What are the five most precious things in my life? [Published by Pearls & Irritations 21 Dec.] I have wondered often lately what might catch the attention of those who are busy despoiling our planet, and cause them to reflect on what they are destroying, and whether that matters to them. What if they asked… Read More Barack Obama wants us to care about the oceans
The global consumer-capitalist machine is well-programmed to consume the planet in its quest to produce ever-more stuff. Avoiding pollution is incompatible with its present functioning. If we want to actually reduce greenhouse gas emissions we need to know how to get inside the machine and turn it off, or transform it. [Published 6 Nov by… Read More Why are climate warnings ignored?
To properly stop the machine we need to look more carefully, to find the off-switch. Only turning the machine’s engine off will finally stop the destruction. Where is the engine, the beating heart of this global materialist-consumerist-industrial civilisation?… Read More Unconstrained competitive markets are the heart of the planetary problem
Many people are not happy with the way Australia is going. Many people say we need to be less materialistic, more compassionate, more tolerant of difference, though less tolerant of divisiveness. That’s all true, I would agree. But the great global industrial behemoth rolls on, carrying us inexorably along, it seems. Our wishes and fine… Read More Author’s remarks on the launch of A New Australia
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