My wife and I first heard about an Australian island populated by a beaver-like cousin of kangaroo called quokkas more than six years ago. Quokka's fur coat is the colour of hazelnut, ears as cute as Mickey but smaller, smile much happier than Cheshire Cat's.

At that time, we only knew Rottnest Island is a Class A reserve dedicated for renewable energy: the best way to navigate is by foot or bikes because vehicles aren't permitted except for work purposes.

This island has been on

I don't have to read the reccent TIMECO 2 series of Time magazine to realise the climate change.

Look around and I know it's everywhere. Consider, for a moment, how many of you would have thought about going to the beach during winter previously? Now that we have global warming, I can easily arrange a birthday beach party this year even it's December.

The record-breaking heatwaves give us less pleasant temperature round the year. During our family hike today, I reminded myself to

We've been told for decades now, by the geniuses at Seasame Street during their Season 36, that foods should not be labeled as good or bad. They describe food as being "anytime foods" or "sometime foods."

In this way, we steer clear of value judgments when it comes to food. Specifically, we don't want to focus overzealously on dieting and calories counting.

Such is the way of buying snacks for our daughter's birthday party. We let our daughter celebrate with