Asked by:Is the relentless pursuit of economic growth sustainable as our planet shudders under the impact of the effects of global warming?
How many does light bulbs does it take to change a politician?
People have great ideas all the time- how to help those in need, starting with providing water where there is none, sanitary and hygiene products where they are lacking, food and shelter to those without… but do politicians ever change? We keep electing and fostering a system where the greediest are given the role of decision makers… why is that?
Asked by:With overwhelming evidence, why are we not working together to battle climate change?
I feel like environmental issues are so easily shut down as being unimportant, for “hippies” or are important but only as they don’t come at the expense of the economy. With so much evidence suggesting if we don’t do something, major disastrous circumstances will result. Are people living in denial? Do they believe this is just another unfounded, doomsday prophesy? And how will sustainable development ever occur if we can’t even get people on-board supporting this issue.
When further growth becomes impossible on our planet, what will replace growth as the great economic driver?
The huge increase in standard of living for two centuries has been driven, and is measured by, economic growth. To continue to progress without destroying the planet we need a replacement or significant morphing of growth.
Asked by:How can the UN Security Council ultimately be disbanded (a Q of the key members giving up their veto power) for a change in 2015+?
Is spoken word, performance poetry and poetry slam on the margins of literary culture in Australia? If so, how does it overcome that?
I think spoken word, performance poetry and poetry slam has underrated potential that I want to see thrive in Australia’s literary landscape.
Asked by:What is Australia’s “national security” policy and strategy?
The Government and Labor Opposition often cite the importance of “national security”, most frequently in the context of countering terrorism and Islamic extremism. But there is no extant national security policy and strategy, and little public debate on this critical topic that should concern all Australians.
If you tape a piece of buttered bread to the back of a cat & drop it out a window, do you create a perpetual-motion machine?
Asked by:Were you eavesdropping on our brunch on Saturday while we were discussing the overdue renaissance of the interrobang?
Asked by:The tragic picture of the drowned Syrian toddler, or Kevin Carter’s picture of the starving Sudanese child with a vulture waiting to pounce, lead to compassionate letters about how we deal with the aftermath of the world’s tragedies. But where are the ideas for how we stop these tragedies at their source?
Can you tell us how we, the people, convince the United nations to act as a genuine force for good in the world by bringing together the might of the world’s most powerful nations to rectify, at its source, the trauma these individuals are enduring? Or can you suggest other ways we can act? I’m asking this question out of sheer frustration that we can do nothing more than be compassionate to the world’s victims AFTER the event. People power has achieved results before, so perhaps those caring people can do more now – but how?