Modular ecosystems – mBIEN#12
Not one, but many: Bruny Island is a modular marine-based ecosystem Look at Bruny Island from the sea on a still morning, and it appears singular: a long, dark ridge
Saturday 12 September 10am – AGM 2026
Change of venue! Our AGM will be at the Alonnah Hall at 10am Saturday 12 September 10am. This will comprise reports of activity over the past year from the Conveners
A line in the water – mBIEN#11
The ocean is under attack. Not in some distant future, not in some abstract way. but here, now, in the waters that shape this island. The island is not a
Activating Bruny Island’s biotic pump mBIEN#10
When the wells run dry, look to the trees Bruny Island’s drinking water shortage—over-extracted aquifers, drying creeks, and a landscape thatis losing its ancient ability to hold moisture—is not a
A call for hope in concrete action – mBIEN#8
On the privilege of being an ocean-aware Bruny Islander There is a particular kind of knowing that comes from living on an island shaped by the Roaring Forties, where the
Salmon Study submission
Several BIEN members collaborated to lodge a submission in response to the Tasmanian Government’s consultation on the Draft Study Plan and Draft Stakeholder Engagement Plan for the Independent Study of