eyes4earth.org features a Twitter feed – ‘tweets’ – which can be found at http://www.twitter.com/eyes4earth . The reason to incorporate such a feature on eyes4earth.org was to see if such a social media platform could be useful in providing a quicker way for readers like yourself to share nature inspirations and meaningful nature encounters as they occur…
Around the world, there are many examples of how indigenous peoples ‘read’ the landscape. As humans, we of course were readers and interpreters of ‘Nature’s Alphabet’ for thousands of years before written text was developed. Both oral and non-oral cultures today maintain traditions of being able to perceive ‘signs’ in the natural environment. eyes4earth is documenting this evidence and has found that such research is being done in Aboriginal Australia…
In ancient Indian mythology, there is a story told about the ravaging demon of Taraka whom cannot be stopped despite extreme efforts and events to appease him: “The seasons have forgotten how; To follow one another now; They simultaneously bring; Him flowers of autumn, summer, spring.” Given recent evidence, these descriptions start to sound like present-day society’s demon called “climate change”…
Age-old Bushmen stories come to life within the Baviaanskloof landscape and give local youth a glimpse of their heritage and their connectedness nature…
It is peak hour on Australia’s humpback highway. The giant mammals are streaming along the south-east Queensland coast as never before, heading north to mate.
The United Nations is setting up a body to monitor global ecology modelled on its influential climate panel.
An Australian psychologist has found that domestic dogs have become so dependent on humans that they can no longer pass simple intelligence tests or solve problems which their counterparts in the wild find easy. Is it just dogs that suffer from the downside of easy living? This article reads more interesting if you read it through the lens of humans being pampered by our easy-living technology.
To celebrate the International Year of Biodiversity, crew members from the Samoa Voyaging Society are currently sailing the Pacific in an effort to spread regional awareness about conserving their environment. Along the way, the crew members will also ask The Question – “What did nature do for you today?” to the (islander) people they meet during their Pacific voyage. But at the moment, nature is serving up mountainous seas…
Blue whale songs are mysteriously changing frequencies. In a puzzling development, blue whales around the world are singing in deeper tones. This finding came as researchers analyzed historical recordings of seven types of blue whale songs taken in the Pacific, Atlantic, Southern, and Indian Oceans…
A recent article in the Conservation Magazine tries to get a grip on why there appears to be a new generation of unruly adolescent wildlife encroaching urban areas. It is a controverisal theory but some experts wonder whether a lack of adult supervision as well as lack of habitat is to blame. Or is there something else at play behind these unusual encounters?
What is nature doing for you now?
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