Revegetation of a coastal woodland near Rhyll has special meaning for John Eddy.

A pioneer in carbon-neutral farming, Ventnor beef farmer Bob Davie will share his hard-won knowledge at Outtrim next weekend.

A MEETING on energy justice in Wonthaggi last weekend attracted a full house of people wanting to hear more about local energy projects.

While the old guard is still arguing about coal, Bass Coast has clearly seen the future. Susan Davies welcomes a surge in local energy projects.

To some it's a stinking cesspit ... but to local artist and printmaker Susan Hall, the ephemeral Inverloch lagoon is a place of environmental richness and artistic inspiration.

Activist-scholar Anitra Nelson discusses options for small and shared living at the eighth South Gippsland Sustainability Festival on Sunday.

In the 1930s, many a Phillip Island farmer about to cut down a tree looked both ways to make sure ‘Zing’ Oswin-Roberts wasn’t watching. ​

Anne Heath Mennell was one of about 80 gardeners, growers and land-carers who gathered at Bass to hear more about our new community river garden.

The fertile river flats of Bass are being put to good use by the Bass Coast Landcare Network for a community river garden.

Phillip Island’s new fox-free status gives new hope for one of Victoria’s most endangered species, the eastern barred bandicoot.

Wonthaggi’s state coal mine has long been a magnet for history buffs. Soon it will also be drawing visitors interested in new technology.

By the 1970s, foxes had wiped out nine of the 10 little penguin colonies on Phillip Island and the world-famous Penguin Parade appeared doomed. Then researchers started doing the sums.

Dog-owners have joined the ranks of those keeping vigil over Red Rocks' precious hooded plover chicks. Sue Saliba reports. ​

​IF YOU go down to Shack Bay, between Cape Paterson and Inverloch, tomorrow, you might see the bobbing heads of more than a dozen snorkellers taking part in the Great Victoria Fish Count, part of the Victorian National Parks Association’s Reefwatch progra

After watching a pair of Cape Paterson hooded plovers fail to raise a single chick from four clutches of eggs last summer, Graeme Henry was delighted when two chicks hatched out in early December. He continues the story.

After watching a pair of hoodies fail to raise a single chick from four clutches of eggs last summer, the Cape Paterson hoodies have their fingers crossed. By Graeme Henry

A version of Rod Stewart’s Maggie May has been playing out in a Wonthaggi street. Just as things were going well, a human blundered onto the scene.