Thirty-two years ago, on this day, November 9th, 1992,
Australian entertainment personalities joined forces last night (Monday) [9th] for the launch of Ark Australia, a local chapter of the English group launched in 1988- an international non-political, non-lobbying, positive action environmental organisation.
Anon, 1992. Celebrities join forces for environment . Greenweek, November 10, p.5.
The amount of carbon dioxide in the air was roughly 357ppm. As of 2024 it is 4xxppm, but check here for daily measures.
The context was that this was the Australian version of the Ark. There had been a short-lived group in the United Kingdom called Ark from November of ‘88 to July really, of ‘89. And here was the same kind of business model; a bunch of celebrities smiling and gurning and telling people about how they can turn off the tap or pull the curtain.
What we learn is that, you know, these ideas or these tactics, techniques go around the world for all the good that they do.
What happened next. Australian Ark staggered on. It joined the World Wide Web in 1996. And then got into trouble for its forestry tie-ins in 2014.
What do you think? Does this pass the ‘soThe what?’ threshold? Have I got facts wrong? Interpretation wrong? Please do comment on this post, unless you are a denialist, obvs.
Also on this day:
November 9, 1988 – Tolba gives “Warming Warning” speech at first IPCC meeting
November 9, 1991 – Australian TV station SBS shows demented ‘”Greenhouse Conspiracy” ‘documentary’