Earlier this year, before the coronavirus, there was another crisis that drew the attention of the world. During the Australian ‘Black Summer’, our worst ever bushfire season on record, 12 million hectares of land were burned, one billion animals were killed and 434 million tonnes of carbon dioxide were released into the atmosphere.
Though the last fire was only extinguished in March, the smoke that blanketed much of the east coast feels like it was a lifetime ago. We wore masks for a different reason then.
Among the political controversy and relentless news cycles, then as now we also found it within ourselves to help one another with unprecedented generosity. Sources around the world donated $500 million, destined to support
