Letters behaviour modified, we will ‘eat the future of our descendants’. John Boyle Mullumbimby
How do I explain this to the grandkids?
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Save the ducks
Byron on the move
Slow down, ducks crossing Hurry up, doze the wetland Chill out, find yourself Cheer up, buy something The sculpture’s gone The birds were soldered Now they’re sold Razor wire Tinsel dick Can’t think Ostrich politik Heads in the sand At Clarke’s Beach Spooner Smackdown Sand wrestling the sea We’re all one Some are greedy Feed the pigs Forget the needy Marley Berry-Pearce Suffolk Park
It’s time we started planning the relocation of Byron Bay. Fifty years should be enough to complete the move to Myocum Bay. In 2070 we can begin the next step to Main Arm Bay. I’ve got potential beach front property there with magnificent views of Chincogan Island. Hopefully I’ll be out of prison by then after my 27th Extinction Rebellion arrest for snorkeling around the Brisbane CBD. On a more serious note, farmers are already struggling and food shortages are inevitable. It’s not funny and we need to act now, in
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big numbers, in Brisbane to demand rapid reduction of fossil fuel emissions and massive investment in solar and wind. Take your annual leave and dance in the streets of Brisbane from October 7 to 11. Sapoty Brook Main Arm
The best things in life aren’t things While all those folks who marched and protested for action on climate change should be applauded, we need to stop, consider and mount more and larger protests against the cause of climate chaos. Rampant consumer capitalism, ‘Casino’ capitalism, the worldwide addiction to the consumption of ‘things’, mindless international tourism, endless wars and the exploitation of at least a billion animals each year. Unless those issues are addressed and our
Did it strike anyone else that the voices leading the Global Climate Strike were overwhelmingly passionate, intelligent and articulate young women – yet the people who are underwhelmingly ruining their lives are ignorant, selfsatisfied and disengaged old blokes? How many more decades will we have to wait until the power is more evenly shared between us all? Hazel Hawke once said that this shift will not happen until women realise that they are their own worst enemy – they still actively and consistently uphold this failed system of patriarchy by voting these idiots in – over and over again. It’s time to support these young women – they are our future. Diane Hart Mullumbimby
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