A couple of observations on the state of the world

On the theme of things “eco”, George Monbiot sums up recent thoughts rather nicely here.
He also manages to pin down the blindingly obvious with this post on Unions and the Labour Party in the UK. Some parallels to be drawn with our free trade pushin’  Government?

Tim Flannery and the new eco-conservatism

Last Tuesday night, it was impossible to get a seat at Tim Flannery’s lecture at Otago University on climate change. It attracted an overflow crowd. I haven’t read his popular books yet but look forward to it, as I have just got the Weather Makers out of the library.
I managed to catch him talking to [...]