Land and Water Stewardship in the Mt Warning Caldera Region – food for thought

Land and Water Stewardship in the Mt Warning Caldera Region – food for thought

The Mt Warning Caldera Region of NE NSW and SE QLD has many disturbed, weed infested poorly managed lands and waterways. Lantana, Camphor Laurel and other environmental and declared weed species abound. There is a trend for revegetation and habitat restoration projects, (land for Wildlife, landcare, caring for our country etc) to … Continue reading

Radical Psychology : can we afford to live without it?

The camphor laurel tree(RHS) has a fig tree slowly smothering it. This takes time, but allows for nature to gradually transform an introduced weed into a native tree habitat with no sudden loss of habitat during the process. To the left, camphors have been cut down and mulched up to make way for a revegetation project. The weed sponsored habitat is destroyed (killed) to make way for another habitat, that has to slowly rebuild. The over all energy input for the LHS photos would appear to far outway the energy input for the RHS situation. The tree plantings (LHS) have also had the micro-habitat destroyed by herbicide spray, to ensure no weed growth as the young trees establish themselves.

Psychology and its practice, like all mainstream collective attempts to frame and explore human perceptions, has at it’s fringes ( and sometimes deep within its core)  elements of true genius and insight.  This insight has courage to dare step into the unknown with some rather radical approaches. This can comfort those who … Continue reading

A Balance of Faeries

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

Nature, Reflection and Learning

“It is good for man To try all changes, progress and corruption, powers, peace and anguish, not to go down the dinosaur’s way Until all his capacities have been explored: and it is good for him To know that his needs and nature are no more changed,in fact, in ten thousand years … Continue reading

Wisdom in the Land

Wisdom in the Land About 28 years ago, when I was studying at Gatton Agricultural College, I realised that to have a goal in life, something that I could work on, that would give me meaning to life, may be a good thing. I meditated upon this, and decided that, to keep … Continue reading