Peter Garrett
Peter Garrett
Peter Robert Garrett AMis an Australian musician, environmentalist, activist and former politician...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth16 April 1953
CountryAustralia
real play lines
That was the crossover line for us, to be able to play that many shows, sell them out real quick and have that tribe queue up outside and still be a mystery to everybody else.
land rivers impact
There are a range of associated impacts related to increasing temperatures which affect both evaporation rates and river systems, which are already over stressed, and these will hit farming communities and the health of crop lands.
play people generations
The forces that are in play on climate change essentially revolve around the generation of power, the transportation of goods and services and people, and the sorts of materials that we use to fuel the whole of our civilisation.
records band environment
There was never going to be a right time for a band that was still recording and had health in its environment, had made a very good record and was playing well.
government details states
Recently though, our State Governments have discussed instigating a carbon trading scheme - the details are still to be decided - and that's an encouraging sign.
issues understanding looks
Once you start to look into the guts of climate change you find that just about every scientific institution in the world is conducting research on the issue.
song significant
I guess for me what is more significant than success is the nature of each of the songs and of the words.
issues chosen havens
I haven't chosen to make an issue of faith.
jobs technology challenges
There is job growth in renewables, there is job growth in energy efficiency and there is job growth in developing innovative industries and technologies to successfully meet the challenge of climate change.
environment planets wells
It is now well understood that humans ultimately depend on the health of the planet for their wellbeing.
stars people patterns
In our early period we pretty much survived or perished on our capacity to reach people, and on getting into the pattern of having no money and playing lots of shows.
australia challenges world
The challenge that climate change presents to us, both in Australia and around the world, won't be solved by ramping up the nuclear industry.
government media order
Climate change is so big that people who study it.. and many do.. need to speak to it. They must present scientific papers, they must appear in public, they must speak to the media and we must hear their voices. In order to get policy right, policymakers.. governments.. need to make decisions based on sound science.
impact long effort
But no matter how big the effort to push a propaganda line might be, climate change is bigger. This, undoubtedly and regrettably, is the biggest immediate long-term environmental challenge we face. A failure to concretely come to some policy outcome on climate change has not only a negative environmental impact but also social and economic consequences for us.