The new epoch is Anthropocene
The declaration of a new age or era is a popular tactic for those keen to make the invisible visible and promote change; this tactic...
Breaking news on climate change
What a relief to see ‘Four Corners’ interview a wide range of business people talking about the realities of climate change...
The Traumas of Downsizing
Selling up and moving house is a very stressful process. If I had to characterise the key drama in our recent move from a large three...
Heading for the Hills
At a certain age courage is required – to carry on, to remain optimistic . . . and in our case, to head for the hills. I have this on...
Optimism for rationalists
Optimism appears to be the single most important attitude in a world so profoundly challenged by apocalyptic events. Climate change,...
I Told You So
One of the reasons I like Kim Stanley Robinson’s novels is he so often confirms my worst expectations of humanity. Take his latest novel,...
Why a Big Australia is No Panacea
Sad to say, but economic orthodoxy about the need for a Big Australia is fatally flawed. It might appear sensible to argue that economic...
Book Review - Clive Hamilton’s Defiant Earth
This is an important book. At a time when the credibility of politicians has fallen to new depths one would hope that there is more...
Feeling disconnected
The regular failure of politicians and bureaucrats to satisfy public expectations of accessibility, transparency and accountability has...
The Sad Passing of the News
At first I thought weeping after the PBS News Hour was just a response to American editorial manipulation. Then I realised my tears were...
