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Nov. 1st, 2008 03:26 pmAt dinner yesterday, Bunny suddenly said. 'Cows fart gas, so we should kill them all and eat them, and then just eat fish.'
*iz proud*
*iz proud*
I am vaguely considering, in a sleep deprived and clearly not responsible for my actions way, volunteering to talk. In public. To like, groups of people. About stuff.
The thing that mostly terrifies me is not the talking, it's the part where I'd have to like, answer questions. So I'd have to remember stuff.
Yeah, so, I'm reviewing the situation. *koff*
The thing that mostly terrifies me is not the talking, it's the part where I'd have to like, answer questions. So I'd have to remember stuff.
Yeah, so, I'm reviewing the situation. *koff*
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Oct. 2nd, 2008 10:41 amSo, I knew, vaguely, that you weren’t supposed to put green waste in your wheelie bin. I also knew that methane is 20 times worse than CO2. I ALSO knew, in a ‘pushing it to the back of my mind and ignoring it sort of way’, that putting green waste into landfill creates methane.
End of last week I got the flyer in the mail announcing a green waste pick up starting Monday, and my brain suddenly went AARRGGHH.
I have been weeding like a MAD WOMAN, I tell you! This morning they did the pick up, which was disappointing, as I was on a MISSION.
However, the front yard is done at last – bloody google, they should give people notice before they photograph them – and my resolution is to continue going out the back every day for at least half an hour when I get home from work - before I sit down and turn on the shiny internets.
By the time I get through that it’ll be time to do the front again. On the plus side, I won’t have to pay the big bucks for them fancy yoga classes – my muscles are getting stretched quite enough.
End of last week I got the flyer in the mail announcing a green waste pick up starting Monday, and my brain suddenly went AARRGGHH.
I have been weeding like a MAD WOMAN, I tell you! This morning they did the pick up, which was disappointing, as I was on a MISSION.
However, the front yard is done at last – bloody google, they should give people notice before they photograph them – and my resolution is to continue going out the back every day for at least half an hour when I get home from work - before I sit down and turn on the shiny internets.
By the time I get through that it’ll be time to do the front again. On the plus side, I won’t have to pay the big bucks for them fancy yoga classes – my muscles are getting stretched quite enough.
Just, wow.
Sep. 28th, 2008 05:47 pm Prix PictatThe world's premier photographic award in sustainability.
One of the shortlisted - chris jordan photography
Check out 'Running the Numbers'.
One of the shortlisted - chris jordan photography
Check out 'Running the Numbers'.
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Sep. 25th, 2008 01:55 pmMe - We’re all going to die
Angriest – No, we’re not. We live in a developed nation.
Me – No we’re ALL going to die.
Angriest – No, just all the poor people.
Me – No it’ll end up being just the richest people holed up in enclaves except the infrastructure will break down because there’ll be no poor people to do all the work for them.
Angriest *looks*
Me - …possibly I’ve watched too many apocalypse movies.
And on visiting my 95 year old Grandma last week, talking about environmental issues (and by talk I mean me scribbling notes on my laptop and swinging it around to show her, because she’s deaf).
Grandma – You might live to see the end of the world.
Me *out loud* Well not me, maybe Bunny.
Grandma *sounding smug* I won’t.
Angriest – No, we’re not. We live in a developed nation.
Me – No we’re ALL going to die.
Angriest – No, just all the poor people.
Me – No it’ll end up being just the richest people holed up in enclaves except the infrastructure will break down because there’ll be no poor people to do all the work for them.
Angriest *looks*
Me - …possibly I’ve watched too many apocalypse movies.
And on visiting my 95 year old Grandma last week, talking about environmental issues (and by talk I mean me scribbling notes on my laptop and swinging it around to show her, because she’s deaf).
Grandma – You might live to see the end of the world.
Me *out loud* Well not me, maybe Bunny.
Grandma *sounding smug* I won’t.
Expanding along the northern corridor, WA
Sep. 21st, 2008 05:17 pm
35% of Australia's population now live along the coast.
Random interesting stuff.
Jun. 22nd, 2008 11:10 amIs there anyone out there who somehow hasn't already been geekily excited this week about the discovery of ice on Mars?
Helpful links are provided on the site - Listen to this story via streaming audio, a downloadable file, or get help. *cracks up laughing* Do you think they phrased it like that deliberately?
In other news, a satellite has been launched to monitor rising sea levels and track the effects of climate change.
And who wouldn't want one of these? Well, except for all those weird people who don't like tattoos. Never lose your mobile phone again!
Helpful links are provided on the site - Listen to this story via streaming audio, a downloadable file, or get help. *cracks up laughing* Do you think they phrased it like that deliberately?
