The Art of Healing

As I write this, we have just experienced some of the worst fires in Australia’s history, both in Gippsland, Victoria and on the south coast of NSW – along with many other fires all around the country. So it does make everything else pale in signific

We usually think of a country’s wealth or capital in terms of its financial bottom line, it’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). But New Zealand (NZ) has challenged the world to assess wealth in terms of a very different commodity, it’s Gross National Wel

Sustainable purification of wastewater by naturally occurring algae is an outstanding way for regional towns to reuse precious water and reduce a town’s carbon footprint and power usage at the same time, says environmental health Professor Howard Fal

It’s time to write about Indigenous Australian place relationships in a new way, in a language that speaks in Indigenous terms first, to convey a rich meaning of Country and best identify its deep ecological and social relevance to Aboriginal people.

One evening when I walked into a classroom to teach my Science of Stress course, I found a newspaper waiting for me on the lectern. A student had brought in an article called “Stress: It’s Contagious.” The report claimed that stress is “as contagious

In functional medicine we know that health is a complex and dynamic force. Someone who appears to eat a junk diet may have glowing health because of the positive influences of a low-stress lifestyle, a supportive social group, and lots of exercise. S

Foods have an immense impact on your body and your brain, and eating whole foods is a good way to simultaneously support your mental and physical health. Avoiding sugar and artificial sweeteners is a crucial aspect of preventing and/or treating depre

Very briefly, I come at the issue of personalized lifestyle medicine as a biologist, ecologist and sustainability scientist. It is what I’ve been doing for the past 35+ years of my career, both in academia and the non-profit sector. For most, it’s th

In report, change changes as temperature, precipitation and wind over extended periods of time. Changes in the earth’s orbit, volcanic eruptions, variations in solar radiation, the movement of crustal plates and natural changes in greenhouse gases ha

As the planet warms, the risk of significant loss of biodiversity will also increase. With a possible global temperature increase of 2-3°C., 18% of insect, 16% of plant and 8% of vertebrate species may lose their geographical range, leading to specie

Climate change due to increases in atmospheric CO2 and global warming is predicted to impact global agricultural production, food security and human health and nutrition, however the extent to which this will happen is still not clear. Loss of habita

Medicinal plants are a valuable source of new drugs with over 25% of medications currently prescribed in the developed world being derived from wild sources. It is estimated that 80% of people in developing countries totally depend on herbal medicine

Wellness in fashion has provided the inspiration and framework for a new trend: how the market and mindset around fashion is moving from unhealthy to more well. Presenting at the annual Global Wellness Summit (GWS) 2019 held in Singapore, CEO of BudD

Katherine Droga is the founder of Australia’s first Wellness Tourism Industry Summit which will be held in Noosa, northern Queensland on March 19-20, 2020. Katherine worked for Tourism Australia for 10+ years and is currently Chair of the Global Well

WHEN WE ARE FACED WITH AN ILLNESS, WHETHER IT IS A MILD ONE SUCH AS A COMMON COLD, STOMACH UPSET, HEADACHE; OR A SERIOUS ONE LIKE HYPERTENSION, DIABETES, HEART ATTACKS, STROKE, ARTHRITIS, OR EVEN CANCER; WE OBVIOUSLY THINK WE HAVE A PROBLEM AND WE TR

Sometimes we TAKE OUR HEALTH AND LIFE FOR GRANTED. We go through our days and nights existing, but not really HONOURING and EXPERIENCING each day. Then one day our whole life changes because we are diagnosed with cancer and suddenly we are FACED WITH

SERVES: 4-6 Sometimes in life, and in food, there is sheer brilliance in simplicity. This salad exemplifies this, brightening up an ordinary, everyday vegetable like cabbage with big flavours and plenty of herbs - in this case, mint, parsley, parmes

This world of ours must avoid becoming a community of dreadful fear and hate, and be instead, a proud confederation of mutual trust and respect. Dwight D. Eisenhower We cannot seek achievement for ourselves and forget about progress and prosperity