Plastic bags are free, convenient, versatile, re-usable and through a voluntary program Australians apparently use nearly 50 percent less of them than we did three years ago. But from 2009 you will need to pay for every plastic bag you take from a … [Read more...] about How Are Plastic Bags a Symbol of Inefficiency?
Pharming in Denmark: A Note from Roger Kalla
Jennifer, During my trawls of the www I came across the following blog which purports to describe a future where Denmark has transformed its agriculture and land use in through large scale adaptation of molecular pharming . The blog is … [Read more...] about Pharming in Denmark: A Note from Roger Kalla
Switch to Concrete Railway Sleepers, Negates Wind Farm Savings
There is much community concern about global warming and an expectation we will all do our bit to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. So why did the Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) decide to transfer its annual requirement for 400,000 … [Read more...] about Switch to Concrete Railway Sleepers, Negates Wind Farm Savings
The Head of a Blue Whale
The head of a Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus, just below the surface. Part of a group of three photographed off Spitsbergen in the Norwegian arctic three weeks ago by George McCallum. For wildlife photographs visit: whalephoto.com. … [Read more...] about The Head of a Blue Whale
The Campaign to Jail Richard Ness
A new movie 'Mine Your Own Business' details how environmental campaigner have stopped development in parts of the world that crave development. How they have denied poor people opportunity. The same activists have also run campaigns against … [Read more...] about The Campaign to Jail Richard Ness
GM Cotton More Water Efficient: A Note from David Tribe
Preliminary results from CSIRO research in Narrabri have shown that genetically modified insect-resistant cotton may also be more water efficient.* Two years of field experiments by CSIRO Plant Industry's Mr Dirk Richards and Mr Stephen Yeates, show … [Read more...] about GM Cotton More Water Efficient: A Note from David Tribe
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
