Category Archives: addresses-talks

Facing the sustainability challenge

Posted on 11 June 2008 by Peter Boyer

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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Climate change is the responsibility of everyone

Posted on 3 May 2008 by Peter Boyer

In tackling the challenge of climate change we need to abandon old prejudices, cross borders into unfamiliar territory, and speak to our enemies. This is a task for everyone. Continue reading →

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Forests and climate change: Issues in a Tasmanian context

Posted on 23 April 2008 by Peter Boyer

Climate change and the need to cut emissions presents us with a real problem in the context of forestry. Evidence about carbon storage by forests suggests a way out of the current forest harvesting impasse. Continue reading →

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