In various roles as Principal at the Zoo Education Service, Education Manager at the Melbourne Museum, National Coordinator of Waterkeepers Australia and Executive Officer of the South East Councils Climate Change Alliance, I gave many papers and presentations to all manner of audiences. There might be ideas here that start, stretch and/or confirm your thinking. I’m up for a discussion and argument about what is here. Get in touch please.
Val Plumwood survived an encounter with a crocodile that was intent on lunch. In an amazingly dispassionate manner, she discusses what and how she was thinking even as the crocodile …
I was a judge for the Education category of the Banksia Awards for a year or two, a few years ago. I had a growing sense of disquiet about the …
Moral dilemmas: an approach for dealing with environmental issues in the classroom What are Moral Dilemmas? Environmental education is primarily about analysing attitudes and taking appropriate …
There’s been much written of late about the Australian Government’s determination to stick with fossil fuels. They regularly resort to the ultimate red herring, Carbon, Capture and Storage, an idea …
Geoff Lemon, a commentator on sport and culture, writes in an extremely forthright fashion, uses liberal doses of profanity to whack you between the eyes(?) with his arguments and is always worth reading. His argument here is as clear an argument for a carbon tax as you’ll read. Check his blog at Heathen Scripture ‘the Heathen Scripture you have when you’re not having a Heathen Scripture’ which carries articles on the broadest range of topical social issues with an approach, including the most creative use of language, that you won’t find elsewhere. You will blush a bit as you read, however.
The fallacy of endless economic growth is a must-read article, well worth the perseverance. The author examines The Limits to Growth for the lessons it contains for economists and everyone else.. It was on the money then and its largely on the money now. The ideas it contains can be found in a wider social and political context in the excellent SBS-screened documentary series All watched over by machines of loving grace. Check it via Google.
If we are to build the community response to climate change, we need a means of communicating the consequences of the value positions that we hold and the actions that result. It’s not just a matter for the ‘head; but also for the ‘heart’.
Click on the link and you’ll see the graphics that I used to accompany a presentation on Climate Change and how I reckon we got into this mess. Give me a call if I can give an updated presentation to your community group.
Mornington Peninsula Shire conducted one of the most successful exercises in community engagement around responding to climate change. Here is a discussion of the why and how they rolled out this program.
This is my history of environmental education in Australia to put with the other histories. I’ll defend this one though as for a while I had a ringside seat, I knew quite a few of the actors and was occasionally also inthe ring.