Scaling Wicking Beds: Large-Scale Adoption for Food, Water, and Climate Resilience
Wicking beds are usually seen as a backyard method, but they can also be scaled up to deliver major public benefits: more…
The Simple Mechanics Behind Climate Change: Why Global Warming Is Not a Mystery
Climate change is often presented as complex and mysterious, yet the basic physics behind it has been understood for more than two…
Adapting to Climate Change Through Water, Soil, and Biological Systems
Climate change and water scarcity are no longer future risks; they are present realities that demand practical, system-level responses. This article explores…
A Sustainable World: Why Pragmatic Climate Action Matters More Than Perfect Solutions
Building a sustainable world is not just about cutting emissions. It is also about feeding a growing and increasingly affluent global population…
How Agriculture Can Capture Carbon and Help Resolve Climate Change
This research summary explains a practical, large-scale way to mitigate climate change by changing agriculture. The core idea is simple: plants already…
Carbon Capture in Soil: Why Humus Matters More Than Total Carbon
Capturing carbon in soil is often described as a simple fix for climate change and poor soils, but it is not that…
Technology and Politics of Soil Carbon
This article explains why Kyoto-style carbon rules have struggled, and why soil carbon needs a different approach. Colin Austin argues that soil…
Resolving Climate Change III — How Science Can Fail Us
This article explains why climate change is real and urgent, yet so hard to solve. Colin Austin argues that modern “reductionist” science…
Resolving Climate Change II — The Eco-Corporation Model
This article argues that climate change is not only an environmental issue but an organisational and economic one. Colin Austin proposes that…
Resolving Climate Change I — How Innovation Can Help
We are not winning the climate change war. Emissions continue to rise, targets have been shaped by politics rather than physics, and…
The Future of Food Growing: Water-Efficient Food Growing for a Changing Climate
This presentation outlines why the future of agriculture must adapt to climate change and water shortages, and why co-operation is essential. It…
Soil Carbon, Climate Change And Solutions For Australia: A Scalable Path Beyond Kyoto
Kyoto is now decades old, yet atmospheric carbon continues to rise. This submission argues that the real issue is not talk, taxes,…
Micro Flood Irrigation: A Practical Way to Grow More With Less Water
Micro flood irrigation is a low-cost, high-efficiency way to water plants without the usual problems of under-watering, over-watering, salinity build-up, and nutrient…
The Realities of Global Warming: Why Soil Carbon and Water-Smart Farming Matter
Global warming is a risk we cannot afford to “wait and see” about. Even if we reduce emissions, fast-growing economies and a…
Global Warming: Are We Missing the Biggest Carbon Opportunity?
Global warming is usually framed as a problem of reducing human emissions, yet this overlooks the far larger natural carbon cycle. Man-made…
Global Warming and Soil Carbon: Practical Actions Communities Can Take Today
Global warming is no longer an abstract or distant issue. The real challenge is practical: what can individuals, communities, and farmers do…
Wicking Bed – A New Technology for Adapting to Climate Change
This article explains why global climate negotiations such as Copenhagen struggle to deliver real change, and why agriculture offers a practical path…
Climate Change: The Real Obstacles to Global Agreement
International climate agreements repeatedly stall, not because the science is unclear, but because economic structures, social realities, and political systems make coordinated…
Wicking Beds: A Practical Technology for Adapting to Climate Change
Climate change presents two linked challenges: reducing carbon in the atmosphere and protecting food production in a world of increasingly erratic rainfall.…
Innovation, Soil Carbon, And A Practical Plan To Tackle Climate Change
This article explains why we are not winning the climate change fight, and why “just cutting emissions” is unlikely to be enough…
Resolving Climate Change With Wicking Beds: A Practical Plan for Carbon, Water, and Food Security
This article explains why climate change is so hard to solve politically, and why soil and food security may be the most…
An Improved Agricultural System for Climate Change Resilience and Soil Carbon Capture
Climate change is already amplifying floods and droughts, placing growing pressure on global food production systems. This article explains a practical agricultural…
Resolving Climate Change: Why Soil Carbon and Innovation Matter Now
Climate change can feel distant until extreme weather turns up at your door. After Queensland floods sent water under my house, I…
Vision for Food Security, Water Shortages, and Climate Change
This vision outlines a practical way to improve food security, reduce water waste, and address climate change by capturing carbon from the…
The Next Great Change: Soil Carbon, Wicking Beds, and the Future of Food
This article looks thirty years ahead and argues that the next major shift in society will be driven by environmental services rather…
Open Letter to the Prime Minister: A Climate Strategy Using Soil Carbon and Wicking Beds
This letter outlines a practical way to strengthen Australia’s climate strategy by pairing carbon trading with real, measurable carbon reductions. The core…
Climate Change and Al Gore
This article reflects on the global impact of Al Gore’s work on climate change, particularly his film An Inconvenient Truth. It argues…
Global Warming and Government Policy
This article examines the contrast between Australia’s increasingly proactive water policy and the far less convincing response to global warming. While there…
News from China: Scaling Wicking Beds for Food Security and Climate Action
This update explains the progress of international work to scale wicking bed technology as a practical response to food insecurity and climate…
Queensland Floods — What Role Does Climate Change Play?
The Queensland floods of 2010–2011 raised a hard question: was this simply another natural flood, or a sign of a changing climate?…
Response to Green Paper on Climate Change and the Carbon Trading Scheme
This submission argues that climate change cannot be solved by emissions cuts alone, especially while rapidly developing countries expand. It proposes a…
China Floods and Droughts: A Wicking Bed Research Proposal for Climate Resilience
China and Australia share a similar challenge: major food regions are being hit by stronger flood and drought cycles, now made worse…
Invitation To Join International Research On Soil Carbon, Water, And Climate Resilience
Climate change is driving a tougher flood-and-drought cycle, and the normal tools are not reducing atmospheric carbon fast enough. This invitation outlines…