New wireless temperature sensor installed at ecoPOPs
Anir and Raz pointing to Ysense temperature logger on Bondi Beach ecoPOPs A temperature logger has been installed by Anir Upadhyay to measure the temperature from the shade created by the Bondi Beach ecoPOPs. Anir Upadhyay, is a PhD student at the University of Sydney under the supervision of Professor Richard Hyde. Anir and a friend, Raz, have designed a wireless data logger. Anir and Raz have configured the data logger with a temperature... Read More
Janet Laurence’s plant sculptures
One of my favourite sculptors is Janet Laurence. Kimberley botanical Janet recently went to Australia’s Kimberley and brought back some plants and is making sculptures from them. Here’s Janet’s description and some photos of her work. “The great majority of Australian plants and animals are found nowhere else on earth. They are precious repositories of unique genes and evolutionary strategies living in unique ecosystems... Read More
Elke’s bee photos
Inside the honey bee hive This weekend I met a friend, Elke Haege, a landscape architect and consulting arborist, at the Australian Garden Show at Centennial Park and she promised me some photos of her introduced honey bees and hive in her garden at Paddington, Sydney. European honey bee Elke says: “I was inspecting my hives this morning and took a few pictures. This time of the year is really all about regular inspections to prevent... Read More
Go wild
Here is my review for the Sydney Morning Herald last weekend of George Monbiot’s new book about rewilding ourselves, our culture and our countries, Feral: the enchantment of rewilding – review . . . Go wild, M Read More
New game to save the world to save a bear
There’s a new game being developed for kids around Earth, Habitat the game. The site says: “. . . players will undertake actions to keep an endangered animal alive. In this first iteration of Habitat game players will adopt a polar bear. To keep the bear alive and healthy, players need to successfully complete events in the game and undertake real world actions. By completing these TASKS players will progress through levels, increasing... Read More
