Australian River Restoration Centre (ARRC)

Belief – Belonging – Behaviour

Out of the Scientist’s Garden: a Story of Water and Food

Over the next few months we will be bringing you a series of posts on publications produced by Land & Water Australia over the last 20 years. We would really like to highlight some of the wonderful work undertaken and tell you about the publications which provide the detail of this work. Richard Stirzaker’s Out [...]

Philosophies of water and land

One researcher argues that in order to turn around environmental degradation in the Murray-Darling basin, we need to change how we think about the fundamental relationships between people and planet. We just don’t all come from Adam and Eve. We come from the simple dirt that we walk upon. And out spirits, and our Baiame, [...]

It is written, river’s an icon

To explore the Yarra River is to delve into Melbourne’s history. Iconic Melbourne events such as John Landy attempting to run the four-minute mile during the 1956 Olympics or anarchist Chummy Fleming speaking at Birrarung Marr occurred on the banks of the 240km-long river. Former agriculturist Ron Amor, of East Ivanhoe, attempts to document the [...]

Hawkesbury Nepean Smart Farms Newsletter

The Smart Farms projects (NutrientSmart Farms and WaterSmart Farms) are working with landholders in the lower Hawkesbury Nepean region to improve nutrient management and water use efficiency. See the latest Smart Farms newsletter for these feature articles: NutrientSmart Farms on target early Grants for River Water Irrigators Case study: Microbes to Manage Dairy Effluent Ponds [...]

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