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...
Aug 23, 2010 | Deliberative
This morning, Labor’s Arch Bevis (Brisbane seat in contention) told Fran Kelly on ABC National that he felt the party failed with voters when it chose to speak only to the Liberals on climate change. The deliberative effort did not extend to the people of...
May 18, 2010 | Deliberative, Joint effort - climate adaptation
It’s a dead-end kind of time for those who have plans for action on climate change that rely on Australian governments. A good time to have a look at what people in other countries have on their minds about climate change. Taegen Edwards of Beyond Zero Emissions...
Apr 30, 2010 | Deliberative, Joint effort - climate adaptation
Probably there’s no rhetoric as well used on climate change as ‘future generations.’ Last week in Melbourne the Australian Youth Climate Coalition (AYCC) launched a practical opportunity to contribute to their future through monthly donations. What...
Apr 18, 2010 | Deliberative, Joint effort - climate adaptation, Planning, Stakeholder engagement
Where’s the Campaspe River? In Northern Victoria, Australia. When it comes to water for irrigated agriculture, climate scenarios for the state have never been good. You can’t farm without water. Two weeks ago a massive group of over 100 Campaspe farmers...
Mar 25, 2010 | Deliberative, Joint effort - climate adaptation
If I didn’t live in Australia I could learn about climate change when I went shopping. Say I lived in England, and say I went down to Tescos for some eggs, I could have a look at the carbon label showing the amount in grams of greenhouse gas emissions (called...
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...
