Thursday, August 23, 2007
MONEY NOT EVIL AFTER ALL
August 18 – the SMH’s Wendy Frew condemns wealth as a cause of global warming:
Over-consumption is, literally, costing the earth … Every $100 spent on clothing generates 70 kilograms of greenhouse pollution … One of the main findings of the report, Consuming Australia, is that the more people earn, the more they spend.
August 21 – the SMH’s Wendy Frew wins a big cash prize:
Sydney Morning Herald Environment writer Wendy Frew has been awarded the 2007 Australian Government Peter Hunt Eureka Prize for Environmental Journalism for an impressive series of articles on climate change …
The Australian Government Peter Hunt Eureka Prize for Environmental Journalism is Australia’s most significant cash award for environmental journalism.