Continent Aflame

Responses to an Australian Catastrophe

Pat Anderson, Sally Gardner, Paul James , Paul Komesaroff

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PALAVER
11 December 2020

History; Australasian & Pacific history; Society & culture: general; The environment; Conservation of the environment; Global warming

Our devastating bushfires of 2019-20, their effects, meanings and implications, have not been forgotten. The Australian bushfire crisis of 2019-2020 was a disaster on an unprecedented scale which dramatically focused attention on the need to review and reassess fundamental attitudes to our relationships with nature, fire and the land. Continent Aflame assembles responses of the Australian community from many perspectives, including cultural, economic, scientific and artistic from some of Australia’s most respected Indigenous and non-Indigenous writers, scientists, artists, scholars and activists.

Together, the contributions forcefully bear witness to the moral imperative we collectively face to make the changes that are now unavoidable. We may not get another chance.

Edited by: Pat Anderson, Sally Gardner, Paul James, Paul Komesaroff
Imprint: PALAVER
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 367g
ISBN: 9780648855101
ISBN 10: 0648855104
Pages: 188
Publication Date: 11 December 2020
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Authors are some of Australias most renowned and respected scientists, artists, activists, writers, doctors and environmentalists.

Reviews for Continent Aflame: Responses to an Australian Catastrophe

This collection is written by and for grieving hearts and awakening minds in a time of innocence lost ... With eyes so opened, stronger minds, and more courageous hearts, we can now set a path to healing the rift between ourselves and the rest of Nature. - Penny D Sackett FORMER CHIEF SCIENTIST OF AUSTRALIA I hope that those with eyes to see, ears to hear, welcome the authors of these contributions, and give heed to their analysis. We all depend on that. - Thomas Keneally AUTHOR (FROM HIS FOREWORD)