perspectives on minimalism from remote locations in Australia (90 day...
Hello everyone!! I haven’t had a chance to keep up with this blog for a while – way too much going on! I’m doing about 80 hours a week of fauna spotting at the moment in a remote site in Central...
View Article3 months without buying stuff – how I did (consumerism detox, day 90!)
Well my three-month consumerism detox is over. I thought this would feel like a bigger moment. When I decided to do the challenge in January after starring at the huge crapload of stuff I had managed...
View ArticleSize matters – and if it didn’t, you’d be smaller
Does size matter? It’s the age old question. Some say that it’s the ‘motion of the ocean’ that matters while others have pointed out that ‘they don’t make small dildos’. Still others have pointed out...
View Articlemy research project on sperm competition in bats
Hi folks – long time, no blog! I have written before about the relationship between testes size and brain size in micro bats (aka echolocating, insect-eating bats as opposed to fruit or nectar eating...
View ArticleExtreme simple living – voluntary homelessness!
Some of you would remember when I did a personal experiment on simple living and vowed not to buy anything for myself (sans the usual grocery items) for a month. It was a challenge but really helped me...
View ArticleVoluntary homelessness – progress update
Hi everyone, Some of you have been asking me about my adventures in voluntary homelessness. It’s been both good and bad. For some reason I had always had this romantic notion of what it be like to live...
View ArticleHomeless no longer! But keeping it simple.
Thank you to all who have followed me over the past year and a half on my journey to a simpler life. You encouraged me as I de-frumped my wardrobe, had several attempts at buying almost nothing for...
View ArticleI’m making a film!
Hey guys! I am a hopeless blogger these days. I have been so busy at work (I find and relocate wild animals from major construction jobs for a living which can be really hectic!). I’m also so close to...
View ArticleDo you own a library card?
It never ceases to amaze me how good environmental stewardship and thriftiness go hand in hand. The opposite sometimes appears to be true but it’s my belief that gourmet supermarket organics and $50...
View ArticleThe two plastic bag habits by grocery stores that piss me off the most
Plastic bags. The nemesis of the environmentally-minded. They are an old issue but they are still a big issue. And there are two things about them in particular that make me want to scream. .. But...
View ArticleRoadtest: The Pros and Cons of Cloth Nappies
This article was originally published on 1 Million Women. It’s amazing how things that are environmentally savvy also tend to be economical. Almost four months ago I entered into a new phase of life....
View ArticleKick start your climate action journey
This article was originally published on 1 Million Women THERE’S A MISCONCEPTION OUT THERE THAT GOOD ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP HAS TO BE EXPENSIVE. But in many cases, major corporations are simply...
View ArticleShock horror in the baby food aisle
Shock horror in the baby food aisle – 3 steps for saving money and reducing the carbon footprint of your baby This post was originally published on 1 Million Women. I have an eight month old baby but...
View ArticleRubber Jellyfish accepted into the Documentary Australia Foundation
Rubber Jellyfish accepted into the Documentary Australia Foundation (and what this means for us) Big news for the Rubber Jellyfish film! I am pleased to announce that my film about the effects of...
View ArticleWe have received a $1300 grant through the Pollination Project!
How exciting, we have received a $1300 grant recently from the which offers seed money to change makers fighting for social and/or environmental justice. This has allowed us to bring on board a...
View ArticleEat pizza for turtles
Hey guys! Well after a two year labour of love, we have finally almost finished production on the marine wildlife documentary Rubber Jellyfish. As most of you know, Rubber Jellyfish explores the...
View ArticleIs it worth continuing to try?
Coming to terms with the health of the Great Barrier Reef Do you ever find yourself avoiding environmental reality? For months – years – I had been tuning out to a lot of the updates about the health...
View ArticleCan my friend and I dress in only 33 things for 3 months?
For years I have been interested in minimalism and the concept of pairing down one’s physical possessions and filling the vacant spaces they leave behind with meaningful life experiences. I am also...
View ArticleThere are so many bigger issues, why worry so much about balloons?
(This post has been re-published on the environmental blog, 1 Million Women). For the past several years, the subject of balloons has occupied a large proportion of my thoughts. It started in 2014 when...
View ArticleBraving death by blood suckers at Minyon Falls
To anyone in SE Queensland or Northern New South Wales, the Minyon Falls hike is just awesome. One of my closest friends in the whole world, Stacey, is visiting from LA and I took her down to Byron for...
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