Climate

By Charlie

When things happen or situations crop up that raise an eyebrow, or cause a smile or simple appreciation, they are often the catalyst for one of Charlie's doodles. He finds putting writing them frees his mind to get on with something else.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris AU
• Release date: May 5, 2021
• ISBN: 9781664104853

Charlie

Born and raised in UK, Charlie is an engineer who likes sailing and music (Cello). He has lived around the world and is now happily married and living in Adelaide. He has two children and 5 grandchildren.

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Copyright © 2021 by Charlie.

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Contents

Climate

A Life

The Galah

Worse . . .

Two hands

Move

Waves

It could be soon

Having to move

Communal sky

Change

The Sea

About

The new world

Water

Food

Time

Difference

The crime of all time

To win

That Single command

Metastable Oz

Precise

New fleets

Kindness.

That Corridor

Oppression

People

Daydream

holes

Duty

Both aware

Newtopia

Perhaps . . . if

Change

The silver lining

Freedom

Silent advice

Diesel genocide

You can

A better world.

Equal

Climate

The iceberg, struck by the Titanic

-  at full speed,

opened her side

like a tin opener.

She was doomed,

and sank.

Killing 1,516

of the 2,229 people aboard.

Today, the good ship earth

is on a collision course,

of a different,

but no less lethal kind.

Our speed is now measured -

In tons of CO2 emitted,

temperature rise,

numbers flooded by sea water,

kids killed by dirty water,

and those starving.

ALL are rising.

And exactly the same as