http://changeandswitch.org Thu, 01 Oct 2009 02:45:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [caption id="" align="alignright" width="326" caption="Tim Hall values his local environment and is working to protect his surrounds."] [/caption] A YOUNG environmental crusader from Warrandyte will be part of a national climate change summit being held by future leaders. Tim Hall, 19, will travel to Sydney this month to attend the Power Shift summit, ... http://changeandswitch.org/2009/07/10/warrandyte%e2%80%99s-tim-hall-is-working-for-a-cool-wet-planet/ Torture is always wrong. Perhaps never that uneqivocally however, it can be shown, in moral terms, as a terribly bad idea. Below is more or less the only  example that is used by people who argue in favour of torture, and show how it is bogus. Imagine that terrorists have planted a ... http://changeandswitch.org/2009/06/23/tortureisneverright/ Today I will be outlining my case that the use of drugs should be legalised. Because this case involves several angles and applies equally to all drugs in use today, It is more easily set out in conjunction with Herbet J. Taylor's four-way test.  So firstly, I am going to look ... http://changeandswitch.org/2009/05/31/drugsmaydestroyyoumarijuanaprobablywont/ Being a climate activist can be a very draining business. Being aware that humanity is, on its current emissions path, going to face terrible increases in global temperatures, rising sea levels, chaotic and highly destructive weather events, the loss of land for growing food, and a diminishment of water security, ... http://changeandswitch.org/2009/05/24/whyiamaclimateactivist/ I was recently in Bonn, Germany, for the UNFCCC talks, sitting on a panel of young people at a conference side event where we talked about 'Re-defining Pragmatism'.   During the questions, I was asked one of the toughest questions that I've had to publicly respond to in a long time... ... http://changeandswitch.org/2009/04/12/avisionofthefuturethefundamentalvaluesshift/ I love how they have senate submissions and ask stakeholders to contribute. Arguably on every issue, but particularly on climate policy, every single global citizen is a stakeholder. But I'm not sure if they could handle 7 billion submissions.    The Australian people are facing a catastrophe if we do not act ... http://changeandswitch.org/2009/04/07/everyoneisastakeholder/ THE USA IS BACK! But still not good enough. Well, that was refreshing. A few hours ago, the new US administration made their first public input into the UNFCCC process! It was yet another pleasurable reminder that G.W. Bush is gone, and that his legacy is slowly dying. Todd Stern, the new, much-celebrated, US ... http://changeandswitch.org/2009/03/30/theusaisbackbutnotgoodenough/ Australia relies heavily on the readily available natural resources. Our nation’s ability to exploit this asset has drawn the attention of the United States Government’s Energy Information Administration, who describes Australia as being ‘rich in natural resources with significant petroleum, natural gas and coal reserves.’ However, the opposite has become ... http://changeandswitch.org/2009/03/29/what-one-does-in-the-dark/ When one considers the social progress that has been made in the course of human history, there is a great deal to be grateful for. We used to live in societies where women and non-whites were subjugated, where sexual expression was repressed, where healthcare and education were rudimentary and hardly ... http://changeandswitch.org/2009/03/21/progress/ Climate change has not been addressed by either side of politics in the election campaign. Welcome to Queensland: home of the Great Barrier Reef, the Daintree rainforest, the Torres Strait Islands and the pastoral Darling Downs. Sadly, each of these Queensland icons is at serious risk from climate change – whether by ... http://changeandswitch.org/2009/03/03/greatvoidinvoterschoice/