Monthly Archives: June 2008

How we can build a sustainable food economy

In tackling climate change we need to get our priorities right. Water and food supply must be given top priority in government policy-making. Continue reading

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Ross Garnaut’s “diabolical” challenge

Ross Garnaut says we have a window of opportunity to meet the climate challenge, but it is a small, short-lived one and we need to act quickly. The difficulties are “diabolical”, he says. Continue reading

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Facing the sustainability challenge

The task of reducing carbon emissions is a very tough one, for politicians and the rest of us alike, but it is not an impossible one. We need to put our fears aside and take the plunge into a new way of seeing and doing things. Continue reading

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