Planet Earth - An Australian User's Guide

Planet Earth - An Australian User's Guide

What is our place in this great Earth metabolism? Are we justlocusts, bound to consume endlessly without ever giving back? What are our evolutionary options here? Could we use our big, developed brains to stewardnatural systems– since we seem to be outside them regardless? How can we use Planet Earth without using her up? How, instead of using – can we coexist with her? Will a change in our perception as being a part of the continuum of nature, instead of separate from her, restore both our happiness and the health of the planet? It is surely worth a try.

Eat the rich

The super-rich are locking our societies into an increasingly dirty 'Business as Usual' through the forces of Neoliberalism and widening inequalities. Let's take back our ideological power.

Unity in nature

For me there is mysticism, wonder and creation to be found in the miracles wrought every day in nature. Do we have in us the potential for unity? Just maybe, we do.

Limbic Capitalism

Limbic Capitalism is a term coined by historian David Courtwright in his 2021 book the Age of Addiction which refers to the coordinated and predatorial way big corporate, complicit governments and criminal organisations target or pleasure seeking limbic system to generate an addiction to their product, thereby maximising both sales and profits.

Is capitalism reconcilable with environmental and social goals?

With our limited time left can we consider Capitalism as a vehicle for putting the planet at the centre of our agendas?