tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59715094699831229522024-03-13T06:03:46.049-07:00Enemies of Progress"Enemies of Progress" has been set up to argue for development without prefixes. One of the most important tasks today, is to undermine the fear-generating perception that human agency, modernity, growth, materialism, want, development, experimentation, technology, infrastructure, political debate and critical engagement - in a word, progress, is a problem.Austin Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10103890971813524003noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5971509469983122952.post-45410122936411130872009-08-12T16:31:00.000-07:002009-08-12T16:46:24.690-07:00Sustainable Indoctrination in EducationHere's my article in the Australian:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25905887-7583,00.html">http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25905887-7583,00.html</a><br /><br />One response:<br />"Critical thinking... ie being able to identify the agenda (green or otherwise) underpinning claims... is one of the cornerstones of Sustainability Education... skills that Mr Williams obviously lacks himself or he wouldn't be spouting misinformed, biased claims".Austin Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10103890971813524003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5971509469983122952.post-5097599173252008022009-08-12T16:21:00.000-07:002009-08-12T16:30:25.556-07:00discussing Progress on ABC SydneyI nice interview with Paul Comrie-Thompson on "Counterpoint" for ABC Sydney; for which I thank him and the station:<br /><br />Hear here: <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/cgi-bin/common/player_launch.pl">http://www.abc.net.au/cgi-bin/common/player_launch.pl</a>Austin Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10103890971813524003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5971509469983122952.post-24697853774780788982009-04-13T16:22:00.001-07:002009-04-13T17:13:40.049-07:00David Attenborough & the Optimum Population TrustDavid Attenborough has become the patron of the Optimum Population Trust (OPT). He says: “I’ve never seen a problem that wouldn’t be easier to solve with fewer people, or harder, and ultimately impossible, with more."<br /><br /><a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article6087833.ece">http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article6087833.ece</a><br /><br />Finding that "the nation's favourite broadcaster" is a miserable Malthusian is a bit like hearing that your favourite uncle is a eugenicist, or something. But we shouldn't be shocked to see that some people genuinely follow the logic of sustainability. After all, for environmentalists and <em>carbonistas:</em> more people = more breathing = more energy consumption = more carbon use... and we all know that "more carbon is a BAD thing".<br /><br />Ironically, the OPT still thinks that "the greens" refuse to acknowledge the issue and that the OPT are thinking the unthinkable. With Jonathon Porritt (patron, OPT) pushing his "Stop at Two" (two-child policy) and Sir Crispin Tickell (patron, OPT) Sir Crispin Tickell, suggesting that the desirable UK population should be around 20 million (currently 60 million). And Paul Erhlich arguing that the global population would only be sustainable at 1.5 billion (as opposed to the current 6+billion).<br /><br />All of these reactionaries - and yes, I include the loveable Attenborough under that rubric - are peddling the survivalist line that we should minimise our footprint - our impact - upon the world to suit what the earth needs.<br /><br />But ACTUALLY… it is ‘growth’ and ‘development’ (without ‘sustainable’ prefixes) that are the very things that are needed - by people - in order to lift populations out of penury and to make affluent countries even more labour-efficient. Human's needs and "the earth's" needs (if there be such a thing) are often diametrically opposed. It is NOT subsistence that determines the number of people that can adequately be supported BUT progress and technology - without artificial limits - that can raise people’s capacity to thrive.<br /><br />Unfortunately, it is the complete lack of human-centredness exemplified by Attenborough and his new-found allies, that is going to destroy the very project of human emancipation.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article6087833.ece"></a>Austin Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10103890971813524003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5971509469983122952.post-43231395613459447372009-04-13T11:04:00.000-07:002009-04-13T11:30:23.629-07:00A few gigs...<span style="color:#ff0000;">18th April 2009</span><br /><strong>Cities in Literature</strong><br />22: 30pm – 4:00pm<br /><a href="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en-GB&geocode=&q=NW1+2DB&sll=51.579203,-0.127029&sspn=0.188175,0.439453&ie=UTF8&ll=51.532775,-0.127029&spn=0.023546,0.054932&z=14&iwloc=A">British Library, Conference Centre, Main Auditorium, 96 Euston Road, London</a><br />With over half the world’s population now living in cities, and Mumbai set to become the world’s largest by 2015, questions about what makes the experience of living in cities distinctive take on a new urgency.