Jennifer Marohasy

Frustrated with the many laws and regulations in Australia that now make it difficult for farmers to manage trees, including woody weed regrowth, on their land a TREE CHOP CAMPAIGN kicked off on 1st July.
The NSW Farmers Association has failed to condemn the campaign that encourages farmers to cut down trees. The Australian Beef [...]

Since beginning this blog in April 2004, I’ve received lots of information and opinion from readers. I’ve really appreciated the notes that I’ve been able to publish from people like Libby, Ann, Ian, Luke, Roger, Cinders and others.
I’ve also occasionally published comment from Paul Biggs, who should not be confused with Paul Williams who [...]

1. Solar Greed? Humans accused of overusing the Sun!
Excerpt: HUMANS are just one of the millions of species on Earth, but we use up almost a quarter of the sun’s energy captured by plants – the most of any species. The human dominance of this natural resource is affecting other species, reducing the amount of [...]

Hello Jen,
Is ‘Ecology’ simply ‘Geography’ under another Name?* As any ecology textbook will tell, the e-word dates back to the 1880s.
However, in recent decades it has captured the news-media, politics, and academe. But is it simply old wine in new bottles? Geography has long been concerned with the landscape effects of interactions between humans, [...]