> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.earthtoseanews.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Earth to Sea News, Issue No. 14 - URL: https://www.earthtoseanews.com/issue-14/ - Published: 2026-08-26T04:38:47.000Z - Updated: 2026-08-26T04:38:47.000Z - Description: The turn of the seasons: flower carpets, four billion moths, new chapters at seventy, and where the quiet money is going. - Author: Nicole McMahon - Tags: #newsletter | Issue No. 14 · August 2026[![Earth to Sea News. Independent good news, from the earth to the sea](https://storage.ghost.io/c/0d/06/0d067be9-327f-4730-b9c3-5f0cdd2bc6fa/content/images/2026/08/masthead-stacked-issue14.jpg)](https://www.earthtoseanews.com/)[](https://www.earthtoseanews.com/) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/0d/06/0d067be9-327f-4730-b9c3-5f0cdd2bc6fa/content/images/2026/08/email-wave-orange-1.png)This issue turns with the seasons. In the west the wildflowers have burst into bloom weeks early, four billion moths are about to ride south by starlight, a surf club keeps its Thursday for people starting fresh at seventy, and the quiet money of the world is finding its way to the fixers. Wherever this finds you, autumn closing in or spring on the doorstep, we hope it reads like encouragement.![A carpet of pink and white everlasting daisies in Western Australia](https://storage.ghost.io/c/0d/06/0d067be9-327f-4730-b9c3-5f0cdd2bc6fa/content/images/size/w600/2026/08/coalseam-everlastings.jpg)New today · Places to ExploreWestern Australia just burst into bloomEarly rain has brought the wildflower season on weeks ahead of itself. The everlastings are reaching their pink and white carpet stage right now at Coalseam Conservation Park, the wreath flowers are laying their perfect rings on the roadsides near Pindar, and Mullewa opens its Outback Bloom festival this week. You have about three weeks, and the flowers are not waiting.[READ THE FULL STORY →](https://www.earthtoseanews.com/coalseam-everlastings/)More good news![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/0d/06/0d067be9-327f-4730-b9c3-5f0cdd2bc6fa/content/images/2026/08/bogong-moths-email.jpg)Wildlife[Four billion moths ride the stars south](https://www.earthtoseanews.com/bogong-moths/)The bogong moth just had its strongest return since 2017, and this spring thousands of people will help discover where it goes.[READ →](https://www.earthtoseanews.com/bogong-moths/)![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/0d/06/0d067be9-327f-4730-b9c3-5f0cdd2bc6fa/content/images/2026/08/yolo-causeway-bats-email.jpg)Places to Explore[The bat nado rises at sunset](https://www.earthtoseanews.com/yolo-causeway-bats/)Under a bridge near Sacramento lives a quarter of a million bats, and watching them pour out at dusk is free.[READ →](https://www.earthtoseanews.com/yolo-causeway-bats/)![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/0d/06/0d067be9-327f-4730-b9c3-5f0cdd2bc6fa/content/images/2026/08/hewasafi-kenya-email.jpg)Innovations[Two teenagers are cleaning Nairobi's air](https://www.earthtoseanews.com/hewasafi-kenya/)Seventeen years old, a filter built from maize cobs, coconut shells and algae, and a prize to build the next batch.[READ →](https://www.earthtoseanews.com/hewasafi-kenya/)![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/0d/06/0d067be9-327f-4730-b9c3-5f0cdd2bc6fa/content/images/2026/08/migration-streetlights-email.jpg)Innovations[When the birds fly, the lights go low](https://www.earthtoseanews.com/migration-streetlights/)City streetlights now listen to bird migration radar and dim themselves on the biggest nights.[READ →](https://www.earthtoseanews.com/migration-streetlights/)![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/0d/06/0d067be9-327f-4730-b9c3-5f0cdd2bc6fa/content/images/2026/08/silver-salties-email.jpg)Community[Thursday belongs to the Silver Salties](https://www.earthtoseanews.com/silver-salties/)Surf clubs around Australia have a gentle morning for over sixty fives, and the new season is about to open.[READ →](https://www.earthtoseanews.com/silver-salties/)![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/0d/06/0d067be9-327f-4730-b9c3-5f0cdd2bc6fa/content/images/2026/08/porto-free-transport-email.jpg)Sustainable Living[In Porto, the ride is now free](https://www.earthtoseanews.com/porto-free-transport/)Portugal's second city made its trams, metro, trains and buses free for every resident.[READ →](https://www.earthtoseanews.com/porto-free-transport/)![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/0d/06/0d067be9-327f-4730-b9c3-5f0cdd2bc6fa/content/images/2026/08/where-the-money-goes-email.jpg)Innovations[Where the quiet money is going](https://www.earthtoseanews.com/where-the-money-goes/)Responsible funds have never held more, and everyday savers are quietly choosing the fixers.[READ →](https://www.earthtoseanews.com/where-the-money-goes/)Enjoyed this issue?Good news travels when people pass it on. 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