Understanding food
The Modern Health Crisis Obesity and diabetes have become widespread in just the last fifty years. The cause lies in how our…
Food Basics
“Do we really want our kids to grow up fat and diabetic? Health starts in the soil—and in the gut.” Why this…
Food for Thought
Feed our brains, our head brain and our gut brain and they will look after us. “Health starts in the soil—and in…
Blue zones
Feed our brains, our head brain and our gut brain and they will look after us. In parts of the world known…
Continuous Monitoring
Welcome to my site, which I created after some thought and practical experiments. My wife, Xiulan, a medical doctor, was having severe…
Health Starts in the Soil Part 1
Humans thrive because we build tools and cooperate. Today, rapid technological change and a highly processed food system mean we must use…
What Traditional Food Systems in Yunnan Teach Us About Health
This article is a practical travel reflection written from Shenzhen after a trip to Yunnan. The “official” reason for the visit is…
How Urban Agriculture Can Combat Hidden Hunger
This article is a summary of Colin Austin’s 2014 Shanghai–Wuhan talk on wicking beds and why “more food” is not the same…
Yangtou Village Diabetes Farm Stay: Operating Plan
Type 2 diabetes is now so common that the standard medical system is overloaded. A farm-stay retreat model can help by teaching…
Gbiota Retreats for Reversing Type 2 Diabetes
A Gbiota retreat is a practical, education-first program that helps people with Type 2 diabetes reduce blood sugar and improve insulin sensitivity…
Climate Change and Al Gore
This article reflects on the global impact of Al Gore’s work on climate change, particularly his film An Inconvenient Truth. It argues…
“We’re Not Running Out of Water?” — Politics and Queensland’s Drying Future
This article examines the tension between political reassurance and scientific reality in Queensland’s water debate. While confident public statements may calm concern…
Why Water Tanks Matter: Rethinking the Marsden Report and Short-Term Water Policy
The debate over water security often suffers from short-term economic thinking that ignores long-term risk, climate change, and system resilience. The discussion…
Global Warming and Government Policy
This article examines the contrast between Australia’s increasingly proactive water policy and the far less convincing response to global warming. While there…
The Howard Turnbull Water Plan
This article reflects on the Howard Turnbull Water Plan for the Murray–Darling Basin and places it in the wider context of Australia’s…
Queensland’s Water Crisis and the 2006 State Election
In the lead-up to the 2006 Queensland State Election, water emerged as one of the biggest public concerns. This short update explains…
The Doctor and the Water Crisis: How Local Solutions Can End a Man-Made Shortage
This article explains why the so-called water crisis is largely man-made and how communities can manage water successfully using simple, local technologies.…
Wanted: Regenerative Farmers to Grow Food for Health, Soil, and Climate
This announcement is a call to regenerative farmers who want to grow food that supports real human health while restoring soil and…
News from China: Scaling Wicking Beds for Food Security and Climate Action
This update explains the progress of international work to scale wicking bed technology as a practical response to food insecurity and climate…
Queensland Floods — What Role Does Climate Change Play?
The Queensland floods of 2010–2011 raised a hard question: was this simply another natural flood, or a sign of a changing climate?…
Dear Malcolm: Proposal to Help Solve Australia’s Water Crisis
This short letter sets out a straightforward problem and a practical next step. Australia receives an enormous volume of rainfall overall, yet…
Eco-Village Accommodation In Queensland: Heritage Stay At Kookaburra Park
Looking for a slower, healthier way to live (even if only for a week)? Kookaburra Park Eco Village offers a calm heritage…
Response to Green Paper on Climate Change and the Carbon Trading Scheme
This submission argues that climate change cannot be solved by emissions cuts alone, especially while rapidly developing countries expand. It proposes a…
China Floods and Droughts: A Wicking Bed Research Proposal for Climate Resilience
China and Australia share a similar challenge: major food regions are being hit by stronger flood and drought cycles, now made worse…
Invitation To Join International Research On Soil Carbon, Water, And Climate Resilience
Climate change is driving a tougher flood-and-drought cycle, and the normal tools are not reducing atmospheric carbon fast enough. This invitation outlines…