The Olive Branch Series is a storytelling series honouring the wisdom, resilience and generosity of the Palestinian people - showing up for one another against the backdrop of senseless violence and destruction.

We firmly eject efforts to dehumanise Palestinians and recognise that our freedom is bound to theirs.

These stories highlight the humanity of Palestinians and those offering care and support in this time of crisis.

This series is brought to by The Heart Atlas and a humble, grassroots effort from volunteers across Australia, offering a small act of solidarity with Palestine by sharing stories and opportunities to bear witness and offer support.  *side note it appears my account is possibly being shadow banned for speaking up about Gaza, so please like and share this post to get this series more visibility 💗

Our oceans and rivers do so much for us — from stabilising our climate to sustaining livelihoods, supporting biodiversity, protecting our coastlines and so much more. Our waterways are central to our health, economies and communities.The ocean is my happiest place and a big reason I moved to Australia. But in recent years, serious water quality issues have been emerging across the country. In the wake of emergent signs of ecosystem decline I am launchingThe Water Guardians — an investigative photojournalism project exploring the health of waterways across the Northern Rivers of New South Wales and amplifying the voices of those driving solutions.

Whale season is my favourite season of the year. Time spent with the whales is always incredibly special and something I feel is an absolute honour and privilege. These incredible creatures have had a wild and remarkable trajectory through history. And the humpback whales are undeniably one of Australia’s most phenomenal conservation comeback stories. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘢𝘵.

The Heart Atlas is currently pulling together a creative fundraiser for Palestine and looking for values-aligned collaborators to work together on this.

Australia's new environment minister, 𝘔𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘔𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘺 𝘞𝘢𝘵𝘵, along with the re-elected Labor government have 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 for Australia's largest (and most polluting) gas project -- 𝗪𝗼𝗼𝗱𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲'𝘀 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗪𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗦𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗳. The life of this oil and gas project has now been extended to 2070.

"The approval of an 𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵𝘄𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲 𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗹𝘆, 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲 by an environmental minister in Australia's history, 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘥𝘰𝘻𝘦𝘯 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘤𝘰𝘢𝘭 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴" Greg Jericho, chief economist, the Australia Institute.