How do you connect with nature? Is it by looking through a window, reading a book or watching it on TV? Or do you connect with nature incidentally – when you walk through a park on the way to work or sit in a park to eat lunch? Or do you actively immerse yourself in nature – perhaps by gardening, bush walking or kayaking?
No matter which of these ways you connect, you’re reaping the benefits of nature. Did you know that nature provides benefits for both physical and mental health. No wonder most of us feel good when we’re connected with nature.
This webinar with Gary Dunnett from National Parks Association was part of the Sutherland Shire Environment Centre and SO Shire celebration of Seaweek 2021. Gary’s presentation weaves together the story of the establishment of the Royal National Park with the richness that comes from a relatively intact catchment – a…
March 2017 Some of our Councillors are trying to pass a motion that will give open slather to tree removal across the Shire. They are saying that this is necessary because residents are unable to remove “dangerous” tree. This is simply not true. Sutherland Shire already has policies in its…
In December 2012, Gandangara Local Aboriginal Land Council announced their desire to rezone 865-hectare of land for new homes, employment and conservation in the West Menai area in the Sutherland Shire. The Land Council proposes to develop 2,700 new homes, 70 hectares of employment land and 514 hectares of conservation…
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