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Category Archives: climate change
#shedtheshame
Recently I read about the #30wears movement in the newspaper and was delighted to see that finally my doom scrolling has paid off. Started by a climate activist, it’s become a bit of a hit on Instagram. A nice change … Continue reading
Posted in climate change, Habitat, Staycation
Tagged #75daysinlockdown, #shopmyownwardrobe, #stayathome, clothing, DIY, fashion, hashtags, lockdown, lockdown activities, Reuse, Sydney
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Wildlife Encounters
I was startled by a loud thump, thump, thump. A sound halfway between familiar and threatening. It seemed to be coming from the coastal heath land behind us. We were sitting beside the river at Princetown, a tiny hamlet next … Continue reading
Posted in climate change, Habitat, The Animal Kingdom
Tagged Apollo Bay, Bathurst, bush fires, Coolamon, Cowra, eastern grey kangaroo, Great Ocean Road, jerilderie, Katoomba, koala, Macropus giganteus, Murrumburrah, Narrandera, Otway Range, Penrith 48.9 degrees Celsius, Riverina, Temora, Twelve Apostles, wildlife, Young
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Imaginary Good
“Why is it, that doing something, is so much harder than thinking about doing something? This fascinating existential question confronted me recently while I was thinking about my mother’s solar panels. She lives in a suburb where roofs outnumber trees … Continue reading
Posted in climate change, Habitat, My Mother and Me
Tagged climate change, photovoltaic membrane, procrastination, solar array, solar panels, solar power
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Whales to Starboard
“What’s there not to love?” Paul, my partner, asks. “Two days and three nights surrounded by the ocean; cocktails delivered to your deck chair, sublime sunsets and dancing the night away.” But I’m thinking Poseidon Adventure and Titanic. Then he … Continue reading
Dry July
What is it about July that inspires abstinence? This winter we’ve had the lowest rainfall in decades, amidst record breaking warm day time temperatures. It seems the weather gods have abstained from sending us any rain. And there’s Dry July, … Continue reading
My Life on the Road by Gloria Steinem
The Revolution is not over. The Feminist Revolution that is. And the Democratic one too. In fact they’ve barely begun. “All my years of campaigning have given me one clear message: Voting isn’t the most we can do, but it is … Continue reading
Posted in Book Review, climate change, Habitat, Spirit of Place
Tagged activism, Book Review, Cherokee, democracy, Democratic Conventions, Democratic Revolution, feminism, Feminist Revolution, Gloria Steinem, hope, joy, memoir, milpa, MS magazine, My life on te road, Native Indian agricutural methods, native mythology, Spider Woman, spirituality, the Trickster, vertical history
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Christmas Luck
This week I gave some luck. My family and I have stopped giving each other Christmas presents. We all have too many things already. Instead we just do a lot of eating, drinking and general merriment. So I like to … Continue reading
Posted in climate change, Time
Tagged Australian Red Cross, charities, christmas gifts, climate change, donations, Greenpeace, luck, Mahboba's Promise
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Crying in the Cathedral
In Australia, left leaning, liberal thinking, chardonnay sipping, bleeding hearts types are living through hopeless times. It seems there is very little we can do except wait for the next election. At least there is a next election. I was … Continue reading
Posted in climate change, Experiments with Food
Tagged candles, citizenship laws, climate change, democracy, elections, English Civil War, Federal Government, hope, legal system, meditation, Minister, Parliament, pragmatism, prayer, scrambled eggs, soul, soup, St Mary's Cathedral, The Pope's encyclical on Climate Change, voting
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Optimism by Bob Brown; Reflections on a life of action
“Optimism, like pessimism, feeds on itself.”1 Bob Brown is a commonsense radical whose lovely memoir beats off the twin spirits of despondency and despair that whisper, “Why bother?” and “What can you do?” in our ears. His moving and inspiring anecdotes … Continue reading
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