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Autumn … Waring Wombat Season

Autumn … Waring Wombat Season

April 16th, 2025 - Jacqui van Heerden

“Autumn symbolises the inevitability of change and the beauty of transition. As summer fades away and nature prepares for winter slumber, the autumn season serves as a reminder of life’s ever-evolving nature.”

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Emissions by the richest people are accelerating climate breakdown

March 12th, 2025 - Jacqui van Heerden

One hour of emissions from Australian billionaires’ super yachts and private jets equals what an average Australian emits in an entire year. 

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Forest therapy

February 12th, 2025 - Jacqui van Heerden

The practice of forest therapy aims to take us across our self-imposed edges with nature and remember our place within the whole. It guides us to gently once again form a tending relationship with the world around us.

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A time of giving

December 11th, 2024 - Jacqui van Heerden

Let’s make this a time of giving back to the other than human form.

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Our loss of the night sky

November 13th, 2024 - Jacqui van Heerden

For billions of years, all life has evolved, survived and thrived through the steady rhythm of Earth’s day and night.

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Lavender (Lavandula)

October 16th, 2024 - Jacqui van Heerden

Plants are medicine and if we look to nature there are many healing properties offered in nature, which do not require plastic packaging. 

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Working with wind

September 11th, 2024 - Jacqui van Heerden

Wind is a pattern of nature. It’s an elemental force that shapes our landscapes and environments. If we observe its effect on the landscape our homes and gardens we can come to understand its force and plan. 

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Taking it to the streets

August 14th, 2024 - Jacqui van Heerden

On the streets in cities across the globe, residents are working with governments to jointly shape their streets in efforts to regenerate their cities.

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Gardening with nature

July 9th, 2024 - Jacqui van Heerden

Gardens, full of trees and plants, offer us a perfect opportunity to reconnect to our true selves and remember our place in the natural world.

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Kensington’s local food system … a celebration

June 11th, 2024 - Jacqui van Heerden

Kensington has built a local food system with the help of individuals, groups, community organisations and volunteers working together with the City of Melbourne and Victorian Government.

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A time of giving

A time of giving

December 11th, 2024 - Jacqui van Heerden
Taking it to the streets

Taking it to the streets

August 14th, 2024 - Jacqui van Heerden
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