About | Climate Tasmania

About

Climate Tasmania is about global climate as seen from this beautiful island to the south of the Australian continent, facing the mighty Southern Ocean and Antarctica. I’m Peter Boyer, and I’ve lived here most of my life.

I’m a freelance writer specialising in climate science, having worked for a long time for the Australian Antarctic Program. Since November 2006 I’ve been a member of Al Gore’s Australian Climate Reality team of volunteer presenters. In this capacity I’ve provided a Tasmanian take on the Al Gore message that global warming presents the world with a massive problem which needs the attention of us all – especially those of us in the developed world. As of June 2011, I have spoken to over 9300 Tasmanians from all walks of life, in over 200 audience groups.

As a former journalist in the daily media I became concerned that the many issues associated with climate change – the science, the politics, the economics, the local and national and world scenes – have not been getting enough exposure among the general public of Tasmania. Since September 2007 I have written a weekly column for Tasmania’s major newspaper, The Mercury, which is based in the island’s capital, Hobart. These columns, starting on 11 September 2007 and continuing weekly since then, are all included in this blogsite. I’ve also included some talks I’ve given to various seminars and other public events over the past few years.

My own writing is only part of this website. Your comments are welcome, and if you’re concerned enough about our long-term future on Planet Earth to write an article of your own that you’d like to see posted here, please send it to me by email.

I’d like this site to work for people who, like me, want to make a difference in their own part of the planet. I’d appreciate your ideas and thoughts about how I might improve the blog and make it do the job intended. You can contact me by email by clicking here.

—Peter Boyer

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2012

8 February: The Totnes Transition. Adrian Porter, co-manager of Transition Streets in Totnes, England (where the Transition Movement began) will talk about the Totnes experience and how a Transition Streets project could work for Kingston (and other Tasmanian towns). 7 pm on Wednesday 8 February at the Twin Ovals Function Centre, Lightwood Drive (off Kingston View Drive), Kingston.

21 February: Climate Commission Community Forum featuring Tim Flannery (Launceston). Australia’s Chief Climate Commissioner, Professor Tim Flannery, will lead the Commissioners in a community forum - your opportunity to ask questions and share ideas with the commissioners. At Earl Arts Centre, 10 Earl St, 5.30-7pm (doors open from 5pm).

22 February: Climate Commission Community Forum featuring Tim Flannery (Hobart). Australia’s Chief Climate Commissioner, Professor Tim Flannery, will lead the Commissioners in a community forum - your opportunity to ask questions and share ideas with the commissioners. At Hobart Town Hall, Macquarie St, 5.30-7pm (doors open from 5pm)

13 March: Nicole Foss on the current global crisis (Hobart). As co-editor of The Automatic Earth (where she writes under the name Stoneleigh), Nicole M. Foss has written about the causes and implications of the global credit crunch in terms of finance, energy, environment, psychology, population and real politik. She was previously editor of The Oil Drum Canada. She currently runs the Agri-Energy Producers' Association of Ontario, focusing on farm-based biogas projects and grid connections for renewable energy. Her academic qualifications include a BSc in biology, a diploma in air and water pollution control and an LLM in international law. Hear her speak at the Centenary Lecture Theatre, University of Tasmania (Sandy Bay) from 7pm.

15 March: Nicole Foss on the current global crisis (Launceston). As co-editor of The Automatic Earth (where she writes under the name Stoneleigh), Nicole M. Foss has written about the causes and implications of the global credit crunch in terms of finance, energy, environment, psychology, population and real politik. She was previously editor of The Oil Drum Canada. She currently runs the Agri-Energy Producers' Association of Ontario, focusing on farm-based biogas projects and grid connections for renewable energy. Her academic qualifications include a BSc in biology, a diploma in air and water pollution control and an LLM in international law. Hear her speak at the Lecture Theatre 9, University of Tasmania (Newnham) from 7pm.