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Strengthening the climate action movement: 
strategies from histories

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By Laurence Delina, Mark Diesendorf, John Merson
| Taylor & Francis Online
Building a new collective identity and a unified regime alternative For a social cause to grow beyond local groups and communities, it must be able to propagate itself. The case studies suggest that an effective mechanism to achieve this is to provide people with a new sense of collective identity and ownership by offering a clear and unified regime alternative.
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The adoption of short-rotation energy cropping as a new land use option in the New South Wales Central West

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By John Merson, Mark Diesendorf, Alex Baumber, Peter Ampt
| Taylor & Francis Online
Abstract Energy cropping based around woody native plants has attracted attention as a future land use option for rural Australia, with mallee eucalypts a particular focus. Potential benefits could include income for landholders, climate change mitigation and adaptation, enhanced energy security and revegetation of degraded or vulnerable land. However, the success or otherwise of this prospective industry ultimately depends on its adoption by rural landholders.
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A conversation with Isaiah Berlin

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By Isaiah Berlin, Alan Saunders, Kyla Slaven, John Merson
| ABC Radio National Verified
Alan Saunders: Hi, I'm Alan Saunders, and today on The Philosopher's Zone we're returning to the great thinker, Isaiah Berlin whose 100th birthday we celebrated in our last show. This week, we raided the ABC Archives, and found a conversation between Berlin and John Merson, formerly of the ABC Science Unit, and now at the University of New South Wales. The subject is an idea close to Berlin's heart: human freedom. And he begins with the 18th century German philosopher, Immanuel Kant.
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