Why I love TED Talks: Ten “wow” videos
I love TED talks, I wish I had enough time to watch them all but I don’t. So I have to make do with the occasional one and spread the good ones around to people I know. TED stands for “Technology,...
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Picturing pollution in China
A moving picture set detailing some of the pollution in China thanks to rapid growth and massive scale industrialisation. Shepard by the yellow river can't stand the pollution smell. Villager in...
View ArticleThe 4 ways sound affects us (TED talk)
Watching TED on my phone on the bus yesterday and this one reminded me of some workplace experiences that have been less than suitable for getting work done. A few years back (ok a handful of years...
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Clean coal a costly snake oil solution
I’ve posted before on this fantasy world people are living in assuming we can somehow cheaply and efficiently lock away the output of coal burning. Sounds like I was right according to a Sydney Morning...
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Volunteer tree hugging (more like grass fondling)
A month or so back I did a bit of a different day in the office: a day of native vegetation planting and weed removal out at Homebush, Sydney (the old Olympic site). It was for a group called...
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What if we are wrong about climate change?
My take on this has always been that we pollute far too much currently and although the science seems overwhelmingly in favour of man made global warming: does it really matter? Businesses will get...
View ArticleFuture thought: Easy Government steps for a solar future (part 1)
Some random future ideas on government doing solar (following on, as promised in my earlier blog about South Australia’s solar plans). Electric vehicle fleet A tonne of Government vehicles could be run...
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Scientists didn’t come down in the last shower
Had a reply letter published today in the SMH on a climate change denier’s wilful misquoting of scientists on climate change. The environment is something I’m quite passionate about and like a lot of...
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What could the $222m Chaplaincy funding have paid for?
I make no secret of it, I think spending $222m of tax dollars to fund proselytising, dodgy chaplains in Australian public schools is atrocious. Here’s some things the recent funding expansion could...
View ArticleOpen letter to the NRMA on CO2 Price
This is in response to this statement by the NRMA. My response: Dear NRMA, Your promise to “seek assurances from the Australian Government that the Carbon Tax would not force up the cost of fuel” is...
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Historic day for the slow journey away from fossil fuels
Just a brief post this one to jot down a few thoughts. First is that this is the first day of the CO2 price legislation hitting parliament in Australia. So quite a big day! For those who came in late.....
View ArticleThe amazing biology behind trees
We’ve all had the lines at school about how trees work – but probably not in enough detail to be truly amazed (although it was amazing enough at that level of detail).
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Debunking the “record increase in Arctic Sea ice” claim by Rupert Murdoch
Thought this little animation was worth a post as Rupert Murdoch’s press will be pushing his nonsense after a tweet of his asking Al Gore to: Pls explain record increase in Arctic ice. Other greenies...
View ArticleLetter on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (aka “Secretly trading away our...
Letter on the TPP that’s being sneakily negotiated behind our backs. To whom it may concern, Despite little public disclosure – enough details of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) have leaked out to...
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Need climate action, not climate slacktion – switch on green power at home as...
Climate action is a pressing environmental and social issue impacting everyone around the globe, but with particularly harsh consequences for developing/impoverished nations. It seems anyone who isn’t...
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