Keywords: Sustainable Energy
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EUREKA STREET/ READER'S FEAST AWARD
- Stephen Wright
- 30 September 2009
6 Comments
We are terrible at caring for the planet because we are terrible at caring for each other. And we are lousy at caring for each other because we don't seem to have any idea of where the roots of human emotional sustenance lie. We might begin to look at our obsessive love of money and power.
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ENVIRONMENT
- Tony Kevin
- 16 September 2009
5 Comments
If anyone expected Ross Garnaut to be bitter about the
Government's inadequate response to his 2008 Review, they were wrong.
He is optimistic about the positive public impact of the Review and said climate change denialists are 'grasping at straws'.
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ENVIRONMENT
- Roger Trowbridge
- 16 April 2009
4 Comments
Fitfully, our quarter-acre has been transformed in ways that make us pleased across the joys and melancholies of our lives. Now, faced with the drying of the earth, we must bring new knowledges to bear. This garden must survive. It is of our soul.
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ENVIRONMENT
- Tony Kevin
- 08 January 2009
11 Comments
Kevin Rudd's announcement of a 5 per cent 2020 emissions reduction target is a betrayal. He has put short-term political survival ahead of his responsibilities to the next generation. Where is Bonhoeffer when we need him? (December 2008)
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ENVIRONMENT
- Tony Kevin
- 15 December 2008
7 Comments
Kevin Rudd's announcement of a 5 per cent 2020 emissions reduction target is a betrayal. It appears he has put short-term political survival ahead of his responsibilities to the next generation. Where is Bonhoeffer when we need him?
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ECONOMICS
- Colin Long
- 27 November 2008
20 Comments
The outcomes of the G20 meeting this month demonstrate the limited vision of many of the world's politicians in confronting the global financial crisis. If our leaders can't imagine a different future, it is up to us to do so.
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RELIGION
- Bruce Duncan
- 02 October 2008
15 Comments
There is tension in the churches between those focused on piety and those engaged with social justice. Benedict's document on globalisation will presumably stress that concern for social justice is essential to the Church's mission.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Tim Kroenert
- 14 August 2008
What happens when a renegade architect goes head to head with the US government in an effort to gain permission to build houses out of garbage?
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ENVIRONMENT
- Michael Kelly
- 10 March 2008
5 Comments
Disastrous consequences for the environment and humanity are a distinct possibility, if rational activity is not placed in the context of moral values.
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ENVIRONMENT
So many of the goods you see in shop windows will soon be waste, mostly landfill. Cutting waste is the fastest way to reduce carbon emissions and cope with other crises of climate change.
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INTERNATIONAL
- Ursula Stephens
- 12 September 2007
1 Comment
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ECONOMICS
- Anne Lanyon
- 05 September 2007
5 Comments
The APEC theme 'Strengthening our community: Building a sustainable future' is an honourable one. But look further, and you’ll get a glimpse of the priority the Australian Government has for things economic, and an acknowledgement of the role of business in shaping the agenda.
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