Joe Fattorini writes in The (Glasgow)Herald about his new year's resolution which is to give up eating organic food: It's self-indulgent, wasteful and frankly immoral. But you know how it is. I was swept along with the trend, and it felt good at the … [Read more...] about A New Year’s Resolution: No More Organic Food
X-Democrat Senator Heads Queensland Farm Lobby
In March last year one-time Australian Democrat Senator John Cherry became CEO of the Queensland Farmer's Federation, click here for ABC news report. At the time I wondered how an x-Democrat who has been an outspoken critic of GM food crops could be … [Read more...] about X-Democrat Senator Heads Queensland Farm Lobby
New Year’s Eve 2005
A CNN/TIME survey of Asia-Pacific countries reports that avian flu is expected to be the biggest global issue in 2006, followed by economic slowdown and terrorism. What happened to global warming? Why didn't it rate a mention in the survey? The … [Read more...] about New Year’s Eve 2005
How Many Died at Chernobyl?
Michael Crichton, author of Jurassic Park and other best sellers, gave a lecture on 6th November with the text now 'doing the rounds' on the internet. Titled, 'Fear, Complexity and Environmental Management in the 21st Century' it is a bit of a … [Read more...] about How Many Died at Chernobyl?
Importing Doctors and Trees is Immoral
I was interested to read in today's Courier-Mail (pg 29) that Queensland Premier Peter Beattie considers it "immoral" for a national as wealthy as Australia to rely on developing nations to provide its medical workforce. The Premier was referring to … [Read more...] about Importing Doctors and Trees is Immoral
Blogs with an Australian Environmental Focus
A farmer from south western Queensland phoned me about one of my columns in The Land newspaper earlier this year. It was my column on koalas and he wanted to tell me about how many koalas, kangaroos and emus there were on his property. I suggested … [Read more...] about Blogs with an Australian Environmental Focus
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
