brooksieg.bsky.social
@brooksieg.bsky.social
Having a crack at blogging, kayaking, photography. Jack of all, master of none. Volunteering for climate action and protecting ecosystems and biodiversity.
Environmental protections will remain politicised under new legislation, which allows the Environment Minister to approve project applications in the national interest. Question is, why is environmental protection not in the national interest?
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When is protection of the environment not in the national interest?
Droughts and flooding rains have been part of Australia's story for time immemorial. They might now even be legislated in the national interest!
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October 31, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Environmental protections will remain politicised under new legislation, which allows the Environment Minister to approve project applications in the national interest. Question is, why is environmental protection not in the national interest?
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Rare earths the focus of the Trump-Albanese lovefest, but Australia's potential river of gold needs careful navigation.
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October 27, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Rare earths the focus of the Trump-Albanese lovefest, but Australia's potential river of gold needs careful navigation.
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Something positive for the weekend!
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Spring's arrival breeds hope for biodiversity
A Spring stroll on Mornington Peninsula is a celebration of life
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October 16, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Something positive for the weekend!
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A milestone event. Today I went to Bunnings and spent nothing.
a man with a beard stands in front of a microphone and says i got nothing to spend it on
ALT: a man with a beard stands in front of a microphone and says i got nothing to spend it on
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October 11, 2025 at 1:12 AM
A milestone event. Today I went to Bunnings and spent nothing.
Every renovated a house to create a new, improved version. Scientists are becoming renovators in their quest to protect the Earth's biodiversity and most important ecosystems.
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Earth becomes a renovators' dream
Conservation recedes as the planet needs renovation over restoration
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October 10, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Every renovated a house to create a new, improved version. Scientists are becoming renovators in their quest to protect the Earth's biodiversity and most important ecosystems.
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Latest on my substack: geoffbrooks.substack.com/p/australias...
October 7, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Latest on my substack: geoffbrooks.substack.com/p/australias...
Snooze Dogg watching Snoop Dogg. #afl #grandfinal
September 27, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Snooze Dogg watching Snoop Dogg. #afl #grandfinal
I think we need a social media
channel dedicated to discussing everywhere except the US. For non-US types, the American focus is a bit eye glazing.
channel dedicated to discussing everywhere except the US. For non-US types, the American focus is a bit eye glazing.
September 25, 2025 at 3:49 AM
I think we need a social media
channel dedicated to discussing everywhere except the US. For non-US types, the American focus is a bit eye glazing.
channel dedicated to discussing everywhere except the US. For non-US types, the American focus is a bit eye glazing.
Love China’s immediate response to Trump’s climate denial. The US is leaving a vacuum for China to step in and assume global leadership by taking the scientific and moral high ground on multiple issues. America First looking more like a lone runner in a race no one else wants to compete in.
September 24, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Love China’s immediate response to Trump’s climate denial. The US is leaving a vacuum for China to step in and assume global leadership by taking the scientific and moral high ground on multiple issues. America First looking more like a lone runner in a race no one else wants to compete in.
Australia's target climate range illustrates the lack of conviction associated with appealing to the so-called 'sensible centre' of voters.
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It pleases no one when politicians opt for the sensible centre
Australia's emissions target of 62-70% below 2005 levels is merely a defensible political solution that satisfies nobody
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September 20, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Australia's target climate range illustrates the lack of conviction associated with appealing to the so-called 'sensible centre' of voters.
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Attending a seminar this evening on 'How to survive the next 100 years:Lessons from Nature'. I think that my first lesson from nature will be that a couple of years shy of 70, I ain't going to make it. 😂
September 17, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Attending a seminar this evening on 'How to survive the next 100 years:Lessons from Nature'. I think that my first lesson from nature will be that a couple of years shy of 70, I ain't going to make it. 😂
A local debate set to replicate globally - a virality driven by climate change.
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A local debate that is a microcosm of things to come
A verbal skirmish among residents and local authorities about protecting boatsheds is a pointer to bigger climate change contests to come
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September 13, 2025 at 3:35 AM
A local debate set to replicate globally - a virality driven by climate change.
