Climate Change and you: Hi

Hi Welcome to my new Blog site…..In blogging world I think I am pretty late to the Climate change bandwagon. However I can assure you I have been watching this topic evolve and heat up for a long while but until a friend asked me to work on a project a few weeks ago I haven’t been directly involved nor felt educated enough to put myself out there.

I am now currently on a Journey exploring the Business of Climate change or Biobanking as I have heard it referred to. As one English CEO put it so eloquently there are a lot of “snake oil salesmen “out there. This Blog intends to explore the facts, the fictions and the plain old lies about Global warming, the Carbon debate, environmental issues and the like ……..as well as where Australia stands in the scheme of things and what solutions are out there for us.

I think a lot of Australians in the post Inconvenient Truth era are trying to do the right thing....but how do we know who are the sharks and who are the good guys?...How do we know who is taking us for a ride and cashing in on the latest Hot Topic? (If you aren’t familiar with the Inconvenient Truth the Oscar Award winning documentary by Al Gore it is the best one-stop shop for Global Warming facts. The almost President has been a follower of the Global Warming cause his entire career and it is very interesting/scary viewing…..)


Now don’t get me wrong I am a huge fan of people making money and LOVE free enterprise. I personally have come to the conclusion that the World will be a better place because people can make money out of Carbon Credits and the like. There is nothing like a positive impact on the bottom line to drive us all into action….or as some people say Greed is Good. There is a post on http://www.climateforum.com.au/the-tipping-point/ that is particularly interesting; SarahJ among other things explores the concept of People first v Ecology first. My particular theory on this is that People will only put the environment first when it actually equates to helping themselves first ie they either make money out of it or their lives will be directly impacted if they don’t. I know I am a cynic ……..and as far as I am concerned it isn’t really a bad thing, as long as we do something.

What I don’t like is people making money out of NOT helping but taking advantage of all of us with good intentions. In this Blog I intend to take you on my journey into the money end of this topic close to my heart…..hopefully we can find the good guys, help them and kick the bad guys well and truly into touch.

I know this is an issue close to a lot of our hearts so I will be encouraged by any feedback you give. The more of us that care about this the more the Australian government will have to present a solution. This shouldn’t be an election issue it should be a given that Australia will help to do our bit. After all we have a lot to lose.