Wild About...: fear of nature

FROM BATS TO SCATS....

What is it about us humans? When we move into a place we want to modify it, manicure it and manipulate it until all that was beautiful is lost. In Sydney and around Australia, we've scraped away the native biodiversity and replaced it with a mongrel montage. Suburbia heaves with a uniform mixture of foreign plants and exotic weeds. All is not quite lost yet though. There are miraculous native animals and plants that still cling to life here. Let's re-wild our own spaces "as nature intended". And let's help save what's left! (Just don't let me ever use the word "sustainable" though !)

This blog is all about discovering nature on Sydney's Northern Beaches..and working to conserve it. Let me know what you think!

I'm a writer and conservationist, based near the gnarly remnants of Sydney's bushland. Some would also say I have an almost unnatural affection for possums.

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20190104-the-surprising-roots-of-the-mysterious-green-man