The New York Times (19 January 2020) reported that Australia has shifted from being a donor country to a charitable recipient nation in the face of its current wildfire emergency. To make matters even worse, the wholesale burning of Australia's landscapes has set the country...
For the past two months, the news has been full of stories about the fires in Australia. Australia has always had to deal with fires but recently they have been different in both magnitude and intensity. To date, with at least six weeks of fire...
The Federal Government in Australia was warned by a group of ex-fire chiefs early in 2019 that the country was facing a potential fire disaster scenario that was in part due to the ongoing and significant effects of climate change. The group asked for a...
The summer fires in Australia mark a cataclysmic reminder that climate change is hurting our planet and that we need to recognise it and plan for a future that minimises the risk to humans and wildlife.[caption id="attachment_7320" align="alignright" width="378"] Burned Australian Forest,, Photo by D....
This issue of Tales of WellBeing first explores the human-animal relationship through the lens of the human-dog partnerships entrusted with providing human and animal security by detecting and removing landmines. The Marshall Legacy Institute has sponsored and trained many dogs and placed them across the...
