Articles
B&B Highway
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The Case For Biodiversity And Pollination
It is estimated that half of the world’s insect species are rapidly declining, and a third are threatened with extinction. The rapid loss of biodiversity worldwide calls for an integrated global response. Factors such as urbanisation, deforestation, monocultural practises and the ongoing impacts of global warming have consequently posed threats to ecosystems. The global cost […]
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Parramatta For Pollinators!
Locals helping to bring back endangered bees, birds and butterflies Parramatta locals are helping to bring back pollinator species from threatened to thriving. PlantingSeeds Projects’ B&B Highway program is working with 11 schools and their families to plant, create habitats and evaluate their school grounds for biodiversity. Schools engaging with the program are: Carlingford West […]
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Celebrating Insects
It stands to reason. Any insect with five eyes should command our respect (take a close look at bees). And seeing the tiny gossamer wings of a butterfly is definitely awe-inspiring. As we learn more about insects and the roles they play in their lives, they share more of the spotlight. As one of the […]
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International Day Of Biological Diversity
The theme of this year’s International Day of Biological Diversity aims to walk the talk – something PlantingSeeds does in abundance. The theme – ‘From Agreement to Action: Build Back Biodiversity – focuses attention on how we can help – beyond the dialogue. Australia is classed as a ‘megadiverse’ region – along with 17 other […]
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Intergenerational Regeneration
A ground-breaking new application of the multi-State biodiversity B&B Highway project is bringing seniors and school students together. Based in Mordialloc in Victoria’s City of Kingston, the inter-generational program, featuring school students from St Brigid’s Catholic Primary School and seniors from Mercy Place Nixon Residential Aged Care, is supporting generations and regeneration. PlantingSeeds’ B&B Highway […]
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Putting Insects On The Political Agenda
‘The truth is that we need invertebrates but they don't need us.’ An important quote from the famous American naturalist and ecologist, Edward O. Wilson, from his article ‘The Little Things That Run the World’, published in Conservation Biology in 1987. Wilson went on to say: ‘If human beings were to disappear tomorrow, the world would go on with little […]