Check out this website for an interesting journey into discursive politics. This guy is Australia's version of Michael More http://www.youtube.com/unitednatures
The Greens have been alerted to the new Australian mining boom, which is taking place in all states and causing land losses and degradation to a lot of people, especially farmers. The federal government support CCS. The UN don't, not yet!!!
The Gree…
Still the Australian government is pushing through its mining boom and calling it renewable. 95% of the value has been lost from homes along the Victorian coastline and the Minister has put a ban on development. The reason is climate change. No bans…
This is a joke, the Victorian government is putting in more coal mines, expanding gas and oil and turning the waste into fertilisers to spread on the land so farmers can earn credits but the the farmers don't want to pay for the CO2s they emit, they…
Reply to Andrew.
You know it is heart breaking! I am sitting with a map in front of me issued from the Australian School of Petroleum and featured in a June 2009 Resources Victoria Technical Forum. What I am looking at is a series of stars [computer…
The Australian Federal Government has allocated $2.425 billion in its 2009-10 Budget towards industrial scale carbon capiture and storage projects [clean coal]. When the Minerals Council of Australia have made it quite clear that coal has a limited…
There is a middle path between action and reaction but having said this it is important that people are able to make informed decisions and when the politics become transcended it is easier to hide the abuses. I am not in favour of depoliticised dis…
Exploring whether the polarity between 'Mystics' and 'Militants' can be blended, and whether spiritual principles can provide activism with greater sustenance and effectiveness .... ?
I couldn't agree more! We mustn't let go of our aims despite recent setbacks.
I think one of the best ways to spread the word about climate change is through education, enthusiasm & communication...all the things this website is aiming to do. :)
I totally agree with you. "Clean coal" technology is just an excuse to maintain our destructive way of life. Test plants are having trouble storing even small amounts of CO2. How is this technology ever going to cope in the real world?
Hi Dr Chris,
i am also "...interested in eco-psychotherapy and healing..." am keen to have a discussion on the place these broader realms have in the 'hard-headed' world of activism ... so have initiated the group Activism 2.0 http://www.aclimateforchange.org/group/activism2
regards, Peet