Online
- An interim report on the Garnaut Review (PM Rudd’s research into the cost of climate change action) has been released today, stating that we need to take action urgently on climate change or risk great damage to our country. You can read the full report or the executive summary here.
- Pictures of a Greenpeace protest in the US. They used light to project a slogan onto the Washington Monument, like a better-looking version of the Pasha protest in Newcastle last year. I really like this way of protesting - it’s attention getting, but doesn’t hurt anyone.
- 5 easy ways to remember your reuseable bag: in your bra, as a toy, as a belt, and so on… from eco-chick.com.
In print
- The February issue of The Monthly magazine has an interview with Greens Senator Christine Milne. She’s less of the dreadlocked hippy than you’d expect for a Tasmanian Greens member, and more of the Country Women’s Association type. She makes a great passionfruit slice and can talk those farmers, loggers and politicians into doing the right thing
- Just noticed that there’s a way to get an online-only subscription to The Monthly. Sounds like a good idea for people like me who love to read magazines but hate the waste of paper…
- The last issue of Quarterly Essay has a great article from Ian Lowe as it’s main essay: Reaction Time. In it, he talks about the problems of nuclear power, and it’s political history in Australia. Not every newsagent stocks it, but Borders and other bookstores do.
