Climate Tasmania

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

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Climate Reality

The Climate Reality Project (originally named The Climate Project), founded by Al Gore, came to Australia in 2006. There are five Al Gore-trained Climate Reality volunteer presenters in Tasmania. To book a presentation for your school, community or workplace group, email Sustainable Living Tasmania or telephone (03) 62345566. The Climate Reality Project is administered in Australia by the Australian Conservation Foundation.

The batt fiasco and the future of government

Solid, practical action by government on climate is looking increasingly like a vain hope. Short-term gain, vested interests and opportunistic politics are making it tougher than ever for governments to persevere. [9 March 2010 | Peter Boyer]
Amid all the talk of a changing world, human nature remains as it always was. Among the many things about us [...]