A few years back I attended a conference in Sydney run by the Society of
Conservation Biology. As one speaker had cancelled an impromptu talk was
arranged and it dealt with the taboo subject of 'population'. Until the
earth has a sustainable population we will continue to increase the effects
of climate disruption, pollution of all types, loss of biodiversity due to
habitat loss etc. This issue has to be addressed but if people won't even
discuss it then nothing can happen. I agree that we should all individually
do our bit to reduce our footprint and to help repair natural ecosystems as
to wait for leadership from the politicians is futile. The number of people
out there who live in a world divorced from the reality of what is happening
to us all, including them, is scary. Instead of accepting that climate
disruption is contributing to more frequent and more sever natural disasters
they choose to blame the authorities for not doing more hazard reduction
burning (in respect to the current bushfires in NSW). Ignorance is bliss!!!
Regards
Greg
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-----Original Message-----
From: Tim Jones
Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2013 10:25 PM
To: Geoff Hutchinson
Cc:
Subject: The ocean is dead; a yachtsman's tale
I tend to agree and whilst the skeptics annoy me and I am certain man-made
climate change is a reality, it's just a symptom of the ever increasing
recklessness with which we are treating our earth. However the constant
debate about it has been exploited to obscure what we really need to do,
which is to protect our environment and its diversity. I fear it's way too
late, but anyone with any interest in the future of our planet should be
doing what they feasibly can, whether it's voting green, donating to
conservation or simply carrying out voluntary work. Our politicians must be
brought to account for the insanity of what they are allowing to happen
while others get on with whatever else can be achieved. We can't save
everything, but there must be a point at which some kind of equilibrium is
reached, maybe even some improvement. And the point should be made, in any
discussion, at any level.
Sent from my iPad
On 22 Oct 2013, at 9:31 pm, "Geoff Hutchinson" <>
wrote:
I am sick and tired of hearing about Climate Change.
The climate has been changing forever and will continue to do so.
It is POLLUTION (the reduction of) that the Climate Change experts should
be
calling out for.
Carbon is one of them, but plastic will kill us and all the creatures
first.
This is not a scientific observation it is a personal observation.
Sadly
Geoff Hutchinson
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