How can we achieve better wellbeing through engagement with nature?
Recently I was approached by the New Zealand Ministry for the Environment to contribute to this video seeking to showcase how nature...
The continuing adventures on Kawakawa Island - in which we make an exciting discovery
As you may have read in my previous posts Kawakawa Island - our lockdown nature restoration project and Journey to Kawakawa Island, our...
Journey to Kawakawa Island
In my last post, I talked about our gully restoration project, Kawakawa Island. In this post I thought I would share the journey to...
Kawakawa Island - our lockdown nature restoration project
Our lock-down nature project actually predated lock-down by a few weeks. I had long been contemplating the tradescantia (known also as...
"Nature and Wellbeing" is launched into the World!
Totara Press launched "Nature and Wellbeing in Aotearoa New Zealand" on 12 November in Wellington, with attendees coming from far and...
Christchurch's "Garden of Tranquility"
Above: "Tomorrow is a new day": A rock in the Recovery Garden Christchurch, and especially its Red Zone, it a veritable hotbed of nature...
Bush kindy: kids in nature
Last week, I had the privilege of visiting a forest school session in Waituna West (not far from the Manawatu town of Feilding). This is...
Seeking quiet inspiration in the forest
On another of these sweltering hot days, what better thing to do than seek respite in the coolness of the forest. (Well, apart from...
Seasonal change: an opportunity to contemplate the little joys
I have mused before on seasonal change, especially as an opportunity to contemplate nature, beauty and life (see for example, The...
The connection between nature & wellbeing
I see that a focus of this year’s Mental Health Awareness week was ‘Letting nature in’, encouraging New Zealanders to get out and connect...
