Oct 20, 2010 | It's cultural!, Joint effort - climate adaptation, Sustainability
I read this analogy recently, made by a scientist back in 1987: “The climate system is a capricious beast, and we have been poking it with a sharp stick” (Broecker). Watch out!
Oct 15, 2010 | Community Engagement, It's cultural!, Joint effort - climate adaptation, Stakeholder engagement, Translating the scientific stuff
It’s quite difficult to entice a reader into a book about Climate Change – there’s something so leaden and laden about statistics and science and dispute and above all virtue. So I decided humour would have to help me through. – Ian Mackewan on...
Aug 31, 2010 | It's cultural!, Joint effort - climate adaptation
This weekend I performed a marriage ceremony on the Bay at Port Melbourne and was invited for the lunch party. I sat with friends and whiled away the afternoon eating oysters and scallops, followed by beef tenderloin and a late afternoon meringue with cream. No...
Mar 19, 2010 | It's cultural!, Joint effort - climate adaptation
Jackson Browne describes his recent songwriting as finding a path way through information. He’s always ‘trying to find the right note’. On April 10th he will be awarded the Lifetime Achievement in Environmental Fine Arts award for “his extraordinary...
Mar 11, 2010 | It's cultural!, Joint effort - climate adaptation, Planning
George Turner’s ‘The Sea and Summer’ came out in 1988, a tale of Melbourne’s fall from grace. Did Melbourne ever fall from grace? Yes, in this novel it did. Climate change is well set in. The characters are survivors of ‘a hectic culture...
