North Queensland wildlife and the environment
Old books are time capsules and there were plenty on offer at the North Queensland Conservation Council (NQCC) garage sale six months ago. I intercepted some which were otherwise bound for the recycling bin, being too interesting to simply discard but not relevant enough to keep. Here’s one from 1985. Have we learned anything since … Continue reading “Time Capsules: Food production”
The two books here, like my previous time capsules, came from the North Queensland Conservation Council garage sale in June. They are more philosophical than the others but motivation drives action so understanding motivation is every bit as important as understanding facts. (1) Economics Clive Hamilton: The Mystic Economist (1994)
One of a collection old environmental nonfiction books from NQCC’s fundraising garage sale in June. Not good enough to keep, The Gaia Peace Atlas was too interesting to pass over completely. The lavish production and big-name contributors (Gorbachev, Desmond Tutu and more) don’t make up for the fact that the authors assumed their future … Continue reading “Time capsule: Global Affairs”
Every book is a time capsule, preserving knowledge and attitudes current at the time of writing, as I said in my previous post. The NQCC garage sale donations which provided these time capsules were particularly strong on the nuclear debate. It was an urgent issue in the 1970s, with Peak Oil on the horizon and … Continue reading “Time capsules: Energy in the 1970s”
The recent North Queensland Conservation Council garage sale attracted a wonderful collection of old environmental books – mostly 1970s – 1990s, reflecting the age of the organisation and its older members. Every book is a time capsule, preserving knowledge and attitudes current at the time of writing. This one was more in-the-moment than most. The … Continue reading “Time capsules: the Daintree Blockade”