Category Archives: promotion and publicity

Government and Reality: Persuading politicians we have a problem

Address to Climate Change Action Forum, Dechaineaux Theatre, Tasmanian School of Art, Hobart. [18 September 2008 | Peter Boyer] “Houston, we have a problem,” was how Apollo Thirteen conveyed to its mother planet that its crew was in imminent peril … Continue reading

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How do we get climate science into living rooms?

Getting ordinary people to accept scientific advice on something as complex and hard to see as climate change will not be an easy task. Most of all, it will require politicians to be aware of the science and committed to acting on it. Continue reading

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First, the good news

Community action to reduce emissions and live more sustainably is filling the leadership vacuum on climate change. Continue reading

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