Again, I am taken by how similar our two countries are in some ways--particularly with regards to the refusal to respect and listen to its native people and the mismanagement of naturally dry environments.
This is a very relevant issue in our times. The western US faces many of the same issues as Australia does regarding water, drought, overgrazing, raging fires and (when the rain does come) torrential floods and erosion.
The rest of the country is laughing and pointing at us in CA, where (in spite of the rolling blackouts) a portion of our state burns yet again. They seem to think we specifically brought it on ourselves, which is ludicrous. These environmental issues are a consequences of mistakes made at
every level of society and government, just as are the worsening hurricane seasons, floods, and tornado outbreaks that affect other parts of the US--not to mention the famines, disease outbreaks, and droughts affecting other parts of the Globe.
And we want to dig up more oil and plunder more water and
ignore the protests of the people whose sovereignty is being ignored in these decisions.
We all need more people with wisdom like Bruce Shillingsworth's.