It has now been more than 33 years since Jimmy Carter’s famous "malaise’ speech given in July 1979. As this speech is often cited as the beginning of the end for the Carter Presidency, no politician in the intervening...
Credit: ABC Brisbane | Download If you’ve got a mortgage, then you’re probably hoping that the Reserve Bank will cut interest rates again before Christmas. But for those of you who are self-funded retirees, any interest rate cut means a drop in...
Greetings from Kigali, Rwanda. I am just finishing a week of meetings in Burundi and Rwanda regarding new projects Population Media Center is planning. I was accompanied on the visit to Burundi by Theo Nzeyimana, PMC’s Rwandese producer. ...
Credit: Midday: ABC Classic FM | Download Margaret Throsby interviews Richard about his life and work, and invites him to select the music. Violin image via shutterstock
A recent article highlights the vital role forward-looking think tanks are playing in these times of economic turmoil. Though written for a European audience, it’s directly relevant to the situation anywhere on the globe. The author cites Post Carbon...
Post Carbon Fellow and President of the Population Media Centre is regularly on the road as part of his work. Over the next months Bill will be providing us with regular travel notes and insight into his experiences. Travel...
It speaks the language of riffles and babbles, not legal rights and codes, but the Whanganui River, New Zealand’s third largest, has received something no other river in the country – and possibly the world – yet has: a...
This summer has seen record heat waves and wildfires in the U.S, the worst flooding in Beijing’s modern history, and droughts that devastated the U.S. corn crop and led India to set up “refugee camps” for livestock. These extreme...
TEDx Mission recently invited me to speak at their San Francisco event on how cities are using collective intelligence approaches to address climate change and climate change adaptation. Crowdsourcing and savvy planning are producing healthier quality of life and more...
As Labor Day nears, a quiet summer seems poised to turn into an autumn to remember. Our concern here, as it has been for many years now, is the price and availability of oil products vital to our civilization....