<br /><em>Speakers:</em> <strong>Mani Sankar </strong><strong>Mukherji </strong>(<strong>Sankar</strong>), novelist & biographer of Swami Vivekananda; <strong>Suketu Mehta</strong>, author of "<em>Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found</em>"; <strong>Namdeo Dhasal</strong>, 'maverick' Marathi poet; <strong>Austin Williams</strong>, author "<em>Enemies of Progress</em>"<br />Chair: <strong>James Boyle</strong>, founder of Edinburgh UNESCO City of Literature<br /><br /><span style="color:#ff0000;">30th April 2009<br /></span><strong>Broken Britain: Can we fix it?</strong><br /><a href="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=EC2M%2B4QH&sll=51.522979,-0.085158&sspn=0.005888,0.013733&g=ec2p2ea&ie=UTF8&ll=51.520013,-0.078578&spn=0.011776,0.027466&z=15">Bishopsgate Institute, 230 Bishopsgate, London EC2M 4QH</a><br />Today, there is a widespread conviction that we live in a "broken society" with endless stories of feckless parents or feral children, and a collapse of "respect" and "trust".<br /><em>Speakers:</em> <strong>Yvonne Roberts</strong>, senior associate, The Young Foundation; <strong>Eamonn Butler</strong>, director, Adam Smith Institute; author, "<em>The Rotten State of Britain</em>"; <strong>Alastair Donald</strong>, urban designer, researcher and co-editor, "The Future of Community";<strong>Steve Wyler</strong>, director, Development Trusts Association;<br />Chair: <strong>Austin Williams</strong>, author, "<em>Enemies of Progress</em>" & Battle of Ideas' committee member.<br /><br /><span style="color:#ff0000;">19 May 2009</span><br /><strong>Population: Movements and limitations</strong><br /><a href="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en-GB&geocode=&q=W1B+1AD&sll=53.800651,-4.064941&sspn=11.458429,28.125&ie=UTF8&ll=51.525166,-0.145183&spn=0.011775,0.027466&z=15">Royal Insitute of British Architects, 66 Portland Place, London</a><br />9.00 - 11.30am<br />Economic collapse has brought into question once thought sound notions of growth. What will be new European trends? What areas of the UK will suffer from depopulation as a result of the current economic climate? What impact will this have on growth strategies and sectors of the economy - in particularly the housing market? Can we champion non growth, but maintain stability?<br />Prof. <strong>David Fisk</strong>, Imperial College London, <strong>Roger Martin</strong>, Optimum Population Trust, <strong>Austin Williams</strong>, author "<em>Enemies of Progress</em>", <strong>Alasdair Murray</strong>, Centre Forum.Austin Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10103890971813524003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5971509469983122952.post-40402190405016851302009-02-22T16:33:00.000-08:002009-04-13T11:32:10.190-07:002 out of 5This review by Mark T. VanDyke on US Review Scout - gives me 2 out of 5 - although typically positions me as some kind of free-market groupie... which I am not. (NB: Actually I am opposed to the market as the regulator of society). I'm sorry too that he didn't see that this was a critique of the social forces of sustainability rather than environmentalism and didn't accept that arguing for the advance of humanity <em>at the same time as </em>arguing for the primacy of protecting the environmentalism is a contradiction.<br /><br />Read on...<br />I really had high hopes for this one; true and intelligent critiques of sustainability are hard to come by, and for William's credit, this book is a step in the right direction. However, this is not so much a critique on "sustainability" as it is on "environmentalism". Williams' text attacks "sustainability" without ever really addressing the concept in general; economic sustainability and social equity (two of the three so-called components of the sustainable concept--and the important anthropocentric ones at that) are notably absent as Williams lays out a familiar and played out (albeit passionate) argument against environmentalism.<br /><br />Williams displays a viewpoint described by Michael Colby (1991) as classic "Frontier Economics": progress as infinite growth; extremely strong anthropocentric views; privatization and free markets; exploitation of infinite natural resources et cetera. The downfall of this viewpoint is that although it is creative and pro-humanity (very important aspects), it has absolutely no awareness of any reliance on ecological services--which is apparent in Williams lack of coverage throughout the book. To Williams, nature is still that force to be conquered by man, providing nothing of value without human labor and ingenuity (once again, strongly anthropocentric). For those interested in possibly buying this text, some of William's key arguments are as follows: Sustainability is a dangerous concept that restrains human imagination Human ambition is suppressed by sustainability's biocentric viewpoint A progressive future relies on human-centered (anthropocentric) politics Thesis statement: Sustainable development is the enemy of development; environmentalism is the enemy of humanism; ergo, sustainability is the enemy of progress (page 3)<br /><br />To his credit, Williams presents some valid points, particularly the chapters on education of young children and America's role and influence in the developing world. However, I can only give this book two stars as the arguments presented completely ignore the presence of any important environmental problems, offers no solutions beyond the continuation of business as usual, and therefore, in my opinion, is far from progressive in any way. The real fallacy, and the thing that really rubs me wrong in this text, is Williams steadfast framing of an argument with only two sides--humans or the environment; to use Williams' own vocabulary, that seems awfully "parochial" and altogether less than "progressive" thinking.