Surely The Greens should have the documents that Dr Chris James is talking about? I am very surprised that Bob Brown hasn't been making a big deal of them. Why don't you make sure he has them, and send them to him with accompanying letters in all th…
Why is Australia seeking to 'reduce its carbon footprint by using ETS, rather than genuinely reducing our emissions by using solar, thermal, wind and sea technologies, two of which are available now?
Hi All,
We're much more likely to get letters published if we respond to a story or an opinion piece in the newspaper, preferably the same day. Also, get a whole heap of people that you know writing on the same day: they choose a representative sel…
How many people who actually ARE concerned about climate change are investing their super into clean energy companies and lobbying their politicians hard. If you don't know where your super is, ring your company super's director and demand that they…
In 2006, Australia's military expenditure was 2.4% GDP. I have been unable to find a percentage GNI for 2009, but given that climate change is likely to lead to huge threats in security, and more fighting over land, wouldn't it be better for Austral…
It's true that rushed decisions will probably fail, but if this negotiation takes much longer, we'll all fail and many countries will go under... What can we do to make the government speed up the process.
Also, when is Kevin Rudd going to fall ove…
Hi Alison,
I forgot. Often our own lifestyle is more important than what we teach the kids. They notice. I don't know what you're doing already, but incidental teaching, possibly about why you ride a bike to school (if you do), your own healthy, lo…
Hi Alison,
re ideas with kinder and primary kids, I agree with Caroline that any arty crafty stuff is good, but I think it's best if you use sustainable stuff: use household 'rubbish' to get the kids to make artwork about carbon footprints, or at le…
I'm all for spreading the word, but I don't understand how discussions on a website can do so. The people who look at the website know about it already. Writing to MPs I think is a different matter: it's obvious how that should work.
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