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Tasmania stakes a claim to leadership

Posted on 3 December 2013 by Peter Boyer

The new Tasmanian climate change strategy is a huge advance on the 2011 version. Does it give us bragging rights? [3 December 2013 | Peter Boyer] What does it mean to be a Tasmanian? What is our place in the … Continue reading →

Posted in adaptation, agriculture and farming, atmospheric science, biodiversity, biofuels, biological resources, biomass energy, built environment, business interests, business, investment, employment, carbon, carbon emissions and targets, changes to climate, climate politics, climate system, economic activity, energy, energy conservation, energy efficiency, forests and forestry, fossil fuels, future climate, hydro, land use, landfill, local economy, organisations and events, planning, science, social and personal issues, soil sequestration, solar, Tasmanian Climate Action Council, Tasmanian politics, trees, waste, wind, wood | Tagged adaptation, agriculture and farming, atmospheric science, biodiversity, biofuels, biological resources, biomass energy, built environment, business, business interests, carbon, carbon emissions and targets, Cassy O'Connor, changes to climate, climate politics, Climate Smart Tasmania, climate system, Del Weston, Dora Marinova, economic activity, employment, energy, energy conservation, energy efficiency, forests and forestry, fossil fuels, future climate, Gavin Mooney, hydro, investment, land use, landfill, local economy, Matthew Groom, organisations and events, planning, science, social and personal issues, soil sequestration, solar, Tasmanian Climate Action Council, Tasmanian politics, The Political Economy of Global Warming, trees, waste, Will Hodgman, wind, wood | Comments Off

How we trash our oceans

Posted on 24 September 2013 by Peter Boyer

Plastic, the ubiquitous product of fossil carbon, has penetrated to the remotest parts of the world’s oceans. We now have a huge, toxic mess on our hands. [24 September 2013 | Peter Boyer] The impact of humanity on Planet Earth … Continue reading →

Posted in Antarctic, biodiversity, biological resources, carbon, consumption, ecology, economic activity, environmental degradation, fossil fuels, human behaviour, marine organisms, marine sciences, science, social and personal issues, waste | Tagged Antarctic, biodiversity, biological resources, carbon, consumption, Detached, ecology, economic activity, environmental degradation, flesh-footed shearwater, fossil fuels, human behaviour, Jennifer Lavers, Laysan albatross, marine organisms, marine sciences, Penny Clive, science, social and personal issues, waste | Comments Off

Before you eat, ponder the miracle of food

Posted on 1 January 2013 by Peter Boyer

We should never take a hearty meal for granted. [1 January 2012 | Peter Boyer] This is the season for food, and lots of it. Celebrating times of plenty with a feast is a tradition as old as humanity. Who … Continue reading →

Posted in agricultural science, agriculture and farming, Antarctic, economic activity, environmental degradation, food, land use, science, social and personal issues, social mindsets, Southern Ocean, waste | Tagged agricultural science, agriculture and farming, Antarctic, Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems CRC, economic activity, environmental degradation, food, Green revolution, Klaus Meiners, land use, science, social and personal issues, social mindsets, Southern Ocean, waste | Comments Off

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Tasmania stakes a claim to leadership

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