Cover -- About The Author -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- TOC -- Introduction -- Science, Technologyand Environment -- Introduction: Science,technology and values -- Measurement anduncertainty: The problemof ionising radiation -- The 'hole' in the ozone layer: A case studyof complex science -- Science, trust and the allegedly ignorant public -- Silencing dissent in the research community -- The mismatched duo ofscience and statistics -- Boffins deserve a sporting chance -- Sustainability science -- Neither sceptical nor an environmentalist -- Unbelievers: A review of The Greatest Show on Earth by Richard Dawkins, Bantam Press, 2009 -- Energy for sustainable futures -- Social and environmental impact assessment: A case study of the hydrogen economy -- Humble bicycle a winner all the way -- Our responsibility for future generations -- Sustainable futures -- Australia's environmental crisis -- Now or never -- Economics and Politics -- Introduction: The inextricable mixing of economics and politic -- Our economic future -- Not all have a voice in the free market -- The Club of Rome's good oil -- Private beats public?It's a myth -- Realism, for good measure -- Why laissez-faire's not really fair -- Taking a leaf from the Dark Ages -- Pause to see the forest home behind your timber house -- It's time to see the forests, not merely the timber -- A vote for accountability -- The 2020 summit -- The new consensus -- Culture and Health -- Introduction: Australian culture and the prospects for a healthy future -- Australian culture and the problem of achieving significant change -- Population and prosperity -- Bringing art and science together -- Changing public attitudes to long-term issues -- A case for changing Australia Day -- Life's but a short span for man -- Ad men should eat their words -- The summer we suited ourselves.

Time for managers to sing a new tune -- The seven ages of cricket -- Education -- Introduction: Education as the key to our future -- My personal journey from Caragabal to Copenhagen -- Let's equip the young for this world of rapid change -- Education for sustainable futures -- The role of universities in the modern world -- The need for environmental literacy -- Exponents of the impossible -- Postscript: Reflections after Copenhagen -- Acknowledgements.