James Samuel

I put facilitating the buying and selling of land, in the same basket as brokers trading on the stock market. Neither contribute much to the general well-being of the community in which they operate. I don’t believe that any cash benefit to the community, of selling Waiheke land (and homes) to the highest bidder, has outweighed the detrimental effects of the changes that have come about, albeit as unintended consequences.

Every time I hear the estimates of how much is entering the sea each day, they seem to increase. A government panel of scientists said that the ruptured well is leaking between 1.47 million and 2.52 million gallons of oil daily. Here’s an infographic to help put that in perspective. Updated Estimate: It could be [...]

I appreciate infographics, for the clarity they can bring to sometimes complex information, and yet, we risk losing sight of the fact that while it is huge disaster, there are bigger oil disasters in other parts of the world which are not getting the same attention.