I slept well last night, close to 7 hours. Listening to my favorite program on my favorite radio station. "Fran Kelly's Breakfast on ABC Radio National"
I attended a book launch yesterday by Clive Hamilton of 'Requiem for a Species'. Bought two books from the author and got them signed. He signed an old one of mine as well. The venue was changed at the last moment so I arrived late on my bicycle! Many others did too and people, listening to a public address system, sat outside the auditorium, which was filled to overflowing, with people standing around the walls. I managed to sit, just outside the door on a chair, in view of the speakers.
I raised a favorite question of mine with Clive in the last question allowed at the launch - "Why has 'An Inconvenient Truth' never been shown on publicly funded Australian television stations? [ABC or SBS] And would it still be up to date enough to be worth showing?" He did not favour the idea. He thought it's time was past and there were more suitable films that could be shown.
I took the question up with him again at the book signing asking, "Isn't this a case of the perfect driving out the good?" He thought it would open the way for a campaign of criticism from the coordinated climate skeptics. I left it at that. I still think that Al Gore's movie has an enormous power to move people to action
In the morning I had sent my third letter to the local regional news paper. I have less confidence of it getting published. I did not spend quite as much time crafting it.
Breaking news ! Fran is interviewing an American expert, on urban development and medium density housing, on the radio.
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