Welcome to the October Environment issue! Highlights include:
- Stephen Orr’s Eucalypt Fellowship essay, ‘Ambassadors from another time’
- Mark Edele on the centenary of the Russian Revolution
- Susan Reid on the proposed Adani Carmichael Coal Mine
- Tim Flannery’s review of Call of the Reed Warbler
- Beejay Silcox on Michelle de Kretser’s new novel
- A photo essay by Philip Jones
- Open Page with Josephine Wilson
October 2017, no. 395
‘Ambassadors from Another Time’ by Stephen Orr
First, I need to visit Dean Nicolle’s eucalypt arboretum. Four hundred rows of trees, four specimens of each species of Eucalyptus, Corymbia, and Angophora (th More
'Why should you care about the Russian Revolution?' by Mark Edele
‘What about Lenin do you admire most?’ Catherine Merridale, author of Lenin on the Train (2016), answered as most historians would: ‘I can’t think of anything much to admi More
'Adani and the Galilee Basin' by Susan Reid
No amount of modelling or scientific assessment can foresee the full extent of the damage that will eventuate if the Adani Group’s Carmichael Coal Mine goes ahead. It would be the larges More
Beejay Silcox reviews 'The Life to Come' by Michelle de Kretser
Humans are narrative creatures. We tell stories to make sense of ourselves, but our stories – be they historical, political, fictional, or personal – shape us as much as we shape them. ... More
