The Sustainability group kicked off the year on 3 February with a quick review of the issues we covered last year including reminding ourselves of what true sustainability means, being where we achieve sustainability across the three intersecting areas of the economy, society and the environment. We then discussed an article written by Valclav Smil who suggested nine things that would make the world a better place. It was quite a diverse list from a universal vaccine precursor, a cure for Alzheimer’s disease, self cleaning photo-voltaic paint through to a global sunshade.
In our second session on 17 February we had the first of our new look sessions where group members bring along issues or articles and lead discussions about the issues raised. Among the issues discussed was a recent article demonstrating how far we actually have come in reducing carbon dioxide emissions globally and that the dire predictions of climate change of the early 2010s are no longer feasible. Additionally we discussed the review of the Federal government's carbon offsets scheme and the report on it by a former Chief Scientist, Ian Chubb, who found that not all was rosy in the offsets garden. The government is currently implementing his recommendations.
John Lane
In our second session on 17 February we had the first of our new look sessions where group members bring along issues or articles and lead discussions about the issues raised. Among the issues discussed was a recent article demonstrating how far we actually have come in reducing carbon dioxide emissions globally and that the dire predictions of climate change of the early 2010s are no longer feasible. Additionally we discussed the review of the Federal government's carbon offsets scheme and the report on it by a former Chief Scientist, Ian Chubb, who found that not all was rosy in the offsets garden. The government is currently implementing his recommendations.
John Lane