<br /><br />To move past the elementary and played-out human/environment argument in this text, let's instead build upon the easily recognizable fact that we need the environment and therefore reframe the argument as, "how can we sustainably develop our environment FOR HUMANS, without destroying its abilities to provide the many ecological services which we rely on for our present quality of life?" After all, as Peter Senge points out eloquently in his book the fifth discipline, "today's problems come from yesterday's solutions." Once again, I hope to see much more literature critiquing the sustainability concept in the future, but I also hope that these critiques are far deeper in their evaluation and content than this first attempt by Austin Williams.Austin Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10103890971813524003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5971509469983122952.post-14712086164784050172009-02-22T16:18:00.000-08:002009-02-22T16:20:16.549-08:00Coincidence?“Enemies of Progress” was published in late May 2008.<br /><br />Lo and behold, UK foreign secretary David Miliband used the phrase in a speech at University of South Africa just 5 weeks later on 7 July 2008 and Gordon Brown did the same in a speech to the Knesset on 21 July 2008.<br /><br />Obviously they used it in a completely vacuous way… but even so... it’s nice to see that they are reading productively these days.Austin Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10103890971813524003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5971509469983122952.post-18793124674054674992009-01-25T12:01:00.000-08:002009-01-25T12:03:32.751-08:00www.26.org.ukA very nice review by Tim Rich of "26" - a group of writers, language specialists, editors, designers or publishers:<br /><br />"Brilliant riposte to unthinking environmentalism that suggests the sacred cow of sustainability produces bullshit as well as, er, milk. This is the sort of entertaining and illuminating polemic that makes you think again – sharper. As me-too sustainability 'commitments' spread through business, this is a hugely useful challenge to complacent and unprogressive thinking."<br /><br /><a href="http://www.26.org.uk/recommended.asp?date=01/07/2008">http://www.26.org.uk/recommended.asp?date=01/07/2008</a>Austin Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10103890971813524003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5971509469983122952.post-14238757884450050022009-01-25T11:54:00.000-08:002009-04-13T11:04:39.617-07:00Small reportback from Belfast SalonA great debating venture in Belfast:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.belfastsalon.org/page8.htm">http://www.belfastsalon.org/page8.htm</a>Austin Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10103890971813524003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5971509469983122952.post-74473396312420909832009-01-25T11:53:00.001-08:002009-01-25T11:53:36.865-08:00More Melbourne criticism<a href="http://www.sciencealert.com.au/opinions/20080807-17622.html">http://www.sciencealert.com.au/opinions/20080807-17622.html</a>Austin Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10103890971813524003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5971509469983122952.post-59847633503402186922009-01-25T11:44:00.000-08:002009-01-25T11:49:19.091-08:00...er... Objectivist's supportRichard Wiig (Objectivist - Ayn Randist) writes:<br /><br />"Mr Williams identifies 'sustainability' as a misanthropic regressive philosophy of low aspiration and restraint that will ultimately take us all into poverty and destitution - because the doctrine undermines and destroys progress. It's in interesting book and well written, on a subject that has important implications for the future. I recommend it to all.."Austin Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10103890971813524003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5971509469983122952.post-48640007331219852932009-01-25T11:31:00.000-08:002009-01-25T12:06:34.321-08:00Press TVHopefully this'll still play. Ironically, yet again, I'm being allied to Nigel Lawson... it's slightly embarrassing!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.presstv.com/Programs/player/?id=69731">http://www.presstv.com/Programs/player/?id=69731</a>Austin Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10103890971813524003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5971509469983122952.post-24974198159912375352009-01-25T11:23:00.000-08:002009-01-25T11:24:43.176-08:00AmazonA positive review on Amazon:<br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/review/RL7A3N5UAQQ6D">http://www.amazon.com/review/RL7A3N5UAQQ6D</a>Austin Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10103890971813524003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5971509469983122952.post-28768516026961756032008-12-17T14:46:00.000-08:002008-12-17T14:48:43.900-08:00Professional Housebuilder and Property DeveloperAfter writing a review for the (very readable) Professional Housebuilder and Property Developer, this is what they had to say about mine:<br /><br />"Whatever your opinions on building sustainably, this book is a must-read, questioning themarch towards carbon zero and giving a refreshing alternative to the green agenda."