2012 a perfect storm?

2012 a perfect storm?

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...
World in Transition, a Great Transformation

World in Transition, a Great Transformation

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...
More Love, Less Loss

More Love, Less Loss

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...
A transformational society

A transformational society

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...
Biodiversity to slow Climate Change

Biodiversity to slow Climate Change

Climate Change will have a significant impact on many of the world’s plants and animals. While we intuitively think that the reverse is true, that is vegetation may slow the impacts of such change (in addition to its ability to sequester carbon), this World Bank...