by Barbara Lepani | Apr 30, 2019 | Commentary, Our Collective
Barbara Lepani: I recently met Ian Milliss who is one of the founders of the Kandos School of Cultural Adaptation (www.ksca.land). I was struck by a piece of writing Ian had on his wall, titled ‘Love among the Ruins’. For me this was the perfect response to the...
by Barbara Lepani | Mar 28, 2019 | Commentary, Our Collective
Professor Jem Bendell of Cumbria University in the UK has been exploring how human society will adapt to the existential crisis that climate change is posing to our world as we fail to keep global warming below 2%. Positive feedback loops will act to accelerate the...
by Barbara Lepani | Mar 10, 2019 | Commentary, Our Collective
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by Barbara Lepani | Feb 13, 2019 | Commentary, Our Collective
Michael Paul Nelson of Oregon State University, together with Thomas J. Sauer of the US Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Research Service, reminds us of the prescient words of Lynn White, a historian of medieval science and technology, when he delivered a...
by Barbara Lepani | Jan 28, 2019 | Commentary, Our Collective
Yesterday, quite by chance, I happened on Ellen Fanning interviewing Wesley Enoch, Director of the Sydney Festival. She began by questioning him about the ALWAYS vigil installation at Barangaroo for the Sydney Festival, and whether it was making people uncomfortable...
by Barbara Lepani | Jan 4, 2019 | Commentary, Our Collective
Hori Parata, New Zealand’s Maori Whale Whisperer: “As more whales beach and die – from exhaustion, heat stroke or seagulls feasting on their flesh – an acute sense of grief is growing among New Zealand’s indigenous people, who regard whales as their...
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