Hilary Talbot’s passing interests and activities
Posted in environment, make, mask, puppets on Mar 29th, 2008
These penguin masks, being worn outside the UN Framework of Climate Change Conference in Bali last November, interested me because I liked the way the coarse gauze was so effective, while not hiding the faces. The photo is taken from our newspaper at the time, via Associated Press.
I’ve always thought a cool way of making […]
Posted in environment, technology on Jan 14th, 2008
These days images are often shown at funerals. It is usually grainy old family photos looping on a roll-down portable screen. Imagine, instead, the church having a HDTV, and that you can stream chosen image feeds to it from your computer. If family and friends wanted to, they could contribute feeds that would become part […]
Posted in environment, politics, puppetry, puppets, street theatre on Nov 13th, 2007
The Walk against Warming on Sunday drew about 9000 people in Canberra. It felt substantially bigger than last year. As yet neither of the major parties are addressing the issue with the seriousness it deserves, which has surprised me in a way. I thought it might be the clincher issue for a Labor victory. […]
Posted in environment, video on Oct 16th, 2007
This guy explains it well.
(via Mary Robinette Kowal)
Posted in environment, illustration, video on Jul 28th, 2007
I’m taken with this lovely leaf logo which belongs to a new green blog Earth2Tech (a new part of the GigaOm blog network) which will focus on the business side of green and clean technology.
And check out the cool Power of Wind ad produced by Nordpol+ Hamburg for EPURON, a renewable energy company based in […]
Posted in environment on Jul 14th, 2007
(Illustration credit: Ian Sharpe, Canberra Times)
Michael had an opinion piece about the Great Global Warming Swindle film published in the Canberra Times.
CSIROpod also has a podcast interview with him; here is a direct link.
Posted in environment on Jun 25th, 2007
World Unity is crucial to the climate: Michael’s article on climate change as an archetypal tragedy of the commons is in The Age today. Read it - its good stuff!
Posted in environment on May 22nd, 2007
A new analysis by Global Carbon Project scientists shows that carbon intensity in the world economy is increasing. While emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) are accelerating worldwide, we are gaining fewer economic benefits from each tonne of fossil fuel burned. A study being published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science […]
Posted in environment, fun on May 13th, 2007
I want one of these hybrid electric bikes. Seriously.
Then there’s the George Bush Solar Powered Walking Chariot! The robotic rollerblading leg movement is very good.
(via Celcias)
Posted in environment, photography, politics on May 10th, 2007
Murdoch turning his empire green: ‘Although some of his newspapers were once sceptical about global warming, he said that although he was no scientist, he knew how to assess a risk. “This one is clear. Climate change poses clear,
catastrophic threats. We may not agree on the extent, but we certainly can’t afford the risk of […]