In other news, a satellite has been launched to monitor rising sea levels and track the effects of climate change.
And who wouldn't want one of these? Well, except for all those weird people who don't like tattoos. Never lose your mobile phone again!
From GetUp.
May. 8th, 2008 12:45 pmSomething very troubling is happening right now in Canberra, as our pollies put the final touches on next week's Budget. It only became clear to us while delivering your People's Budget Submission - the halls of Parliament are crawling with lobbyists from the powerful and well-resourced polluting industries, using their industrial muscle to aggressively argue against climate change action.
We urgently need an active people's movement to counter the largest and best-funded lobby in Australia. Next Thursday, the Government will meet with environment groups to discuss climate change solutions. We want tens of thousands of signatures to bring to the table, calling for emissions to begin declining by 2010, and be cut in half by 2020. Nothing less will do.
Will your signature be one of those countering the polluters' push for short-term profit?
Sign the petition
All the polluting industries have combined their resources to trump the will of the people: coal, aluminum, cement, electricity generators, mining, and many more. But our politicians work for us - they need to set targets and pass laws that reduce emissions, not reward polluters.
We are much closer to a crisis tipping point than previously thought. It's now possible that there will be no Arctic summer ice by 2013, 90 years earlier than IPCC predictions. With existing projections being viewed as the minimum changes we can expect, Australia must adopt a science-based emissions reduction target - and nurture a green economy with green jobs to get us there.
Our economic prosperity and our environment depends on it, and that depends on our politicians being willing and able to resist the powerful self-interests of the polluter lobby. Help swing the debate back in favour of the people, by signing this urgent petition today, before next week's meeting:
Sign the petition
The polluter lobby must not set the terms of the debate around climate solutions. We know that the costs of inaction are catastrophic and will affect every aspect of our economy and our lives. Kevin Rudd is making decisions this year that could help avoid that - but only if you demand it. He needs you to let him know you expect corporate greed to not trump climate need.
Thanks for being a part of the solution,
The GetUp team
PS - To read the full version of your People's Budget Submission, based on your Biscuit Budget results and People's Agenda process, click here.
__________________________
GetUp is an independent, not-for-profit community campaigning group. We use new technology to empower Australians to have their say on important national issues. We receive no political party or government funding, and every campaign we run is entirely supported by voluntary donations.
We urgently need an active people's movement to counter the largest and best-funded lobby in Australia. Next Thursday, the Government will meet with environment groups to discuss climate change solutions. We want tens of thousands of signatures to bring to the table, calling for emissions to begin declining by 2010, and be cut in half by 2020. Nothing less will do.
Will your signature be one of those countering the polluters' push for short-term profit?
Sign the petition
All the polluting industries have combined their resources to trump the will of the people: coal, aluminum, cement, electricity generators, mining, and many more. But our politicians work for us - they need to set targets and pass laws that reduce emissions, not reward polluters.
We are much closer to a crisis tipping point than previously thought. It's now possible that there will be no Arctic summer ice by 2013, 90 years earlier than IPCC predictions. With existing projections being viewed as the minimum changes we can expect, Australia must adopt a science-based emissions reduction target - and nurture a green economy with green jobs to get us there.
Our economic prosperity and our environment depends on it, and that depends on our politicians being willing and able to resist the powerful self-interests of the polluter lobby. Help swing the debate back in favour of the people, by signing this urgent petition today, before next week's meeting:
Sign the petition
The polluter lobby must not set the terms of the debate around climate solutions. We know that the costs of inaction are catastrophic and will affect every aspect of our economy and our lives. Kevin Rudd is making decisions this year that could help avoid that - but only if you demand it. He needs you to let him know you expect corporate greed to not trump climate need.
Thanks for being a part of the solution,
The GetUp team
PS - To read the full version of your People's Budget Submission, based on your Biscuit Budget results and People's Agenda process, click here.
__________________________
GetUp is an independent, not-for-profit community campaigning group. We use new technology to empower Australians to have their say on important national issues. We receive no political party or government funding, and every campaign we run is entirely supported by voluntary donations.
By 2040 the developed nations will be at zero population growth, the developing at .5. But by 2050 there will still be 9 billion people on the planet.
"Democracy cannot survive overpopulation. Human dignity cannot survive it. Convenience and decency cannot survive it. As you put more and more people onto the world, the value of life not only declines, it disappears. It doesn't matter if someone dies. The more people there are, the less one individual matters."
- Isaac Asimov.
"Democracy cannot survive overpopulation. Human dignity cannot survive it. Convenience and decency cannot survive it. As you put more and more people onto the world, the value of life not only declines, it disappears. It doesn't matter if someone dies. The more people there are, the less one individual matters."
- Isaac Asimov.
