Canadian wildfires (bushfires) are ironic

An image from Canada's 'wildfires"
illustrating nature's
 reply to human misbehaviour.

Wildfires (bushfires in Australian terms) threatening crude oil production in Canada are ironic.

Climate change has unquestionably worsened circumstances entrenching the out-of-control Canadian blaze; a blaze seriously disturbing the country’s oil industry, an industry key to eventualities unsettling Earth’s climate system and so changes the processes upon which our survival depends.

The cycle it seems is complete – in a process stretching over billions of years, Earth buried carbon that would disturb its equilibrium; man discovered it just a couple of centuries ago, dug it up, burned it and the resultant imbalance is manifesting itself as climate change.

What’s happening in Canada, if you can apply such a nature-driven conspiracy, is “payback”.

Read Catherine Ngai’s story in today’s Melbourne Age - “BP declares force majeure, warns on oil deliveries as Canadian wildfire burns on.”

A chance to talk in Shepparton about our response to climate change

Those eager to consider individual and community responses to climate change will have a chance to do so in Shepparton on Saturday, April 30.

Beneath the Wisteria supporters will met at 11:00am at the northern end of Shepparton’s Maude St Mall.

The gathering is free, everyone’s invited, and it provides an opportunity to talk about how we, and our communities, should respond to the human-induced changes to Earth’s climate system.

Discussions last for about an hour and although some public seating is available, those attending are advised to bring along a folding chair.

More details from Robert McLean 0400 502 199 or at his email address. 

Climate exploration more important following Paris decisions

On December 12, the 21st annual meeting of the world’s climate negotiators closed with adoption of the Paris Agreement.

Climate exploration needs to continue.

The task agreed by consensus among 195 nations is clear, ambitious, and complex: re-engineer the infrastructure of the global economy to eliminate practices that destabilize Earth’s climate system, while ensuring ongoing and expanded prosperity for all people everywhere.

That the task is difficult should not put us back on our heels. As we move into new territory, we will face new obstacles. This is how we learn, how we know if we are up to the challenge, how we know which adjustments to make, and how we succeed in crossing an unknown ocean.

Read The Guardian story - “The new age of climate exploration.”