The Future of Work

by | 15 Jan 2014 | Starfish

Kevin Wheeler from the Future of Talent Institute talks about this rapidly changing world and what that means for the future of work. Top-heavy hierarchical and centralised structures are breaking down. The era of the big organisation is on the way out. Kevin sees a...

Climate Change Science in Haiku

by | 15 Jan 2014 | Starfish

Reports released by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) can be daunting, even for science and policy insiders. The full Physical Science Assessment, the first installment of the Fifth Assessment Report (pdf), released in manuscript form earlier this...

Scandinavian-style Sustainability

by | 15 Jan 2014 | Starfish | 1 comment

This is a really good opinion piece by Dan Haugen on sustainability. It highlights the tensions, the paradoxes and the complexities of sustainability. While it shows that there are certainly solutions and successes there remains a great deal of uncertainty as we...

The world is probably better than you think

by | 11 Dec 2013 | Starfish

This presentation is by the statistical extraordinare Hans Rosling from Gapminder. Hans particularly dispels the myth about the global ‘population bomb’ however tours the viewer through a roller coaster ride of powerful statistics which highlight the profound progress...

Tasmania commits to 100% renewable electricity by 2020

by | 4 Dec 2013 | Starfish

The Tasmanian Government has launched its strategy to be using renewable energy for 100% of its electricity by 2020 and exporting the surplus, as well as a new interim 2020 target to reduce carbon emissions to 35 per cent below 1990 levels. Tasmania joins the ACT...

Windfarms Tour a Success

by | 3 Dec 2013 | Starfish

New England Wind organised a coach tour to Canberra from 7th to 10th November 2013. Twenty-one passengers travelled from New England, with a further seven joining the tour in Canberra. These passengers made up a diverse and enthusiastic group, comprising landholders...

Be Aware ~ the real carbon conspirators are really real

by | 13 Nov 2013 | Starfish

All too often progressives and environmentalists are wrongly portrayed as creating a carbon conspiracy to serve their self interest. It’s just one of the misdirection strategies used by a handful of massively powerful fossil fuel moguls. They use similar strategies to...