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Cancer. It's a horrible word, and a horrible concept linked to so much fear, uncertainty, heartbreak and loss.  Cancer is most likely the scariest bodily illness we face in modern western society, it scares us so much because it comes from within us, can strike anybody and can be so totally overpowering and have shocking ramifications on our lives. It is also notoriously difficult to treat, control and recover from and leads to a huge amount of mortality, morbidity and disability each year here in Australia.  Cancer is a dirty word  and rightly so. The methods we do have to control cancer are extraordinarily uncomfortable and difficult to cope with. We are all quick to join our friends and family and make it clear that we are against cancer and we want to help bring an end to it. Cancer-related charities are among the most popular that we raise money for here in Australia, which is fantastic! I myself shaved my hair off to raise money for a Cancer foundation in...

Hi! This is just a super quick post to get you thinking and stimulate your own research, here goes:  It takes between 2 and 6 TIMES the amount of water contained in the bottle to make the plastic bottle itself.  To create bottled water products, the water is pumped, transported, packed, chilled, transported again, then held in store where more often than not it is also maintained chilled. All this takes an enormous amount of energy, oil, and greenhouse gas emissions before that cap even comes off. (choose zero waste products instead, biome has an AWESOME range) "But I recycle!"  Sorry, you're not off the hook either, recycling single use plastic (while WAY better than chucking it in the ocean or in landfill) is not the wonderful answer to plastic pollution we dream it to be. Recycling is not a magical process, again it takes resources to collect it, transport it, sort it, transport it again, process it and turn it into something new - each step of this...

Background: Recently (from 17th-24th of June 2018) I undertook Act For Peace's 'Ration Challenge'. The challenge entailed  spending an entire week eating only the rations that a typical Syrian refugee in a Jordan refugee camp would be given. I always feel my best when I am helping others and I have a huge passion for helping those less fortunate. I was more than keen to sign up for this challenge to raise some money for this wonderful organisation that helps provide refugees with access to food, education, hygiene supplies, medical attention and counselling. My heart goes out to refugees because they've been through so much, they've had to flee their homes and endure terrible circumstances to eventually end up in a refugee camp where they will be essentially stuck for an elongated period of time, the uncertainty of that situation must be almost unbearable.    [1] I learned so much from doing this challenge, and my awareness of the plight of refugees ...

I'm sharing the letter below that I wrote to Zoos Victoria as a blog post because as far as the environment is concerned; we really need to step up and do all we can to protect it. Another reason is that I sent this letter in to Zoos Victoria via a multitude of mediums and did not get a response (Update, I did get a message back on facebook). The ethics of what we are doing, coupled with the stats and facts about how we are impacting our earth combines to create a robust topic. I try my best to open a friendly and informative conversation with Zoos Victoria. Dear Zoos Victoria, Last year I visited Healesville Sanctuary and I respect the variety of information you share about animals and their wellbeing and your effort to keep the animals in your care happy and comfortable. I appreciate your contributions to conservation projects such as those involving the Tasmanian Devil and the Helmeted Honeyeater. However, I couldn’t help but feel a pang of discouragement when I ...