeculation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/landlordism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>landlordism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/rentierisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rentierisation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/SettlerSociety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SettlerSociety</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/suburbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>suburbia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>housing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/sprawl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sprawl</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/homeplace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>homeplace</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/ClimateBreakdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateBreakdown</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/values" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>values</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>australia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/NativeForests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NativeForests</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/plunder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plunder</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/ecosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ecosystems</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>biodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/ExtinctionCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExtinctionCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/FossilFuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFuels</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/extractivism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>extractivism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/loss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>loss</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/home" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>home</span></a></p>
BellingenNSW<p>Country Knowledge through Space, Time and Mobility<br>Mindful journey or instrumental reason?</p><p>At any Australian coast one usually hears the drone of speeding tinnies or even jet ski. Run by fossil fuel they are loud, fast and polluting. Fishermen, like car drivers operate in a 'getting things done’ modus.</p><p>But the acceleration of motorised (maritime) mobility is not conductive to the encounter between people and Country.</p><p>Indigenous Australians are renewing and maintaining the slow quiet movement of canoes to allow a different people-place relation.</p><p>“Moving faster can unsettle the possibilities for interaction that involves sitting near, listening, observing and engaging…The point is that the way we move is intimately connected to the way we know.”</p><p>>><br>Transport study reveals why journey is as important as the destination<br><a href="https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/transport-study-reveals-why-journey-is-as-important-as-the-destination" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">scimex.org/newsfeed/transport-</span><span class="invisible">study-reveals-why-journey-is-as-important-as-the-destination</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/mobility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mobility</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/maritime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>maritime</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/motorboats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>motorboats</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/boats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>boats</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/tinnies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tinnies</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/cars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cars</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/FossilFuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFuels</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/noise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>noise</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pollution</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/speed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>speed</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/SocialAcceleration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialAcceleration</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/canoes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>canoes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/IndigenousPeoples" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousPeoples</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/IndigenousAustralians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousAustralians</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/IndigenousKnowledge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousKnowledge</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/mindful" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mindful</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/journey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>journey</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/SettlerSociety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SettlerSociety</span></a></p>
BellingenNSW<p>Reversing Australia’s trajectory of biodiversity decline</p><p>"Australia has ... lost at least 100 species since European colonisation."</p><p>"To undo all the human-induced damage and bring nature roaring back across their viable continental range would come with a staggering cost – A$583 billion per year, every year, for at least 30 years. That’s 25% of our GDP. "</p><p> "The most cost-effective action is to avoid further damage." <br>>><br><a href="https://theconversation.com/fully-recovering-australias-threatened-species-would-cost-25-of-gdp-we-cant-do-it-all-at-once-so-lets-start-here-245669" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/fully-reco</span><span class="invisible">vering-australias-threatened-species-would-cost-25-of-gdp-we-cant-do-it-all-at-once-so-lets-start-here-245669</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>biodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/destruction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>destruction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/harm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>harm</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>australia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/SettlerSociety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SettlerSociety</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/weeds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>weeds</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/lantana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lantana</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/IntroducedSpecies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IntroducedSpecies</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/restoration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>restoration</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/conservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>conservation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/repair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>repair</span></a></p>
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