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Isabelle Kingsley
02 February 2012
Ancient cultures, from Greece to Asia, have used urine as a fertiliser to provide nutrients to their crops. Is recycling our urine a radical solution to global food security and saving our waterways?
Patricia Egan
02 February 2012
Archives volunteer, Ada Klinkhamer writes of her experience rehousing and documenting photographs and illustrations prepared for use in publications by Australian Museum ornithologist, Alfred John North.
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recent comments
Liquid gold: save urine, save the planet?
Wee like it! Great post Isabelle.
Giant Water Bug
Hi Sioux,
They should be abundant and all-year round residents in Lismore.
Leaf and Stick Insects: Order Phasmatodea
Hi,
It is a female of the Goliath Stick-insect Eurycnema goliath.