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Lost the case, but no regrets and pleased that Doctors for the Environment has exposed fundamental shortcomings in our environmental regulations. Support us in covering our costs incurred in achieving this:
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Doctors for the Environment Vs Woodside & NOPSEMA
In April 2025, Doctors for the Environment Australia (DEA) took legal action against the national regulator NOPSEMA, challenging its approval of Woodside’s Environment Plan for the Scarborough gas pro...
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September 9, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Lost the case, but no regrets and pleased that Doctors for the Environment has exposed fundamental shortcomings in our environmental regulations. Support us in covering our costs incurred in achieving this:
click.chuffed.org/click?ZTJBfb...
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Wow! Virgin Australia about to allow pets on flights after food and health authorities confirm airline food is safe for them! 😂
July 31, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Wow! Virgin Australia about to allow pets on flights after food and health authorities confirm airline food is safe for them! 😂
Don’t know why I’m leaving this to holiday in Japan. 😎 #morningtonpeninsula #dreamholiday
July 18, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Don’t know why I’m leaving this to holiday in Japan. 😎 #morningtonpeninsula #dreamholiday
I'm struggling with the debate on nuclear power as an environmentally friendly solution to surging power demand. An article in which I pose questions with inadequate answers:
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Is alignment of nuclear and environmental advocacy inevitable?
Ever-spiralling energy demand has pushed nuclear energy production to the forefront of the solutions debate, with zero emissions spruiked as one of its benefits
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July 15, 2025 at 7:29 AM
I'm struggling with the debate on nuclear power as an environmentally friendly solution to surging power demand. An article in which I pose questions with inadequate answers:
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My latest on the Alpha Earth substack;
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Our global conflicts add up to a declaration of war on nature
The emissions and environmental impacts from wars like those in the Ukraine and the Middle East affect us all
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June 29, 2025 at 7:31 AM
My latest on the Alpha Earth substack;
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Israel attacked Iran. The US escalated against its own intelligence advice. And Iran now asked to stand down and talk. And the Aussie government backs it all in. We truly are the bitch for Israel and the US.
June 23, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Israel attacked Iran. The US escalated against its own intelligence advice. And Iran now asked to stand down and talk. And the Aussie government backs it all in. We truly are the bitch for Israel and the US.
I guess I'm on fire this week:
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We're led by a political class cooking the books and burning the Earth
Nature's enemies hellbent on total victory at the cost of future generations
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June 23, 2025 at 6:34 AM
I guess I'm on fire this week:
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Have revamped my substack, now under the masthead Alpha Earth and totally focused on climate and environment. Take a look and let me know what you think. Free subscriptions welcome!
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Alpha Earth | Geoff Brooks | Substack
Alpha Earth draws on all the meanings associated with Alpha. It thinks about advocacy for the planet and how we can enable Earth systems to thrive under the duress applied by human development. Click ...
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June 21, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Have revamped my substack, now under the masthead Alpha Earth and totally focused on climate and environment. Take a look and let me know what you think. Free subscriptions welcome!
geoffbrooks.substack.com
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I wonder whether some of the language used in calling for urgent action on climate is doomed to fail. Do people see climate change as an emergency or crisis?
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Is language getting in the way of progress on climate?
Advocacy is emotional and affects the language used to prosecute the debate. But is choice of words alienating those needing to be converted?
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June 21, 2025 at 6:29 AM
I wonder whether some of the language used in calling for urgent action on climate is doomed to fail. Do people see climate change as an emergency or crisis?
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The link between our own health and that of the planet is irrefutable. We are part of its biodiversity, not apart from it.
Today, we are asking for your support to allow us to continue our vital work advocating for climate action to protect health.
DEA is a registered charity, so all donations over $2 are tax-deductible.
Make an EOFY donation here: dea.supporterhub.net.au/donations/do...
DEA is a registered charity, so all donations over $2 are tax-deductible.
Make an EOFY donation here: dea.supporterhub.net.au/donations/do...
June 18, 2025 at 12:47 AM
The link between our own health and that of the planet is irrefutable. We are part of its biodiversity, not apart from it.
This is going to be interesting.
Doctors for the Environment Australia has won a Federal Court order that enables it to challenge NOPSEMA’s approval of the Scarborough Gas Project’s environment plan (EP).
Read more in our media release here: www.dea.org.au/doctors_for_...
Read more in our media release here: www.dea.org.au/doctors_for_...
June 18, 2025 at 12:46 AM
This is going to be interesting.