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Dee Boersma: Pay attention to penguins
Dee Boersma: Pay attention to penguins

Think of penguins as ocean sentinels, says Dee Boersma -- they're on the frontlines of sea change. Sharing stories of penguin life and culture, she suggests that we start listening to what penguins are telling us.
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6 ways mushrooms will save the world
27 sep  |  Mycologist Paul Stamets studies the mycelium, and lists 6 ways that this astonishing fungus can help save the world.

What do you think of when we say fungi? Portobello, magical or maybe Shitake? Stamets shall teach you a few things! 

There are some other vegetables that can save the world, one which has seen special attention in and around the pacific is coconuts.

What other alternative options and routes should we be examining in order to deal with our environmental problems?  . . read more

4 Factors Shaping the Wind Energy Industry in 2009
30 dec  |  After installing a record 8,600 MW of wind energy capacity in 2008, 2009 will look like a letdown in comparison. Most of the projects that did go online this year were started under a different economic climate, where credit was plentiful. These are some of the factors shaping the industry in 2009:- by Sarah Lozanova  . . read more
CPRS - Why your contributions don't count
29 nov  |  On the day when the 'crucial' CPRS goes to the vote, here are the opinions of an independent organisation that models itself as an empowering tool for consumers. Not surprisingly its focus is very individualistic, but this doesn't take away from the fact that the arguments shown here have been nearly mute from the mainstream debate.  . . read more
Carbon Price Agreement: The Transformation to Clean Energy
27 feb  |  In recent years, the Greens in Australia have had very little to celebrate about; federally they didn't back the Emissions Trading Scheme they deemed too weak to seriously help the environment - subsequently it failed. However, in the 2010 Australian federal elections they did very well, garnering 12% of the vote, giving them a mandate to push for a strong policy fight against climate change. Here we see Christine Milne announcing what the Greens' tireless fight has brought about and its implications for Australia.  . . read more
Runaway Climate Change is Here
10 aug  |  2010 is shaping up as the warmest in the instrumental record, as recorded by the National Climate Data Centre (NCDC – the worlds largest active archive of weather data), NASA Goddard Institute of Space Science (GISS), Hadley-Met/Climate Research Unit, Remote Sensing Satellite survey (RSS) and  Microwave Sounding Unit (MSU)

By Dr Andrew Glickson  . . read more

A changing climate burning up our forests
21 jul  |  A changing climate burning up our forests . . read more
'Always On' No Good for the Planet
23 jun  |  Like the aviation industry, the IT sector is coming under increasing scrutiny as a major contributor to greenhouse emissions. The sector accounts for about 2% of CO2 emissions - the same proportion as the aviation industry - with PCs accounting for 40% of that. . . read more
Oil Addiction is Ugly
15 sep  |  The first step to recovery is knowing your addictions. The average commuter burns 340 gallons of gas and creates a 3.4 ton cloud of CO2 a year. . . read more
600 Strip Naked on Glacier in Global Warming Protest
20 aug  |  Six hundred people shed their clothes on a glacier in the Swiss Alps to bodily cry out for help against a planetary emergency: global warming. . . read more
The Climate Change Gamble: An Unacceptable Risk?
17 aug  |  John Ralston Saul, President of International PEN, frames the climate change debate as a gamble, calling it an "unacceptable risk" even if the odds are less than 50-50 that human actions are triggering environmental destruction. "You're willing to take this risk, even if it means your grandchildren fry?" Saul asks.  . . read more
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"Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it." -- Ronald Reagan (1986)