Showing posts with label Common sense. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Common sense. Show all posts

Thursday, September 27, 2018

Sustainable biosphere function














To understand the driving forces in climate change it is necessary to take this information on board.
Go here for more, much more: http://gotbooks.miracosta.edu/oceans/chapter9.html

This "Conveyor Belt" (simplified here) global current system is one of the major influences in our biosphere, governing climate impacts. When this current changes it can brings storms, droughts,floods, fair weather & foul.

In our immediate global climate change phase this system is being influenced by input of ice melt waters from the poles and glaciers as a result of atmospheric warming coming from our pollution. Unprecedented catastrophes of ever-heightened scale and intensity are becoming commonplace.

Yes, we know!

We have known this for nearly a century but now immediate home territory impacts are making us acutely aware Now we are experiencing the deadly intensification of the havoc as a result of our denial and inattention to biosphere function. It is a sad fact that, for our species, it takes catastrophe before we are roused to group action. After the event.

We locals living here on the Tweed caldera were given that huge wake up call by Cyclone Debbie. Many are now seriously asking to be educated in what climate change means, how it is occurring. And what could possibly be coming.

Each of us must become savvy, going beyond the emotional responses, rejecting the nonsense that is parlayed around by idiots, and become clear-headed on the facts of planetary biosphere function.

Then as a community we can have serious discussions as to how best to deal with an uncertain future. Where to invest our precious life energies in ways useful to survival of potentially destructive climate-driven events.
We have seen the "It Takes a Town" response to Debbie's destruction.
Let's take it further: 
One Planet, One People, One Future. 
Cooperation in the face of a Common threat. 
Together we can do it. 
All on same Page. 
Singing from same song-book.
Slogans are one thing, action is a matter of common will.

Committed and United in one goal.
Sustainable biosphere function

Here comes another storm season. The 1st cyclone is brewing out in the East Coral Sea. We saw the Northern Hemisphere summer and worst storms ever recorded in so many places. Wholesale destruction, loss of lives, communities, lifeways. Reaping the whirlwind takes on a sinister reality. None of us is immune. The culling has begun. Forget about going to Mars, let's try to survive here.

Go to the above link off image to start your thinking into how it all works so each of us is on much same page as far as the facts are concerned. Let us try to be prepared. As a whole community. Education for Right Action.
Slim hopes?
Remember the last thing that came out of Pandora's Box was Hope!

"When troubles call, and your back's to the wall
There a lot to be learned, that wall could fall....
But he's got high hopes, he's got high hopes
He's got high apple pie, in the sky hopes" - sings old Frankie

Tuesday, December 4, 2007

Homage to Escher

Been working on a series of Escher-esq images in Apophysis 2.07beta based on 5spiralsInline flame of DeviantART's Fractal-Impact Mixed flame pack . Used the Super Susan script of Phoenixkeyblack, also from deviantART. Good site that!

Came up with a whole swag of images Escher would love. I do too. I keep thinking what he might have done with fractal generators like Apophysis. I am definitely a hobbit being carried on the backs of giants & wizards....wither....?

So here's a small sample from my series:

Homage to M.C. Escher

















I'll leave them nameless. You can check out more of them on my Flickr & DevianART sites, click on links in Anu Links at right.

Good rain is falling, with the odd thunderstorm. Sandflies very bitey.

It seems like the people are finally working around the war lord mentalities that have dominated thinking & media noise for so long. Of course there's nothing like the terrifying scenario of rising sea levels to focus minds to mutual survival.

But still our numbers grow. Oz is now 21 million. Land of the Ruddites.

Somehow the population pressure/carrying capacity keeps being whited out of the equation. Doesn't it occur to the decision makers that less people means less pollution, less impacts on the biosphere? Ah yes...the elephant in the room. We don't want to go there, do we!

Friday, September 28, 2007

FULL MOON, ORCHIDS & BETTY IS 86.



SEPTEMBER FULL MOON




Is that a UFO bottom right?
Nah...just the 747 from Coolangatta to Sydney with headlights blazing as it does its big swooparound & heads south west from coast.



Celebrated Betty's 86th last night with veranda drinks & dinner watching full moon rise over caldera. Then showed her flickr & blogspot, explaining how, if her traveling clan posted to web, she'd be able to access their pix & diaries. I think she was impressed.

Gosh....I AM! It's such high magic this technology. Here's a good shot I got of her two days ago.


Betty is a hearty 86! Congratulations Betty!

A few more orchids have come into bloom.
This one is the Tongue orchid, Dendrobium linguaforme.


Tongue orchid

Below, this is the extravagant large raceme of the King orchid, Dendrobium speciosum. This year only 1 raceme, instead of the 6-12 it usually present. The other plants of this species, usually so abundant, have not flowered at all.


King Orchid

The drought has cut deep. This morning I harvested the solitary lemon my bush lemon beside studio gave me this year. Normally they are so abundant they litter the ground at this time and I'm busy preserving them or freezing the juice.

The fact that eastern states farmers are quitting their farms, committing suicide in frightening numbers, pulling up whole orchards, looking at totally failed crops & putting the sheep to graze off what has managed to come up but is unharvestable, is not getting through to a lot of people I think.

The implications are huge. Can we survive as a population from what the Ord River will provide?

Populate and Perish.

I'd like to congratulate my old friend from way back then, Karl Kruszelnicki , who is running for Senate under the Climate Change banner in next election.



DR. KARL FOR PRESIDENT !

Karl you are such an amazing man, always had great admiration for what you do & say. You simply MUST run for President eventually.

That's all she wrote....

Sto kalo.











Friday, March 9, 2007

Goldilocks and the 4Bears

Underground living appeals to me. On the right terrain of course.

Energy consumption is cut way back by the constant 22 degrees (or so) that underground housing maintains all year round.

I think we should move away from developing coastal estuaries, beaches, dunes below 5m and think of moving populations inland asap.

Anyone care to comment here ?

My wish for the day is that we can coexist in harmony. Reduce the pain. Increase our mutual respect in ways that don't involve fear. If only eh ?

Anu