What
an entertaining evening of Environmental Action – well, other
people acted, I just watched from a safe distance on the sidelines.
First
up, a stirring speech by Senator Christine Milne at the opening of the 2013 Weld Echo exhibition at the Long Gallery, Salamanca Arts
Centre.
I didn't have time to do any work for it this year, but I was
able to assure Jenny Weber from the Huon Valley Environment Centre
that they'd done a splendid job without me. Some really terrific
sculpture there this year, as well as plenty of painting, prints and
photography. Didn't have time for a good look, but I'm working at the
SAC on Saturday so will take my time then.
Christine and Peg Putt
went to visit Miranda Gibson for morning tea in her Observer Tree last week. They were
hoisted up to her platform sixty metres up a eucalyptus tree where they enjoyed
a pleasant tea with a magnificent view across the southern forests. Then they had to come down again. You have to step forward off the platform, Miranda explained. Otherwise the ropes get twisted. More used to braving political challenges in the Senate than
swinging through the treetops, Christine found this – well –
terrifying. However, once safely back on earth she felt
more than confident to step forward off the platform when facing a
press conference on environmental policy the next day.
If
you haven't heard of Miranda Gibson and The Observer Tree, here's a link to her blog.
Christine
began by saying she was pleased we were here rather than listening to
a talk by Climate Change Deniers at the university, and she may have
been right, but dear Lord Monckton's address wasn't until seven
thirty, so I had plenty of time for more wine and cheese after the
senator's speech before driving down there.
The
Flat Earth Society, clad in their preferred medieval garb in
recognition of their favourite historical period, the medieval
warming period (not particularly coincidentally a key period for
climate deniers), was
ably represented outside the Stanley Burbury Theatre at UTAS.
Somebody told me this venue was hired without revealing to the
management precisely who the speaker would be, but this is only a
(probably malicious) rumour and shouldn't be repeated in public. At
any rate, the Flat Earth Society members are delighted by Lord
Monckton and rather hope he will join forces with them.
More than sixty people turned up to listen to him, and the Flat Earth Society was busy handing out leaflets declaring that not only Climate Change is a myth. They decry the conspiracies of Governments, mainstream science, NASA, Google maps and other agencies that deny the earth is flat and publish fake (probably digitally manipulated) maps that DO NOT SHOW the ice wall surrounding the earth AT ALL.
Lord Monckton congratulates members of the Flat Earth Society on their garb, thanks them for their support,and invites them to come in and listen to his talk |
More than sixty people turned up to listen to him, and the Flat Earth Society was busy handing out leaflets declaring that not only Climate Change is a myth. They decry the conspiracies of Governments, mainstream science, NASA, Google maps and other agencies that deny the earth is flat and publish fake (probably digitally manipulated) maps that DO NOT SHOW the ice wall surrounding the earth AT ALL.
We
should all support them wholeheartedly. After all, everyone
knows the weather is controlled by dragons. If (and I say IF) there is global warming, it’s nothing to do with human activity. It can
only be due to dragon flatulence, and I defy your muddle-headed
scientists to prove me wrong.
I
didn't consider it necessary to pay $25.00 to hear Lord Monckton's
talk. Surely a Viscount has a much better idea of what is really
happening and far more credibility than someone who only has titles after
their name, and then only because they spent a few years at some
university? No class, that kind. No class at all. And anyway, I'd
looked at his presentation on line last night. Here.