In Copenhagen the signs of the climate change summit are everywhere, at least in the public thoroughfares. In the center of the city, around the Kongens Nytorv, the posters were going up today: two-story high images of the Alps, another says ‘France is committed!’ On the weekend the lights on the giant Christmas tree in [...]
Entries from November 28th, 2009
Wonder Wonder Copenhagen: Our Copenhagen Correspondent
November 28th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Guest Viewpoint
Tags: climate change·copenhagen
The Politics of Eggs
November 21st, 2009 · 5 Comments · Blog
Eggs are good but chickens themselves aren’t actually very nice. We only overlook their many foibles because they turn the chaos and filth of our compost bins into one of the most elegant and aesthetically pleasing objects in the known universe – an egg. The other evening after watching Nathan Rees at the state ALP [...]
Tags: chickens·developers·eggs
WOLLEMI PINES: LONELY LITTLE GUYS WITH SMALL FRONDS?
November 14th, 2009 · 14 Comments · Blog
Ok I admit it. When I was a kid I was a stamp collector. But I gave up scouring through the Australia Post philatelic magazine about the same time I stopped using my Malvern Star ten speed racer and let my VFL junior supporters’ membership lapse. What I am saying is that I wasn’t [...]
Tags: gardening·wollemi pines
BARNEY AND NICKY’S NEVER-ENDING CARBON PARTY
November 13th, 2009 · 4 Comments · News, Real Dirt Fast
This week we had the spectacle of climate-denier-politicians Barney Joyce and Nicky Minchin (Nobel prize-winning scientists and philosophers that they aren’t) telling us everyone else with a doctorate and a brain is wrong and that they are right. Humans have nothing to do with climate change, they say. We actually don’t need to worry, our [...]
TURNING TURTLE: FROM SYDNEY TO THE DEEP BLUE SEA
November 7th, 2009 · 2 Comments · News
Exclusive footage of green turtle being released off Lord Howe Island by marine parks ranger, Sallyann Gudge After months in the care of humans, three precious green sea turtles are back in the hands of chance. The three young reptiles were born last summer somewhere on an unknown beach in Queensland and were rescued, off [...]
Tags: climate change·lord howe island·turtles·wildlife rehabilitation
See No Evil, Feel No Evil
November 6th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Blog
There are things we want to watch, things we decide not to look at and things we should be forced to witness. Did you see Mark Kavanagh, the trainer of Melbourne Cup winner, Shocking, as his stallion tore down towards the finish line? On television, Kavanagh’s ecstasy was so complete it looked as though he [...]
