Month: June 2023

From: Maelor Himbury <maelor@melbpc.org.au&gt;Date: 18 June 2023 at 8:31:37 am AESTTo: undisclosed-recipients:;Subject: Daily Links Jun 18 Post of the Day Many urban waterways were once waste dumps. Restoration efforts have …

Sent from Brahmins Campsite, Great Cooloola Coast Walk. From: Maelor Himbury <maelor@melbpc.org.au&gt;Date: 17 June 2023 at 9:09:29 am AESTTo: undisclosed-recipients:;Subject: Daily Links Jun 17 Post of the Day Review finds …

The climate wars are being waged on a new front. It’s not science versus deniers anymore, it’s the fossil fuel industry takeover of right-wing politics versus the human population. Monbiot’s …

Little by little, recognition of First Nations’ life on this continent is progressing. The reversion from Fraser Island to K’gari is one small step in this process. The passage of the Voice to Parliament is a very big step in the process and we simply have to, as a matter of fairness, take it.https://www.theage.com.au/traveller/travel-news/the-name-of-the-world-s-largest-sand-island-is-changing-so-it-should-20230613-p5dg6a.html

Off list again, the climate articles eg. Requiem for our species, are just too depressing. Not that this one is all joy; the reactionaries, bankrolled by billionaires, are highly organised …

With some good friends, my daughter was in the US last year. She was told, almost tearfully and certainly apologetically, by a woman in New England that it was sad …

Many of us baby-boomers are certainly not happy. We want future generations to live in, as much as is possible, a pleasant environment shared with a pleasing diversity of other species. Some of our generation have pretty warped values, caring only for mammon and not caring who or what is lost in pursuit of too much money. They should watch out, we’re not going quietly.https://johnmenadue.com/look-out-here-come-the-elders/

The good news is the rate of uptake globally of renewables. It’s massive. In the middle of a transition, you don’t have the luxury of stepping outside to see the …

You’d reckon we’d be done with ‘voluntary’ targets, light-touch regulation and cutting red and green tape so the private sector can get on with it. And didn’t privatising aged-care provision, …

I know some people have, unfortunately, a different view, but I cannot see any point in cats. Our wildlife could sleep much safer if people who have to have a cat would at least keep it contained. Cat-runs should be mandatory!https://www.aap.com.au/news/cats-kill-more-than-300-million-native-animals-a-year/