Short Note from London
This post has absolutely nothing to do with the environment – but everything to do with getting over the bombings of last Thursday. I am of British stock. My mother migrated to Australia from England...
View ArticleAnniversary of Bombing of Rainbow Warrior
Today is the 20-year anniversary of the sinking of the Rainbow warrior in Auckland Harbour by French secret service agents. It was an act of terrorism against Greenpeace. Greenpeace has various events...
View ArticleFewer Wars, More Activism
A fascinating report titled the Human Security Report was published last week by Oxford University Press. It documents a dramatic decline in the number of wars, genocides and human rights abuse over...
View ArticleWest Papua Is Resource Rich: Esther Pan
Ms. Marohasy, I am writing from the Council on Foreign Relations, in New York. We wanted to alert you to a piece we recently published which might be of interest to your readership. It is on the recent...
View ArticleAnzac Day & the Man from Snowy River
It was a public holiday here in Australia today, because of ANZAC day. Across the country we remembered the men and women who went to war, particularly the men who fought at Gallipoli during World War...
View ArticleTalisman Sabre and the Environment
There is one human activity that manages to escape scrutiny in our efforts to address climate change and other forms of environmental destruction. That activity is war and its preparation. The...
View ArticlePoachers Exploit Chaos in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe’s wildlife conservation reputation has taken a knock in the past few years and there are fears the recent surge in the poaching of the black rhino will lead to the animal’s extinction in the...
View ArticleButterflies to Canberra for Amnesty International
Create your own butterfly in support of women forced into sexual slavery during WWII. Read more here.
View ArticleClimate Alarmists Morphing into War Mongering Neo-conservatives?
“THE Pentagon and the [US] State Department have studied issues arising from dependence on foreign sources of energy for years but are only now considering the effects of global warming in their...
View ArticleVolcanic Eruption Overdue in Australia
There has been a volcanic eruption about every 2,000 years in Australia, but the last one was 5,000 years ago. Read more here.
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