Each Australian farmer produces enough food each year to feed 600 people, 150 at home and 450 overseas. Australian farms produce around 93 percent of the total volume of food consumed in Australia.
“You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving.”
― Robert Louis Stevenson
The coral reef is shrinking. The hard coral cover has been declining in recent years. Some studies show that the coral has shrunk from 28% to 13.8%. This decline is severe in the southern section of the Great Barrier Reef.
“One of the most important things you can do on this earth is to let people know they are not alone.”
― Shannon L. Alder
Boys (age 4-17) are more likely than girls to have experienced mental disorders in the past 12 months according to the Child and Adolescent Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing. The gap is larger for children age 4-11 (16.5% of boys and 10.6% of girls) than for children age 12-17 (15.9% of boys and 12.8% of girls).
“Your days are numbered. Use them to throw open the windows of your soul to the sun. If you do not, the sun will soon set, and you with it.”
― Marcus Aurelius, The Emperor's Handbook
“As we work to create light for others, we naturally light our own way.”
― Mary Anne Radmacher