* Looking for a BIRTHDAY/SPECIAL present for your children or grandchildren??
* Want something that gets them engaged with issues of natural environments and sustainable living??
* Something to help them understand the effects of climate change on our birds, animals and plants??
* Get them reading some wonderful high quality stories??
** WELL! HERE ARE SOME BOOKS FROM SOME OF AUSTRALIA'S BEST AUTHORS & ILLUSTRATORS !
* WEREN'T ABLE TO GET TO 'SUSTAINABLE FUTURES DAY' - St Ives Village Green - 30th September, 2023?? Well, no worries! Now you can see what happened - and listen to all the speakers!
* Just go to - netzero.krg.nsw.gov.au/Community-Hub/Sustainable-Futures-Day,2023
* Then you can either watch a video of highlights for a glimpse of all that happened OR
* Watch and listen to each of the speakers who presented!
* 'Ever worried, like me, about all the soft plastic you are putting in the garbage?? Well now there is a solution! IT'S SIMPLE! AND IT'S FREE!
* Ku-ring-gai Council, along with a number of Sydney and regional councils, has teamed up with Recycle Smart. [go to Ku-ring-gai Council website for further information]
‘CLIMATE HUSTLING!’ IS THIS AUSTRALIA’S INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE ACTION SHAME?!
The following is based on an article written by Polly Hemming, Director, Climate & Energy Program, The Australia Institute.
Polly attended the recent United Nations Climate Ambition Summit in New York. The Summit is an important opportunity for talks on climate action by countries, prior to COP28 in December.
TRY AND MAKE SOME SENSE OF THESE TWO LATEST PIECES OF NEWS!
1. In the post-colonial period after World War Two, special rights were granted to international investors to compensate them for losses of income or future income because of decisions made by governments in the countries of their investments. It is known as the 'investor-state dispute settlement' or ISDS.
'Australia has enough renewables to reach 100% at times, but coal gets in the way!
* Goodell.J. Heat: Life and death on a scorched planet, Melbourne: Black Inc. (2023).
* A few highlights from the book from a review by Jeff Sparrow , 'The Saturday Paper', July 29-August 4, 2023:
+ Through all of animal and human evolution the management of heat has preoccupied all creatures!
+Once human internal systems reach 40.5 degrees centigrade we die. That is why the 40 degrees plus days- in some places near 50 degrees- of heat across Europe recently, are so significant.
* THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 2023: ENERGY FROM WIND FARMS IN AUSTRALIA SET A NEW RECORD!
* 30% OF POWER GOING INTO THE AUSTRALIAN MAIN ELECTRICITY GRID WAS GENERATED BY WIND!
* RECORDS IN VICTORIA! IN THE SAME WEEK, VICTORIA SET THREE NEW INCREASING RECORDS FOR ELECTRICITY GENERATED FROM WIND FARMS.