The slow death of a great democracy: carbon sunday « JoNova: Science, carbon, climate and tax

Everyone wants a free lunch, and some people even believe it exists. Julia Gillard is playing to that crowd, offering the impossible. Somehow, we will cool world temperatures while using some of the most expensive forms of energy we can find, and, wait for it, most Australians will become better off too. It’s money for nothing.

Why we didn’t do this years ago?

Young Enterprise 2011: final hots up as environment game group seals deal - Telegraph

A climate change board game designed by schoolgirls taking part in this year’s Young Enterprise competition launched this week at the Christmas in July gifts showcase in London.

The girls from Oxford High School are hoping to collect £30,000 in royalties from sales of Emission Impossible now that it has been snapped up by games maker Gibsons Games.

The board game, which aims to engage children with environmental issues, involves players acting out weather events such as a hurricane or answering multiple choice questions.