The title is a famous refrain from “The Man from Snowy River” by Banjo Paterson (1890) https://allpoetry.com/The-Man-from-Snowy-River. The highly valued colt from old Regret bolts to join the wild bush horses, ‘He was worth a thousand pound, So all the cracks had gathered to the fray’ to find him and bring him home. Climate hasContinue reading “‘So all the cracks had gathered to the fray’”
Tag Archives: Climate Change
Wake up Mr Morrison
The planet is burning Mr Morrison, how do you sleep while our planet is burning? The time has come to face the facts. You do not own the planet Earth, you are a caretaker, a very poor caretaker. When markets fail, governments are obliged to intervene and find ways to help the price mechanism findContinue reading “Wake up Mr Morrison”
So what is Australia’s Climate Policy?
We have failed the 1.5C challenge, an aspirational global warming target suggested in 2008 by vulnerable countries in the Alliance of Small Island States and subsequently adopted by the 2015 Paris agreement. What hope do we have now? In the words of Ross Garnaut, a distinguished Australian Economist, “the best that we can hope forContinue reading “So what is Australia’s Climate Policy?”
Heirloom
Queensland, my home state in Australia, has a coal mining heritage that will be a major challenge for global warming abatement. How and when we can make a just transition from coal to renewable energy sources is one of the top concerns of the climate activist movements that protest in Brisbane, such as Australian ParentsContinue reading “Heirloom”
Counting down to the last goodbye
I’m a grandmother who cares deeply about the state of the planet my grand children will inherit. I’m counting down to my own death which if all goes well will be when I am 90, so I have approximately 21 years left. I am also counting down the time we have left to rescue planetContinue reading “Counting down to the last goodbye”
Counting Down 