Joe Trippi has a great wrap of the decentralised nature of this global movement, and the massive organising effort that was mobilised to make Saturday 24 October such a success. Quoth Trippi: Issuing calls to action via text message, soliciting photo sharing of actions, and providing real-time updates to supporters, onlookers, and the media, the [...]
Archive | October, 2009
The importance of 350
Image from News.com.au Today marked the International Day of Climate Action, organised by 350.org. The Labor Environment Action Network is one of 14 environmental organisations in Australia supporting the activities that took place. Thousands of Australians took part hundreds of local activities, the most visually spectacular of which was a rally on the steps of [...]
Best practice use of Facebook for unions
Many unions now have a presence on Facebook. However, I am aware of only a few unions that make full use of Facebook’s many tools. 1. Use Fan Pages, not groups When Facebook first got started, it didn’t have Pages. Instead, users created groups, which allowed people to join, and for administrators to “email” members. [...]
Act on CO2
The UK Government has released an excellent (and “controversial”) television ad aimed at parents, wit the goal to get them to reduce their energy, fuel and water consumption. The campaign – ACT ON CO2 – also has a great website.
Coalition ETS amendments shows denalists have won
The amendments proposed by the Coalition (really, the Liberal Party, since the Nationals outright oppose any ETS) are simply a way to divert more money to heavy polluters and will do nothing for the environment. If the amendments are accepted, the already compromised CPRS (Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme, Australia’s cap and trade scheme) will achieve [...]
The economics of climate change
The economics of climate change, like the science of climate change, is becoming clearer. The scientific evidence is saying that unless we rapidly and significantly reduce our carbon emissions, we face a climate catastrophe. The economic evidence is also showing that the cost of inaction will far out-weigh the economic costs of action, and more [...]
Upping the ante: Glenn Beck and the limits of satire
I’ve heard Glenn Beck described as the super Andrew Bolt. He’s an ultra conservative in the US, who has a show on the Fox Network devoted – it seems – almost entirely to attacking the Democrats and Obama. His particular tactic is to make controversial (racist, offensive, etc) statements in the form of a question [...]
Blog Action Day
Today (15 October) is Blog Action Day – a day when bloggers from around the world commit to promoting a single cause (climate change this year) and thus raise awareness of that cause. Climate change is, simply, the greatest ethical, political and policy problem of our age. Climate change is something that is close to [...]
Featured on Wootheme's Showcase
Very happy today to discover that Sub Rosa Magazine has been showcased at Woothemes. I’m an enormous fan of Woothemes, and as I’ve said elsewhere, I not only think their theme designs are great, but their support service is awesome and as is the easy theme upgrades. I had a great time customising the Wootheme [...]
Some useful Google tools
Via Crikey blog The Content Makers, and MEAA, comes some nifty search and news aggregation tips from Google. While intended for journalists (and called “Google School”), the site also has tools and tips for union officials that need to monitor the news. I especially recommend setting up a customised Google News page, and checking out [...]
Upgrades and support is important for online businesses
Recently I tried to upgrade a website I maintain for my day job. This website is run on WordPress, and for the past 8 months or so, was using a StudioPress theme. When I went to upgrade the site, having shelled out over AU$80 for the new updated theme, I found that there was no [...]
A few changes
Any regular visitor of my blog would recognise that there’s been another change. I anticipate that this will be the last for a while (although I thought that about the last change). Although the appearance of this site has altered, it still uses WooThemes as its base – basically as I become more proficient in [...]
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