“The only way to break this destructive-to-our-planet nexus is to vote them OUT and elect Independents committed to creating a viable and beautiful future for the next ten generations.”
How will our grandchildren remember us?
In 1996, I attended a luncheon at the National Press Club in Canberra, where the guest speaker was British economist, Sir Nicholas Stern. This was the first time I’d heard about ‘global warming’ and the financial cost of doing nothing.
Twenty-five years later, finally, world leaders seem to have grasped the urgency of the situation and are committed to taking actions.
Here in Australia, this is not the case and, upon investigation as to why not, the answer is very simple. The Liberal, Labor and especially the National Party are in the tightly held grip of the fossil-fuel industry (FFI). Their continual acceptance of political donations and appointments of FFI executives in Minister’s staff and retiring politicians as lobbyists for the FFI demonstrates these relationships are cemented together.
The only way to break this destructive-to-our-planet nexus is to vote them OUT and elect Independents committed to creating a viable and beautiful future for the next ten generations.