Podcast Episode · Close Readings · 11/10/2023 · 1h 5m

The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) is pleased to announce that it is undertaking an extensive consultation process to inform the Government’s new Diaspora Strategy.

A Bloomberg News analysis finds that roughly two thirds of new data centers built or in development in the US since 2022 are in places with high levels of water stress.

Robert Macfarlane explores an idea that changes the world – that a river is alive.

With a book of Thomas Merton’s writings in his pack, Nicholas Triolo walks the length of Portugal’s Rio Côa in search of what it means to rewild land and ourselves in a time of ecological collapse and...

John Self is a freelance writer and book critic. In his previous career he was a lawyer, which like his present role involved the art of persuasion.

Books about a family’s exploration of the natural world, the challenges of parenthood during a time of climate crisis and how animals perceive the planet have won $10,000 prizes for their exemplary bl...

I started keeping these notes on my reading in 2015. That means this is my tenth list — ten years is a long time to do anything! In…

Hello friends! This past week has really made me think about what communities I am a part of & how I engage with those communities. Also about how to reinvigorate & deepen those connections going forw...

North America has lost 3 billion birds in half a century. The world’s biggest bird database, eBird, shows how bird populations are doing in your town.