In the Sydney Morning Herald on 17 June, Ainslie MacGibbon wrote about the waste disposal systems of a consumer hungry society. For those who missed the Animal in Art Lecture at Western Plains Cultural Centre on 18 June and my reference to her line about "birds are near the end of a long list of victims of over-consumption", then here is the link to the article.
http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/here-lie-remnants-of-throwaway-lives-20090616-cghh.html
If birds are an indicator of the health of our environment, then drunken parrots and overfed, disheveled cockatoos are a sad reminder that all is not right. Given that it is estimated that 60% of the world's population will be living in urban environments by 2030 we have to find a more sustainable, earth-friendly way of dealing with high tech, material cast offs. The coming broadscale introduction of digital television (and radio) and rapid developments in computer and mobile technologies are making the race to find solutions to our waste problems critical.
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