my view of the natural world
Last Saturday I travelled to Penola to see some of the events taking place during the Penola Coonawarra Arts Festival.
The weather was perfect – no rain, no wind – couldn’t ask for more!
There was too much for me to take in with limited time, but what I did see was great and it was so nice to chat with other creative people. Here’s a brief overview of some that I saw.
One day I was wandering around all bundled up in fine merino wool……..
Then I was kidnapped and held to ransom! I got FLEECED!
It was bad enough when the dog didn’t recognise me and barked at me when I arrived back at the cottage, then the cats laughed, as only cats can – they think they are SO superior to anything else! But the cattle – BAAAA! They all gathered together to stare at me – how RUDE!
Don’t need company like that anyway!
E’s got all my wool now, and keeps talking about taking a photo sometime to show you all how wonderful it is. Apparently it’s very high class microns. At least she’s making sure I’m warm at night, and giving me extra food, and the weather has been quite mild. And do you know, there’s times when I feel quite frisky, now that I’m not carrying all that wool around! I guess there’s always a bright side to anything 🙂
Let the people be well informed and not duped by corporations and governments.
‘It’s a hard narrative to sell, to a community, to a government, that we are going to increase production of gas and we are going to export it, and in the meantime, domestic gas supplies will be diminished and domestic prices will go up. I’m a politician and I’m pretty good at selling a story, but I’d find that a tough one to sell’. Colin Barnett, Premier WA
Coal Seam Gas Will Cost YOU More
Fact Sheet: East Coast Gas Supply in Australia
Quick Facts
• The CSG export industry is causing domestic gas prices to rise by linking us to world prices
• In 2015 they will increase gas bills by up to $162/yr for households and $625/yr for businesses
• Wholesale gas prices will triple, causing up to 100,000 direct manufacturing jobs to be lost
• In total, rising prices will…
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A guest post from my friend Richard Heinberg, originally published as MuseLetter #264 in May 2014. This is a long but important essay. I recommend a large cup of your favourite poison, and a biscuit or two…. Enjoy!Download printable PDF version here (PDF, 126 KB)
Time to celebrate! Woo-hoo! It’s official: we humans have started a new geological epoch—the Anthropocene. Who’d have thought that just one species among millions might be capable of such an amazing accomplishment?
Let’s wait to stock up on party favours, though. After all, the Anthropocene could be rather bleak. The reason our epoch has acquired a new name is that future geologists will be able to spot a fundamental discontinuity in the rock strata that document our little slice of time in Earth’s multi-billion year pageant. This discontinuity will be traceable to the results of human presence. Think climate change, ocean acidification, and…
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