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Sunday 17 August 2008

Culture change

Professor Jane Goodall from the University of Western Sydney is fascinated by the dramatic unpredictability of culture change. Today she focuses on the debates surrounding climate change.  Read Transcript

Sunday 10 August 2008

The Wallace-Darwin papers on biological evolution - 150 years ago

150 years ago Charles Darwin and Alfred Wallace made a joint presentation to the Linnean Society of London of their views on biological evolution. But who was Alfred Wallace? Emeritus Professor Tony Larkum from Sydney University relates the story of this unsung man.  Read Transcript

Sunday 03 August 2008

The last environmental taboo

Today Richard Begbie from Canberra looks at the environmental cost of air travel. Airplanes add around 750 million tonnes of carbon dioxide per year to the atmosphere and in the process burn 250 million tonnes of a non-renewable resource.  Read Transcript

Sunday 27 July 2008

Peak oil - the trigger for global sustainability

Ian Dunlop is Deputy Convener of the Australian Association for the Study of Peak Oil and warns that the oil supply will eventually run out and with that and the global warming issue in mind, we need to look for alternatives.  Read Transcript

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