Published 22 May 202323 May 2023 · Cartoons / ecology Merle Creek Sofia Sabbagh Sofia Sabbagh Sofia Sabbagh is an arts-based researcher, story-teller, and collaborator. She works with kids and adults in environmentally engaged creative processes. Her work invites playfulness, curiosity and a getting to know of ourselves in our environment. More by Sofia Sabbagh Overland is a not-for-profit magazine with a proud history of supporting writers, and publishing ideas and voices often excluded from other places. If you like this piece, or support Overland’s work in general, please subscribe or donate. Related articles & Essays First published in Overland Issue 228 10 May 202315 May 2023 · Disability Make public transport accessible Sam Wallman Passed in 2002, Federal Disability Discrimination Act requires public transport across Australia to be fully accessible by the end of 2022. Our trams, trains and buses are running late. At the current rate of progress, public transport will not be fully accessible until 2066 - over 40 years out of time. 1 First published in Overland Issue 228 20 April 20232 May 2023 · ecology Our dubious war on weeds Suyanti Winoto-Lewin All our environmental problems require a radical change in how we think about resources and land. Before 1788, there was no wilderness: management for biodiversity was also management for the availability of food, fibre, wood and medicine. Harvesting these things was also a form of management.