<br /><br />Lucy Dixon, Professional Housebuilder and Property Developer (October 2008).Austin Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10103890971813524003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5971509469983122952.post-82337613545126872912008-12-17T14:22:00.000-08:002008-12-17T14:46:41.894-08:00strangetimes.lastsuperpower.net/Thanks to Barry York in Austrlia for this article:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=8146&page=0">http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=8146&page=0</a><br /><br />Barry blogs at <a href="http://strangetimes.lastsuperpower.net/">http://strangetimes.lastsuperpower.net/</a> and is involved in a very interesting "left-wing" group around Strange Times. I have had a number of fascinating conversations with Barry over the last few months and I certainly wish them all well - and a continued, recession-proof dialgue into 2009.<br /><br />I have literally JUST received (after around 8 weeks waiting for trusty Amazon) a copy of David McMullen's book "Bright Future: Abundance and Progress in the 21st Century" which looks fascinating. The dustjacket says that there are three reasons to be reasonably positive about 21st century:<br />1. More and more poor people will become increasingly wealthy<br />2. "Environmental catastrophe will continue to <em>not </em>happen", and<br />3. Capitalism will lose its "historical mandate".<br /><br />As they say, I can't wait to read it over Christmas.<br /><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bright-Future-David-McMullen/dp/0646468324/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1229553951&sr=1-2">http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bright-Future-David-McMullen/dp/0646468324/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1229553951&sr=1-2</a><br /><br />See also: <a href="http://brightfuture21c.wordpress.com/">http://brightfuture21c.wordpress.com</a>Austin Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10103890971813524003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5971509469983122952.post-15220009140774331772008-10-13T04:39:00.000-07:002008-12-17T14:34:37.403-08:00Times Literary Supplement"Williams ... identifies radical environmentalists as 'enemies of progress' who have fundamentally turned away from human development and advancement'. Peter Pesic, TLS (September 19th, 2008)<br /><br />At times it's not the most full-bodied endorsement - where once again I am riding on the coat tails of Nigel Lawson's book, (not my fault... and slightly embarrassing for my left-wing credentials, if truth be told) - but it's pretty good, I think.<br /><br />I am grateful to the TLS for the mention.<br /><br />In my role as co-editor, I have a new book "The Future of Community: Reports of a Death Greatly Exaggerated" that will be reviewed in the TLS in January. See: <a href="http://www.futureofcommunity.org.uk/">http://www.futureofcommunity.org.uk/</a>Austin Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10103890971813524003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5971509469983122952.post-57280368093340658122008-10-13T04:23:00.000-07:002008-10-13T04:37:02.220-07:00Saturday TelegraphKind words indeed from Andrew English at the Telegraph Motoring desk. Many thanks.<br /><br />As he says, sometimes books get overtaken by events, but the example he cites - of describing drivers of 4X4s as worse than paedophiles - is not uncommon. In fact I do indeed quote the ubiquitous George Monbiot as saying ‘a car is now more dangerous than a gun; flying across the Atlantic is as unacceptable, in terms of its impact on human well-being, as child abuse.’<br /><br />But this update is all grist to the mill and more examples of this kind of degraded comparison - and moral grandstanding - are welcome.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/3163735/Why-motoring-will-only-get-more-expensive-Enemies-of-progress.html" target="_blank">http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/3163735/Why-motoring-will-only-get-more-expensive-Enemies-of-progress.html</a>Austin Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10103890971813524003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5971509469983122952.post-86916469620843779992008-07-17T08:17:00.000-07:002008-07-17T08:19:38.652-07:00Comment is FreeAndrew Simm, in Comment is Free, proclaims my small notoriety... and pretends that he hasn't read my book.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/jul/04/greenpolitics.climatechange">http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/jul/04/greenpolitics.climatechange</a>Austin Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10103890971813524003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5971509469983122952.post-21633561828803689762008-07-17T08:01:00.000-07:002008-07-17T08:04:39.881-07:00Culture WarsA favourable review on Culture Wars website by Ben Pile, one of the founders of Climate Resistance<br /><a href="http://www.culturewars.org.uk/index.php/site/article/in_praise_of_unsustainability_1/">http://www.culturewars.org.uk/index.php/site/article/in_praise_of_unsustainability_1/</a><br /><br />See Climate Resistance on <a href="http://www.climate-resistance.org/">www.climate-resistance.org</a>Austin Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10103890971813524003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5971509469983122952.post-66170303609482166832008-07-14T10:38:00.000-07:002008-07-20T16:40:10.050-07:00Little AtomsHere's an interview about the book... and the subsequent Manifesto: Towards a New Humanism [ManTowNHuman] on Little Atoms with Neil Denny and Padraig Reidy.