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Tag: the ethical choice

It’s about Our Future

26 July 2017 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Educational, Local Geelong matters

The ‘Our Future’ vision for Geelong is a challenge of a lifetime – but we can do it. Geelong is about to find out whether politics and votes can be determined not by the usual short-term election promises which everyone knows are unlikely to be fulfilled anyway, but by daring

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“Good for the economy” not a valid argument

11 August 2015 Mik Aidt Commentary One comment

Sometimes progress is to say NO to something which is wrong. In the 19th century, a good part of the American and European economies were built on slavery. It was painful and horrendous to the slaves, but it was “good for the economy”. 150 years ago, slavery represented a sixth

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How to divest: Quick Guide

4 December 2014 Mik Aidt Commentary, Educational

Content on this page: 1) Introduction 2) Australian Divestment Quick Guide 3) Clippings from the divestment news stream Momentum is growing for the divestment movement, in Australia as well as globally. The powerful things about divestment is that it is something each and everyone of us can do – and

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How we dance with that elephant in the room

22 May 2014 Mik Aidt Local Geelong matters, World affairs

This was the week where the word ‘unstoppable’ melting of ice was introduced and sunk in – the fact that the ice at West Antarctica is melting faster than anyone had realised – and it is already around 20 years too late to do anything about this. Scientists at the

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