See Nature Differently

Earth Endeavours Newsletter Nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium are in every breath you take and every step you walk. Held in your hand, none would look like much. Together they fed nations through the Green Revolution and fouled its rivers, lakes and oceans. Kerstin Hoppenhaus follows them from rock to soil to bone, and from there into the mines, farms and sewers where the story turns. A salmon leaves the ocean, enters the river, and ends in the forest. Bears carry it ashore, where the...

Earth Endeavours Newsletter In 1775, the snow leopard was given a scientific name. It took 195 years for anyone to photograph one. George Schaller took that first frame in Chitral Gol, in Pakistan, in 1970, and by the reckoning of the time only two Westerners had seen a wild snow leopard in the preceding twenty-five years. © Steve Winter. Photo originally featured in BEJournal Vol 18 (2011). All Rights Reserved. Autumn 1973. Peter Matthiessen walked into the Dolpo region of Nepal with...

Earth Endeavours Newsletter There are forty metres of woodland between the squirrel and the observer, and somewhere in that space a question lives. Photo by © Neil McIntyre / The Red Squirrel: A Future in the Forest In the Cairngorms, a man sits in a wooden hide for hours and waits until the forest forgets him. In Sweden, a woman feeds orphaned kits by hand and watches them vanish into the trees at twelve weeks. Both keep returning. Both believe something depends on the noticing. The pine...

Earth Endeavours Newsletter Hope for Our Honey During Australian Wildlife Week, we celebrate native species. Asking a generational beekeeper: what happens when pollinators disappear? When you're working in remote conditions carrying sterile gauze and antiseptic wipes is essential, and one of the most effective natural wound care aids came straight from the hive. Australia's Manuka, a family-run apiary on Arakwal land in New South Wales' Northern Rivers region, has developed an...

Earth Endeavours Newsletter See the World through their Eyes Senior pig Antonio at Woodstock Farm Sanctuary, with photojournalist, Jo-Anne McArthur. © Bridget Laudien / We Animals Here is what I'm learning, slowly, humbly, like so many others who never fully understood the world's complexities: We have been listening wrong. For centuries, we assumed the crows overhead were just making noise. Then in 2026, AI finally gave us the ability to hear properly. Researchers in Spain, working with the...

Earth Endeavours Newsletter When we lose a guiding voice, the best way forward is to strengthen their legacy. Jane Goodall died on October 1, 2025, at 91, of natural causes while on a speaking tour in the United States. But I learned something unexpected while preparing this tribute: for some, her legacy was never abstract. It was personal. It had fur and a bushy tail and two wise eyes that watched from the forest edge. Photo by Susan Russell I interviewed author Jack Russell over several...

Earth Endeavours Newsletter It's no coincidence that our mind's focus mirrors the environment, since both are fragmented by distance from what matters. In this edition, I offer resources to reclaim that lost skill and restore the connections that heal us and nature. See Nature Differently, a guided year of reading that celebrates storytellers who deepen our connection to nature. Supported by Libro.fm A Playlist for the Seasons That's why we've launched See Nature Differently, a guided year of...

Earth Endeavours Newsletter Welcome to The Exchange – First Edition A new space connecting readers directly with the voices shaping the conversation around nature and conservation. Selected questions will receive a video response on our website, and some may appear in upcoming issues. Ami Vitale, Founder of Vital Impacts The story that started it all Five years ago, Ami Vitale started Vital Impacts because she had seen the power of a single story. Over nearly three decades as a photographer,...

Earth Endeavours Newsletter Melbourne performer is reshaping childcare around curiosity, creativity, and play. Veronica Thomas has been performing since she was seven. Trained at the Victorian College of the Arts, her background spans music, dance, film, and television. So when she talks about founding a childcare agency, it isn't a pivot away from her creative life, it's an extension of it. "I believe that developing a sense of awe, wonder and curiosity is one of the most precious gifts a...