ecopolis now

Humans are a geological force. For instance, at any given moment there is 1.5 billion tonnes of material being moved around on wheels on the surface of the Earth, thanks entirely to our efforts. number of motor vehicles, including trucks and commercial vehicles 900,000,000 (http://carsandpeople.sdsu.edu/) number of cars in the world 750,000,000 average weight 1.3 [...]

Any idiot with a spirit level can prove that the Earth is flat.

The climate change debate in Australia is messy and surprisingly inconclusive. Maybe we need new words to help us meet the challenge of discussing it more rationally. Can I suggest the following? – plimering (verb) – The wilful misrepresentation and obfuscation of facts (espec. scientific) particularly when undertaken in a bellicose and bullying manner.

The Ecologist of 9 December 2009 published an interview with Paul Kingsnorth, former deputy editor of the Ecologist, who “tells Matilda Lee why an obsession with CO2 has distracted environmentalists, and why we may already be beyond the point of no return…” ( http://www.theecologist.org/Interviews/378231/paul_kingsnorth_environmentalists_have_lost_their_way.html ) I totally agree with most of what Paul Kingsnorth has [...]

To hear a 17 minute podcast of a talk I gave as part of the Murray Darling Basin 2009 Ranges to River Science Forum on the 25th August 2009, go to: http://www.samdbnrm.sa.gov.au/BoardPodcasts/2009RangestoRiverScienceForum.aspx The forum was convened by The South Australian Murray-Darling Basin Natural Resources Management Board (SA MDB NRM Board) along with the Ranges to [...]

A recent enquiry from student Veronica Quintero from NJIT, researching architecture firm logos, prompted me to publish this short piece about the Ecopolis logo. The Ecopolis graphic device is generated from a combination of age-old symbols: A circle with a horizontal line across — ancient symbol for Water An open circle — ancient symbol for [...]

The Asia-Pacific Forum for Environment and Development (APFED), which is hosted by the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), has announced that the Christie Walk Ecocity Project, Adelaide, South Australia has won the Silver Prize in the Ryutaro Hashimoto APFED Awards for Good Practices. This new international environment award is given for outstanding achievements in [...]

Anyone interested in reading the original ‘Ecopolis Now!’ article can find it in Habitat Australia Volume 19 Number 4 August 1991 p.22-28, published by the Australian Conservation Foundation.

Or you can just bounce over to the ‘re-print’ here at ecopolisnow.com.