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.

A global rumble out of California

A research finding that the world is warming is a decisive blow for action on carbon emissions, but our best chances have already passed us by. [1 November 2011 | Peter Boyer]

There was a small tremor last month that started right on the San Andreas fault at Berkeley, across the bay from San Francisco. It [...]

If walls could talk…

Our built environment is a significant contributor to carbon emissions, but it also offers plenty of scope to reduce them. The Sustainable Buildings forum in Hobart this week will show how, followed by Tasmania’s premier sustainability event, the annual Sustainable Living Expo. [2 November 2010 | Peter Boyer]
As you read this, the chances are you’re sitting [...]

How climate change will hit our coasts

The impact of climate change on coastal Australia will be immense, according to a federal parliamentary report released last week. We need to prepare now for the inevitable shocks to come. [3 November 2009 | Peter Boyer]
Those old outback symbols of our nation — the swagman, the drover’s wife, the bush humpy — have retreated far [...]