In order to understand the world, one has to turn away from it on occasion.

Kangaroo. Bonorong Wildlife Sanctuary, Brighton. June 2012.

The Internet is a wonderful place filled with the rich and varied treasures of the world holds (as well as a lot of pop up ads.) The following are some things that I've had a look at in the last week. I call this: a Compendium of Click-throughs for Monday Morning..

• National Geographic Traveller Magazine: 2012 Photo Contest


• Australia’s rich talk about saving the environment; the poor bear the burden of doing it


• When should a child have a say about the food they eat?


• Is the world getting better or worse?


• The more things change… There was no golden age for newspapers, which means we shouldn’t be too pessimistic about the future.


• 10 Reasons Countries Fall Apart. States don't fail overnight. The seeds of of their destruction are sown deep within their political institutions.