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July 30, 2021I remember having a conversation with a good friend about the Murray River, and how most of us just treat it as a river or something to drive over. Yet it’s a state border, has deep meanings for indigenous/first nations people of the area and......
August 17, 2021Over the last few years there’s been increasing debates in some quarters about the rights of nature and the feasibility of bestowing ‘personhood’ to landscapes or parts of landscapes. This is something that has many parts. It can be about legal protections, recognition of the......
May 10, 2022“Why isn’t the Mirka here?” I was in a valley deep within the Himalayas, discussing my list of local endangered animals with a group of herders. “They’re very difficult to find. But you can if you follow their trails.” The comment certainly didn’t have all......
May 28, 2023Soon the snow will come, but recent rain has meant the streams of the Mt Buffalo plateau are running through a lush landscape....
January 19, 2023There’s a phrase that I’m hearing with increasing regularity: inclusive community engagement. To be sure, the phrase doesn’t always use these exact words, but the phrase acts like an umbrella in practices related to community-led actions for sustainable landscapes. I hear practitioners talk about it......
November 2, 2022Everyone lives their lives with both civilisational and Civilisational markers. It’s what makes us human after all – the civilisational markers of values, culture and everyday life sit with the Civilisational markers of buildings and other material outputs of our lives. The thing about being......