Australia’s future Climate Change Minister
Bob Morris @ Aug 18th 2007 12:35 - Category: Climate change ;
May well be policy wonk and former lead singer of Midnight Oil, Peter Garrett
Archive for August 18th, 2007
Cities as militarized zones
Bob Morris @ Aug 18th 2007 11:40 - Category: Unfiled ;
Subtopia interviews author Stephen Graham on how “frictions in global politics are turning cities into stages for warfare and geopolitical struggle.” This is truly fascinating stuff. The interview is long and worth studying.
Connecting the nation
Bob Morris @ Aug 18th 2007 00:14 - Category: Unfiled ;
No Child Left Offline is part of Connected Nation, a non-profit initiative.
A similar program is happening in Kentucky
Thanks to the ConnectKentucky program, 94 percent of Kentucky households can get broadband, compared to only 60 percent in 2001. GovTech Magazine reports Kentucky will be the only state in the nation to have full broadband coverage by the end of the year — meaning every citizen in the state will be able to subscribe to some form of high-speed Internet.
Plans are to roll something like this out nationwide, especially in rural areas. Good!
Global warming. The elephant in the living room
Bob Morris @ Aug 18th 2007 00:07 - Category: Climate change ;
A primary cause of climate change (and wars for resources) is overpopulation. Less people would mean less global warming and competition for resources.
