Not only is access to clean water a basic human right, it’s also essential to survival and well-being. “Gapu”, or “water” in Yolngu, plays an important role in health and sanitation in indigenous communities. Despite this, many indigenous Australians don’t have access to healthy water. Contamination from naturally occurring...

A few years ago, I entered a particularly challenging time of my life regarding my health. I had decided to stop taking the oral contraceptive pill (aka ‘the pill’) and within 8 weeks, along with other health challenges, my skin broke out with uncontrollable, angry acne. This gave my self-confidence,...

It’s fairly common knowledge that all animals require water in order to survive. When we take in less water than our bodies need to function, things start to rapidly go wrong. Dehydration is essentially when our bodies’ tank is emptying quicker than we can fill it up. Our bodies lose...