Category Archives: Climate Change

The tragedy of two Australias: A lament for New Year’s Eve 

Posted on January 1, 2020 by Makere

Professor Danielle Celermajer This is Australia. This morning my phone rang, and a woman’s voice said: “It’s all gone.” My friend was standing on the blackened ground, emerging from where she had been lying on the floor of her garage … Continue reading →

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Spring came early this year

Posted on April 1, 2017 by Makere

It was only the last week in March when the first geese flew northwards over the city and even earlier than that when a brown hare crossed my path, its winter coat of white quite gone. In this last week … Continue reading →

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The Creative Sympathies of Art and Science: Alan Lightman on What the Exhilarating Mystery of Creative Breakthrough Feels Like – Brain Pickings

Posted on February 14, 2016 by Makere

An exquisite account of those moments that feel “like a great hand has suddenly grabbed hold and flung you across the surface like a skimming stone.” BY MARIA POPOVA. “The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious,” Einstein … Continue reading →

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The Curse of Living in ‘Interesting Times’ by John H. Richardson, in Esquire

Posted on December 12, 2015 by Makere

There’s a certain level of creative license that is evident in this piece published in Esquire. Notably, I had no idea I was talking to a journalist when this conversation took place. For the record, I didn’t talk about harassing … Continue reading →

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A Moment of Clarity – Why I’m going to Paris COP21 | IEP JELTOK

Posted on November 24, 2015 by Makere

Then – the wake-up call. This summer. A conversation with a fellow radical disrupter focusing on the 2 degrees versus 1.5 degrees debate. Scientists and climate change specialists have been advocating that we need to lower our carbon emissions so … Continue reading →

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