CCS – the disruptor that’s dangerous
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’s very direct and highly readable argument for the carbon tax that should have been
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.
Limits to Growth – or endless economic growth? There’s an oxymoron here.
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.
Communicating the need for climate change response
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’.
This presentation was given to the Mordi Skeptics, the Mordialloc Sceptics Society
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.
How to engage the community on climate change
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.
Walking the talk; AAEE has been doing it for years.
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.
It’s pig-headed thinking that has us in this climate change mess, that’s what I reckon.
If you start with the wrong questions don’t be surprised if you get entirely unhelpful answers. It’s not the economy, stupid, it’s the environment. We need the news to show us the daily environment indicator rather than the market indicator.
Environment and School Initiatives, a project of the OECD, taught us quite a lot, yes quite a lot.
Action research applied to direct observation had the potential to teach us a lot about environmental education and it seems, sex education. Our gathering of international practitioners at an action research workshop in Frascati finally solved the mystery of extreme litter – and the thesis fitted the observations comprehensively.
Waterkeepers Australia is part of the international waterway protection community
Waterkeepers Australia was established to support formally-consituted community advocate organisations use environment and planning laws to care for and protect their waterways. This is how and why Waterkeepers Australia caame into being.