Pages tagged "Chain Reaction"
Changing Beautifully: Transforming Carbon
"What would happen if we talked of caring for carbon?", asks Aviva Reed, a transdisciplinary visual ecologist, for Chain Reaction #143. Perhaps always thinking of carbon as the "enemy" of the climate...
Possible Mindsets for Post-Extractive Futures
To become post-extractivist, we need to ask some deep, searching, questions about what the extent to which we're willing to change our mindsets and ways of living, writes Aia Newport for Chain Reaction...
Australia’s Mining Rush for Green Energy
Australia is leading a mining boom to provide resources for the ‘green energy transition’ - a transformation in energy and infrastructure which the Paris Agreement (2015) stipulates must occur to avoid perilous...
What is Extractivism?
The extractivist development model has been in place and perpetuated since colonial times. But what do we actually mean when we say something is "extractivist" or "post-extractivist"? Natalie Lowrey and Anisa Rogers...
The Workers on the Frontline of Climate Impacts
The Climate Impacts at Work report details that workers are already heavily impacted by climate change - from poorly ventilated kitchens, to accessible housing in heated-surburbia. Anna Langford writes for Chain Reaction...
Protecting our Native Forests for Climate and Public Health
Forests can help us mitigate climate impacts - yet Victoria's native forests are being logged and burned, writes Alana Mountain writes for Chain Reaction #142.
Climate Change and Natural Disasters
We know that climate change is already making natural disasters worse. And, we know that action now means less pain later. Cam Walker presents some of the impacts climate change is currently...
COVID was just a practice run
The Lismore floods show that radical action needs to be taken now, writes Zianna Faud for Chain Reaction #142 - "...although I have trust in spontaneous and unpredictable social transformation, the truth...
The Lismore Floods: A Reflection
Tessa Campisi shares a heartfelt reflection on the Lismore floods, for Chain Reaction #142.
CR #143: From the Archives
1977, and the critique of Alternative Energy echoes much of what's written elsewhere in this edition.
What could we learn from this critique? What have we already learnt?