by Simon | Jan 4, 2013 | Business
Australia is in the grip of “a once-in-20 or 30-year heatwave” with extremes over 40 degrees. Despite the heat, and the likelihood that there will be many more extreme events like this as climate change hits, the Australian media almost universally omits...
by Simon | Jan 1, 2013 | Business
George Monbiot and Ross Gittins, an environmentalist and an economist, both have two related and compelling reveiws of 2012 trends.Ross writes about Jeffrey Sachs’ evidence for “the four business gangs that run the US”. Sachs’s highlights...
by Simon | Dec 28, 2012 | Business
Looking at climate change and sustainability challenges it’s clear that individual action, our actions, are necessary. However we struggle when faced by scale and speed – a fast and revolutionary global shift is needed. How can any one person make a...
by Simon | Dec 2, 2012 | Business
We struggle with the word biodiversity. While deeply insightful and meaningful it’s a whole system, a new word, a multifaceted problem and anything but ‘cute and cuddly’.So it’s highly refreshing to see Futerra take up the challenge...
by Simon | Oct 22, 2012 | Business
This blog has been very quiet while I’ve been reaching into the evidence. In my work at the Environment Institute, University of Adelaide, there are an array of outstanding scientists. The evidence produced by this work is transformational. However, at the same...
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