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  • Out of Stock, out of excuses

    June 22nd, 2010

    The biggest selling seafood item in Australia is canned tuna. As supermarkets sell more and more of this profitable product, tuna stocks are in a critical condition. Supermarkets play a key role in the overfishing crisis by selling us overfished tuna. It's time they take responsibility.

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  • Will The Bike Share Concept Work With Our Helmet Laws?

    June 9th, 2010

    Shared cycling has hit Australia. I was excited to see Melbourne launch its new 'Bike Share' program last week, while construction of Brisbane’s similar ‘CityCycle’ initiative is also beginning in mid-June.

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  • The Money Gusher

    June 9th, 2010

    The oil industry’s decommissioning costs will dwarf those of nuclear power. The money being made now should be put aside to meet them.

    By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 8th June 2010

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  • An Eruption of Reality

    April 22nd, 2010

    Man proposes; nature disposes. We are seldom more vulnerable than when we feel insulated.
    The miracle of modern flight protected us from gravity, atmosphere, culture, geography. It made everywhere feel local, interchangeable. Nature interjects, and we encounter - tragically for many - the reality of thousands of miles of separation. We discover that we have not escaped from the physical world after all.

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  • The Real Climate Scandal

    December 9th, 2009

    Shocked by the hacked emails? Wait till you see what the other side’s been up to.

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  • If Nothing Else, Save Farming

    November 19th, 2009

    It’s probably too late to prepare for peak oil, but we can at least try to salvage food production.

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Snapshot

this week's carbon emissions:
2.132m tonnes

water restrictions:
Stage 3

current uv levels:
Low

water storage levels:
35.8% full

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