Monthly Archives: January 2011

Manners: it’s the little things that matter

Manners are out of fashion these days, but they’re worth another look in these difficult times. [25 January 2011 | Peter Boyer] Remember phone books, those battered stacks of pages full of names and numbers? They still get delivered, but … Continue reading

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The paradigm shifts we have to make

The biggest climate challenge is in our minds. We’ll get nowhere until we can “think anew, and act anew”. [18 January 2011 | Peter Boyer] “People just don’t know what to expect,” was the response of Brisbane resident Debbie Wilks, … Continue reading

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Don’t judge a year by a cold snap

Dealing with a counter-intuitive reality [11 January 2011 | Peter Boyer] Walking the dog on Fern Tree’s Pipeline Track, every so often I encounter our local weatherman, Bradley Hudson. We chat about this and that, including of course the weather … Continue reading

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