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M**I
Easy to read
A succinct essay on the perils of coal and it's powerful interests, all written in layman's terms. Easy to read, passionate and free of hyperbole. Pity not more Australians are interested enough to go out of their way to read this.
R**L
for our childrens' children
An excellent and timely reminder of the close bedfellow relationship between politics and business; in this case the business being resource exploitation.It's disheartening to see the priority of business interests over the environment, but then again, the environment doesn't exactly put $$$ into peoples' bank accounts, does it?Krien strikes a great balance between regurgitating comments from others and relaying her personal experience on the Great Barrier Reef and among those Australians being left behind as coal and mining continues to not only choke the planet but the houses of parliament. Her insights give a human element with real gravity to the position of the Great Barrier Reef not as the catalyst for change, but as the symptom - the growing bruise perhaps - of stop-at-nothing 'progress'.For us to slow down/reverse this impending disaster (that seems already to be upon us), we need thinkers who are focused on the future, and people to support them. This doesn't mean earning as much as possible at any cost to leave a few hundred thousand dollars in your kids' account, it means thinking of what kind of planet you want them to be able to spend that money on.This essay left me both exhausted and hopeful. There are many people working tirelessly to improve the planet's prospects for the future; I just hope when the tough decisions present themselves to me that I can make the right* choice.*for a better future for everyone
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