Get prepared for extreme heat – tips for individuals, communities, businesses and governments
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All countries in the Global South are not ready for these heat extremes, and seeing what has happened in the Northern Hemisphere summer
Climate Courage: is where I’m living safe?
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In a recent Climate Courage, we focused on where we live and the risks we face. Never a pleasant conversation, but if we pay attention
The humility of four extreme weather events in four months
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Since July this year, I have personally experienced four extreme weather events on three continents – Europe, Asia and Australia.
Welcome to Climate Courage – the actions we can all take, an introduction
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As I was wandering around Europe over the summer, I spent a lot of time thinking: how can I do a better job at communicating the urgency
When did we accept so much contempt in our societies?
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I went to Bangkok a couple of weeks ago. It was my first time “on the road” for two years and it was exciting but also daunting. You get
Uncommon Courage #1 Get out of your life!
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My own personal-growth case study started in 1992 in Egypt. I was 22, blonde, and an army musician. It was the first country I landed in outside my home country of Australia
What you resist, persists
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I don’t get. I just don’t get it. I am living in a country where Covid19 has spread so rapidly, there are bodies on the streets of Bangkok, and this is a country with deep reverence for the dead.
When it comes to Covid, I’m confused by opinions
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OK I need some help. There are two distinct Covid arguments that have been around since the beginning. No matter what happens, how much data is gathered,
Dear owners of holiday/furnished accommodation
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As we are now in limbo, renting furnished accommodation once again, I thought it worth passing on these guidelines to people seeking to make money from investments in holiday or furnished rentals.
Another move done…
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We loved living in Noosa Waters in many ways, but in many other ways we learnt that this life isn’t for us –this community, this normality, this way of life.