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Next Big Thing

December 5, 2012

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There’s this blogger chain project thing going around the internet at the moment called Next Big Thing. Last week I was tagged by Patrick O’Duffy and now it’s my turn. What you do is, answer 10 standard questions about your next major writing project (usually a book), post it the Wednesday after you were tagged, […]

Like, new year or whatever

December 31, 2011

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Everyone knows it’s a new year. I’ve got better things to talk about. Like the Bible and how self-expression is a basic human need on a par with food and my theory of how people consistently move from a spiritual experience or two to dogma and the dream of gluten free pastry and invisible misogyny and […]

Movement at the station

March 31, 2011

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When I started this blog last year, I set it up on the premise that it was a testing site for my online presence. I got some really useful comments on that post, but mostly just posting regularly for almost a year has shown me what I want to do. Here’s what’s going to happen: […]

The one after the euphoric photo post

March 15, 2011

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I put together my photo post about my first month in Melbourne knowing full well that it was a lop-sided view of what it’s been like. It’s all true but it’s not the complete story. A big move, even between cities as similar as Melbourne and Brisbane, is a shock to the system. This is […]

From the Back Catalogue: Me and Polygamy

November 29, 2010

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This entry was originally posted on 14 July 2008. I still use it as an example of the randomness of the opinions that I blog about and it has come to mind recently since Ben Law talked about the diversity of families that exist in our country. I can’t believe I wrote this over two years […]

Tipping Point 08: Oh yeah, that’s right

November 15, 2010

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  There was a mini-project within the conference that I haven’t mentioned yet. On the Friday, MC Dick got the delegates to split into groups of five or so to work on a creative project exploring some aspect of climate change. Over the two days, the groups got together during break times to formulate their […]

Tipping Point 07: Where we stand on climate change

November 15, 2010

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On Friday morning at TippingPoint, there were two presentations. One I’ve already written up and the other was entitled Climate Change: Where We Stand. It was delivered by Professor Jean Palutikof, Director of Australia’s National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility at Griffith University in Brisbane. The facility is charged by the Federal Government to provide […]

Tipping Point 06: Open Space Workshop Part 2

November 13, 2010

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Today the open space workshop continued with participants being encouraged to work in a collaborative, action-oriented way, building on the exploration vibe of Friday. Several new topics were suggested and I captured most of them below, including the names of the people who brought them up where I knew who they were. Food sustainability. What […]

Tipping Point 05: Open Space Workshop Part 1

November 13, 2010

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After lunch on Friday, an open space workshop started. I’d never heard of the format before. First of all, the group identifies topics for discussion and then splits into smaller groups for parallel meetings on each of the chosen topics. The conference MC Dick Robertson asked people to suggest topics that they felt personally connected […]

Tipping Point 04: Drilling into the Past to Find the Future

November 13, 2010

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The crux of Dr Stephen Pekar’s presentation first thing yesterday was this: there is no debate among scientists about the authenticity of climate change and whether human activity is causing it. The challenge, he said, appears to be how to effectively communicate this fact to policy makers and a public that continues to mistakenly perceive […]

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