It is a beautiful grey day in Hobart, it’s raining and most if not all people are relieved.
It most likely signals the end of the bushfires that have consumed about 3% of Tasmanian’s total area.
With all the pictures of charred landscapes and burned houses, and news of dead and thirsty animal looking for food and water, the impact on Tasmanian leatherwood production and thousand years old trees having burned and lost for ever.
It is clear that Tasmania or at least some Tasmanians will feel the consequences of this disaster for a long time.
The larger question is whether we will remember it in 3 weeks’ time and learn from this manmade disaster, or whether we move on and occupy ourselves with something else unpacking the new high tech toys, buying a new car, taking the extra airplane vacation and continuing to buy the ten thousand time wrapped smallest portion of chips from the store…
People may ask what has my shopping habits at Coles or Woolies or anywhere else to do with the bushfires?
It is our consumerism that is fuelling Climate Change with the bushfires being just one of many consequences.
So next time you may shop take a bag with you, look for a product that has less or best no packaging and foremost eat it all up and enjoy.
It most likely signals the end of the bushfires that have consumed about 3% of Tasmanian’s total area.
With all the pictures of charred landscapes and burned houses, and news of dead and thirsty animal looking for food and water, the impact on Tasmanian leatherwood production and thousand years old trees having burned and lost for ever.
It is clear that Tasmania or at least some Tasmanians will feel the consequences of this disaster for a long time.
The larger question is whether we will remember it in 3 weeks’ time and learn from this manmade disaster, or whether we move on and occupy ourselves with something else unpacking the new high tech toys, buying a new car, taking the extra airplane vacation and continuing to buy the ten thousand time wrapped smallest portion of chips from the store…
People may ask what has my shopping habits at Coles or Woolies or anywhere else to do with the bushfires?
It is our consumerism that is fuelling Climate Change with the bushfires being just one of many consequences.
So next time you may shop take a bag with you, look for a product that has less or best no packaging and foremost eat it all up and enjoy.
a few mor links on
bushfires and lessons learned from previous bushfires
Contrary to common belief, some forests get more fire-resistant with age
The Conversation April 17, 2018 6.49am AEST
Does fuel reduction burning help prevent damage from fires?
The Conversation January 21, 2013 1.36pm AEDT
The bitter lesson of the Californian fires
The Conversation November 14, 2018 6.02am AEDT
Dry lightning has set Tasmania ablaze, and climate change makes it more likely to happen again
The Conversation February 7, 2019 6.20am AEDT
The Conversation April 17, 2018 6.49am AEST
Does fuel reduction burning help prevent damage from fires?
The Conversation January 21, 2013 1.36pm AEDT
The bitter lesson of the Californian fires
The Conversation November 14, 2018 6.02am AEDT
Dry lightning has set Tasmania ablaze, and climate change makes it more likely to happen again
The Conversation February 7, 2019 6.20am AEDT
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