The North Bank Institute of Independent Studies, Bellingen, Australia: essays, cartoons etc. on nature, philosophy, cinema, history, literature, Bellingen, etc.
Nature Culture is a book about the ecology of the Bellinger Valley, about restoration ecology and about the aesthetics of nature. It is a series of essays on Bellingen Island, The Bellinger Valley, Tallowwood and Wet Eucalypt Forest, restoration ecology, the aesthetics of nature in an age of ecosystem management, the images of nature and the contemporary culture of nature.
The North Bank Institute, Bellingen's oldest and smallest think tank, is staffed by Ross Macleay and Jan Parkin. It generates cartoons, essays, and books on nature, philosophy, film, literature and Bellingen.