Jennifer Marohasy

I have a little bookmark with the words:
“Whatever you can do,
Or dream you can,
Begin it,
Boldness has genius,
Power & Magic in it. Begin it Now.”
And so the Australian Environmental Foundation (AEF) was launched on Sunday, on World Environment Day, in Tenterfield.
It was some years ago that I realized there was a need for a different kind [...]

The following poem was sent in from Ian Beale PhD, Mungallala, SW Queensland, with the comment that it is a response to my post on ‘Eating Whales’(7th June) and Senator Andrew Bartlett’s comment that followed the post.
The Vegetarian’s Nightmare
(a dissertation on plants’ rights)
Ladies and diners 1 make you
A shameful, degrading confession.
A deed of disgrace in [...]

I’m in Launceston, Tasmania attending the National Conference of Timber Communities Australia (TCA). It will be opened this morning by the PM, John Howard.
I got my conference bag last night. It’s contents included a stubbie holder with the verse:
Here’s to a logger
Who fills a need
From houses to paper
From one little seed
For those of [...]