Category Archives: human behaviour

Learning the lessons of Black Tuesday

Posted on 7 February 2017 by Peter Boyer

We have learned a great deal since February 1967, but that doesn’t include how to curb our damaging carbon emissions. This has been as near to perfect a Tasmanian summer as I can imagine. Rain when you need it but … Continue reading →

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Margaret Steadman and other nation-builders

Posted on 24 January 2017 by Peter Boyer

The Australian of the Year awards reflect our nation at its best I thought I knew something about living more sustainably when I started advocating for stronger climate action. Then I met Margaret Steadman. At that time Margaret managed the … Continue reading →

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Warming record gets the cold shoulder

Posted on 17 January 2017 by Peter Boyer

Those who govern us are alarmingly indifferent to warming extremes   As I write this, climate monitoring organisations around the world including our own Bureau of Meteorology are assessing where 2016 sits on Earth’s 136-year temperature record. Very soon the … Continue reading →

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