Climate Tasmania

A Tasmanian take on the thorniest global issue since the dinosaurs. Based on Peter Boyer’s newspaper column in the Hobart Mercury.

Has meat been given a bum rap?

Meat has been branded a significant culprit in our greenhouse emissions, but a new study suggests its role may have been exaggerated. [7 June 2011 | Peter Boyer]
One of the mantras that’s completely lost on me is “we are what we eat”. When it comes to my personal eating habits, my brain-space is pretty well [...]

At last peak oil goes mainstream. Now what?

The world’s oil establishment has at last acknowledged the reality of peak oil. Now we have to work out what to do about it, and it won’t be easy. [24 May 2011 | Peter Boyer]
How are we travelling? Well, not far ahead — perhaps within a couple of years — and in the absence of [...]

Conversations around a Christmas table

Christmas is a reminder of how far we have still to travel to achieve universal peace and goodwill, but for all its problems life is still worth celebrating. [21 December 2010 | Peter Boyer]
Christmas is family, friends and a glass of good cheer. Peace and goodwill. A time to reflect on life’s blessings.
That’s the [...]