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.littleatoms.com/sounds/austinwilliams.mp3">http://www.littleatoms.com/sounds/austinwilliams.mp3</a>Austin Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10103890971813524003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5971509469983122952.post-52217357413267318502008-07-10T13:02:00.001-07:002008-07-17T08:08:24.564-07:00Climate ChangeHere's a review of our team's heroic loss in the final debate about Climate Change in Melbourne.<br /><a href="http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=7541&page=2">http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=7541&page=2</a><br />I think we won a moral victory... !Austin Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10103890971813524003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5971509469983122952.post-46600554858142570472008-07-04T07:00:00.000-07:002008-07-17T08:07:30.169-07:00RIBA JournalHere's a review from the RIBA Journal (July 2008) by Grant Gibson. I like it.<br /><br />I have to say I caught my breath when described as a cross between Michael Moore and Sir Keith Joseph (two more reprehensible characters in modern history, I struggle to bring to mind) but Grant makes some valid criticisms:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.ribajournal.com/story.asp?sectioncode=396&storyCode=3117008">http://www.ribajournal.com/story.asp?sectioncode=396&storyCode=3117008</a><br /><br />Mind you, I have to say that I think it's a peculiar wishful thinking to suggest that the environmental consensus is cracking simply because Alastair Darling has refused to put two pence a litre on petrol prices. Actually, having read the article, I think that that is a far more strained example than my Libya one (at least, in the book, I said that I was using the Libya example as a rhetorical device).Austin Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10103890971813524003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5971509469983122952.post-41955890481143807572008-06-28T15:51:00.000-07:002008-07-21T05:01:50.630-07:00Climate Change debate<span style="color:#000000;">This is an edit of a debate 'Global Warming is the only issue':</span><br /><span style="color:#000000;"></span><br /><a href="http://www.thedeakins.com.au/deakin/01%20The%20Deakin%20Debate_%20that%20climate%20change%20is%20the%20only.m4a">http://www.thedeakins.com.au/deakin/01%20The%20Deakin%20Debate_%20that%20climate%20change%20is%20the%20only.m4a</a><br /><br /><span style="color:#000000;">FOR</span><br /><span style="color:#000000;">Chris Turner, author of 'The Geography of Hope'<br />Don Henry, executive director, Australian Conservation Foundation<br />Larissa Brown, founder and executive director, Centre for Sustainability Leadership<br />AGAINST</span><br /><span style="color:#000000;">Dr Norman Lewis, chief strategy officer, Wireless Grids Corporation (USA)<br />Austin Williams, architect, writer and critic, founder of ManTowNHuman<br />Dr Leela Gandhi, professor of English University of Chicago</span>Austin Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10103890971813524003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5971509469983122952.post-42695409372782583452008-06-17T07:59:00.000-07:002008-07-17T08:06:54.583-07:00ABC's "Counterpoint"Here's an interview for ABC's "Counterpoint" which gets the gist of the book across. It's the first item (about 20 minutes or so). My thanks to Paul Comrie-Thomson and Ian Coombes:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.abc.net.au/rn/counterpoint/stories/2008/2275839.htm">http://www.abc.net.au/rn/counterpoint/stories/2008/2275839.htm</a>Austin Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10103890971813524003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5971509469983122952.post-18670214463208366462008-06-16T13:03:00.001-07:002008-06-16T13:06:08.613-07:00Flawed designsHere's a gentle critical response to the Age article:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.onegreener.com/index.php?option=com_myblog&show=Response-Flawed-design-for-a-perfect-city.html&Itemid=203">http://www.onegreener.com/index.php?option=com_myblog&show=Response-Flawed-design-for-a-perfect-city.html&Itemid=203</a>Austin Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10103890971813524003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5971509469983122952.post-52859483663304269222008-06-10T07:40:00.000-07:002008-06-10T07:49:34.870-07:00SBS RadioHere's a recording of me interviewed by Caroline Davey on SBS Radio in Melbourne.<br /><br /><a href="http://203.15.102.143:8080/ramgen/radio/worldview-080609-335.rm">http://203.15.102.143:8080/ramgen/radio/worldview-080609-335.rm</a><br /><br />Special Broadcasting Services (SBS) is Australia’s multicultural and multilingual public broadcaster, billed as the 'world's most linguistically diverse broadcaster... broadcasting in 68 different languages'.Austin Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10103890971813524003noreply@blogger.com