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Paddling with the Sea-Horse*
Sea-level rise is one of the inevitable and inexorable results of climate change. Melting ice and increased ocean temperature mean a...

Jon Eastgate
May 23, 20256 min read


Taming the Fiery Horse – Bushfires
We’ve all seen the images of bushfires, especially over the past few years. In the Spring and Summer of 2019-20 fires devastated almost...

Jon Eastgate
May 14, 20258 min read


Leading the Muddy Horse to High Ground – Flood
Following on from my post about cyclones , it makes sense to follow up by talking about floods since the two often go together. I’ve...

Jon Eastgate
Apr 23, 20256 min read


Sheltering with the Wind-Blown Horse – Living Through Cyclones
Cyclones are generally considered a tropical weather phenomenon. However, as I write this series South-East Queensland, where I live,...

Jon Eastgate
Mar 19, 20259 min read


Cooling the Sweaty Horse – Managing Heat
None of us will be able to escape increasing heat, but we can make our tenants’ homes more heat resistant to help them live comfortable...

Jon Eastgate
Mar 3, 20256 min read


The Five Horses of Climate Change
In the Christian Book of Revelation (Chapter 6) there is a famous scene in which four horses and their riders are released into the...

Jon Eastgate
Feb 20, 20256 min read


Living Hot
Last week I spent a bit of time reading Living Hot: Surviving and Thriving on a Heating Planet by Clive Hamilton and George Wilkenfeld. ...

Jon Eastgate
Oct 18, 20245 min read


Adaptation: Learning from International Experience
The Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI) has recently put more of its resources into investigating the intersections...

Jon Eastgate
Dec 20, 20235 min read


Life on a flood plain
One of the things we know about climate change is that it leads to more frequent and more intense extreme weather events – droughts,...

Jon Eastgate
Dec 7, 20238 min read
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