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Jul 31, 20244 min read
Why don’t you CARE about this?
The tricky art of changing minds and motivating people to action
Aug 21, 20183 min read
Give me the simple life
“What makes you happy?” I ask the question of an old woman on a green mountainside beyond the remote village of Same, five hours inland...
Jun 21, 20174 min read
Time to give up charity?
“Rough day at work, hey?” says my fifteen year old with a grin when she comes home and notices the first draft for our upcoming...
Mar 27, 20174 min read
Yep, poor people have mobiles. Please give them more money.
The moment I spot the mobile phone I flash an eyebrow at our photographer. It says “Damn it, can we get that out of there? If not...
Aug 11, 20155 min read
What Cecil the lion reminds me about setting the mood, homework and arguing with my spouse
Like Meanwhile, a Zimbabwean student in the US, Goodwell Nzou, wrote an article for the New York Times that caught my eye. “My mind was...
Aug 3, 20154 min read
Fallen out of love and looking for a new way to change the world
But here’s the truth: I no longer love activists. Wait, what… activists? Hairy, sign-waving activists? Yeah, kinda. Activists, for my...
Aug 15, 20144 min read
Don’t make up your mind til you’ve read it
Also wrong: ostriches do not bury their heads in the sand. (How would they breathe?) America was not discovered by Christopher Columbus....
Feb 19, 20143 min read
Asylum seekers: at least no more lives are being lost at sea
There. I said it. Yes, we’re hearing reports of people traumatised by lack of access to drinking water, injured in riots, held in...
Jan 26, 20143 min read
Why we’re not flying the flag on Australia Day but…
It’s probably not safe but it feels great. Brydie and I have somehow managed to jam a foot each onto her scooter and are hurtling down...
Nov 21, 20134 min read
Today I walked over a homeless person and did nothing
Earlier, from the safety of the other side of the street while cars sniffed each other and we waited for the Green Man to usher us...
Nov 2, 20134 min read
Stuff the facts: I’m not changing my mind and neither are you.
I’m a rational human being, right? Someone gives me the facts, I make up my mind, right? Actually, wrong… More and more research is...
May 11, 20133 min read
The shocking truth about Mother’s Day: say it proud.
High noon, executive suite, New York City, 1917. Al: So here’s the pitch – I’m seeing a Day to commemorate Mothers. Classy. World-wide...
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