The crowd is there

Alan was on hand to deliver a multi media star in Sydney this Month, Platypus Bill and his 3 minders arrived in eco style for the at Parliament House for the rally. Platypus Bill had traveled down from Newcastle on the train with other community members to protest the damming of the Williams river
near Dungog which would destroy the habitat of 30 Platypus families.

Save the Williams River

The river starts in World Heritage Barrington Tops National Park and gently meanders down through the Williams valley. There are a variety of native species that call the Williams riverine system home; the platypus; a diversity of fish species including bass, mullet, eel and bullrout; five species of mussels; freshwater crayfish; long-necked turtles; as well as a rare stand of river oaks, covering 2 hectares.

Saw Mr Gore deliver the keynote address to 1000 people in Melbourne. He told guests at the launch of a new think-tank - Safe Climate Australia of the mounting challenges requiring immediate action. After less than six hours sleep in two days Mr Gore managed to enthrall the audience with a speech from the heart

Safe Climate Australia is a non-government organisation formed by a group of concerned scientists, community and business leaders. It’s aim is to review climate change trends and shift society towards a net zero-carbon economy.

They are running to raise awareness of climate change please check the web site.

Wondering about these wind generated power turbines they are amazing pieces of technology.

Talking with Josef Tadich who is an aeronautical engineer with Roaring 40s . He told me the giant blades travel at 300 KM/H at the extremity. Reading Josefs blog I was interested to see what thoughts were on clean coal.

After reading that Karl Kruszelnicki had described clean coal as a “complete furphy” and likened it to Nazi propaganda. it was a good read.

overheard in the car last week.

“How about we make a start with carbon neutrality? And people can make their choices… it’s a war to save the world, it really is that simple. At the very least, we should all live within the same global footprint. So, for example, if you choose not to eat meat, that probably means you can drive further than meat eaters. Especially if you’ve got a smart car. And if you’ve got no car and you can’t afford food, then you are up for some serious offsets. Like education. And health.

Meanwhile, there’s work to be done at the big end of town. So how about following the advice of people that are doing some serious thinking and working towards a non-proliferation treaty on coal fired power stations.
What? Do politicians have something more important to do? Go on, save the world. It’s not that hard. Everyone’s ready to start the long march

Go on. It’s not that hard. It’s about changing habits. If we can give up smoking we can give up compulsive acquisition. Why not change what it means to keep up with the Jones’s. Go on, have a no-buy day.

And if it still seems too tricky then take a minute to ask someone over seventy what could be done. Living without some things obviously didn’t kill them. Our grandparents, they didn’t wash their clothes all the time. Smart people, those ones that have seen other times. They understand alternatives.
And they know stuff, like how air is sometimes as good as water and in a smarter world, our air won’t have added pollutants in it, like detergent has.”

this really made me think

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