Monthly Archives: January 2017

Trump and the Climate

January 31, 2017climate change, GOVERNANCE, sustainability, SUSTAINABLE SETTLEMENTSclimate, environment, Green Climate fund, TrumpPaul Costigan

Trump Orchestrates Major Shift on Climate and Environment

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Trump and 1984

January 30, 2017ARTS & CULTURE, books & readings, GOVERNANCE, politics1984, Alternative Facts, George Orwell, lies, TrumpPaul Costigan

Year of the Rooster – Time to revamp Dickson Chinatown

January 28, 2017A DICKSON RESIDENT, ARTS & CULTURE, asia pacific, CANBERRA, canberra tourism, urban development, URBANITYChinatown, Chinese, cultural, dickson, planning, urban developmentPaul Costigan

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It’s Chinese New Year again (28^th January). This time around it is the year of the rooster.

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Trumpland gets even weirder

January 27, 2017GOVERNANCE, politics, the mediaAlternative Facts, Kellyanne Conway, Trump, US Elections, US PresidentPaul Costigan

OMG – is this really 2017 – or 1984. Click on image for the story

Good architecture arrives in Canberra–we wish

January 26, 2017architecture, CANBERRA, green infrastructure, opinions, SUSTAINABLE SETTLEMENTS, trees, urban development, URBANITYarchitecture, Canberra, greenery, landscape, planningPaul Costigan

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2017 in Canberra began with announcements that so many new buildings are about to change the city’s landscape.

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Trump and the media

January 25, 2017bullying, equity, GOVERNANCE, politics, the mediathe media, Trump, USA, USA ElectionsPaul Costigan

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Rebecca Solnit

January 24, 2017biodiversity, carbon, climate change, equity, GOVERNANCE, SUSTAINABLE SETTLEMENTS, URBANITYRebecca Solnit, The future, Trump, USAPaul Costigan

Rebecca Solnit on Trump, the future, climate change

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Shepard Fairey

January 23, 2017equity, GOVERNANCE, politics, the mediaposters, Shepard Fairey, Trump, US politicsPaul Costigan

Shepard Fairey‘s new posters

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Climate Change, Trump and language

January 20, 2017carbon, climate change, GOVERNANCE, sustainability, SUSTAINABLE SETTLEMENTSclimate change, George Monbiot, renewables, The GuardianPaul Costigan

George Monbiot on Trump and the climate

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Urban Roadworks- and a quiet chuckle

January 19, 2017A DICKSON RESIDENT, CANBERRA, opinions, urban development, URBANITYCanberra, dickson, Paul Costigan, planning, roadworksPaul Costigan

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Here in Dickson there has been a very long series of road works.

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Vinyl

January 18, 2017ARTS & CULTURE, musicmusic sales, vinylPaul Costigan

yet another story on vinyl hanging in there

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The Media

January 17, 2017ARTS & CULTURE, politics, the mediafake news, literacy, the media, Trump, truthPaul Costigan

Did Media Literacy Backfire?

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Cherry-picking the Griffin’s legacy

January 16, 2017A DICKSON RESIDENT, ARTS & CULTURE, CANBERRA, GOVERNANCE, urban development, URBANITYACT Government, LDA, Marion Mahoney Griffin, NCA, planning, The Griffin Legacy, Walter Burley GriffinPaul Costigan

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At the meeting in August 2016 on the government’s proposals to redevelop the West Basin of Lake Burley Griffin, the main line taken by the government was that their proposals were based on the Griffin Legacy.

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Russia Bans Meryl Streep

January 13, 2017opinionsBorowitz, Humour, Meryl Streep, Satire, the New Yorker, TrumpPaul Costigan

A tree lands in the appeals tribunal

January 12, 2017A DICKSON RESIDENT, CANBERRA, green infrastructure, planning, trees, URBANITYACAT, green infrastructure, planning, significant tree, treesPaul Costigan

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I believe in good government. I believe that many of our public sector employees do a great job. Occasionally, I even witness a politician who has values and fights for them (rarely).

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