The International Day for Biological Diversity is on 22nd May 2008. Bluecray, in advocating for biodiversity within the Mt Warning Caldera Region, celebrates the International Day for Biological Diversity with a true story. Faerie tales are stories of imagination, folklore and historical heresay. Many faerie stories can have deeper meanings behind their … Continue reading
Did you watch Channel Nine’s Sixty Minute Program on sunday evening- Bee Afraid ? (11th May 2008) The story was about Australian Bees, the work of the CSIRO , and the challenge to bees worldwide concerning a little parasitic mite Varroa destructor . Varroa destructor – search results at bluecray environmental search … Continue reading
The Echo Newspaper – Byron Bay NE NSW BEACON – Byron Environment and Conservation – Article in Byron Shire Echo archives April 8th 2008 – “The vision for Byron Shire is fading”, by Dailan Pugh, BEACON president, presenting an overview of the local planning process in Byron Shire. Good reading for an … Continue reading
The Village Journal – Service Directory, Community Notices, Local News, Environment, Local Landcare Groups Whian Whian State Conservation Area Draft Plan of Management – submissions due by 23rd June 2008 Whian Whian State Conservation Area – and Forests of NE New South Wales - some recent history Nightcap National Park – Gondwana Rainforests at … Continue reading
It was raining everywhere in the Mt Warning Caldera Region at the beginning of the year(2008). At my friend’s small dam in Beechmont, up near Binna Burra and Lamington National Park, the Frogs were celebrating the Year of the Frog by loud choruses in the reeds and rushes, all night long. My … Continue reading
Environmental Advocacy within the Mt Warning Caldera Region Environmental Advocacy within the Mt Warning Caldera Region on East Coast of Australia tells a story as old as human settlement itself. Currently, development pressures, lack of understanding of local habitat issues, a long history of land clearing, catchment flow alteration, aquifer non-management, unsustainable … Continue reading
I admit I have not really read much about the 2020 Summit in Canberra this weekend (19th/20th April,2008), but I did see Barry Jones on tv saying that “if the environment is shot, then the economy is shot as well”. He has a good point there. The current system of education adopted … Continue reading
Environmental Advocacy in the Mt Warning Caldera Region relies on sustainable Community action, regional environmental education and some understanding of the complex environmental legal issues, legislations and policies created by the Australian, New South Wales, Queensland and Local (NE NSW and SE QLD) Governments. Bluecray.org endeavours to create cohesive insight, useful resources … Continue reading