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Some people are born with the necessary gift, and some work hard to build on the few gifts they have.
Peter Garrett
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Peter Garrett
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: April 19
Environmentalist
Human Rights Activist
Member Of The Australian House Of Representatives
Peace Activist
Politician
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Sydney
NSW
Peter Robert Garrett
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In our early period we pretty much survived or perished on our capacity to reach people, and on getting into the pattern of having no money and playing lots of shows.
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In particular, Australia, because of its ancient geography, soil profile and distinctive weather patterns, is more adversely affected by climate variability than some other continents.
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I don't blame my own parents for the way I grew up, as quite often there is little choice in these issues.
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Look, very clearly there are things that need to be done urgently in relation to climate change, and of those the most obvious is to have an enforceable and equitable arrangement delivering deep cuts in emissions into the middle of the century.
Peter Garrett
What generally happens in this county is that our politicians don't serve us well because they don't tell the truth, and they don't keep their promises.
Peter Garrett
The Pro-Life cause is the preeminent cause of our time, and this struggle between the gospel of life and the culture of death will determine the destiny of mankind.
Peter Garrett
It is now well understood that humans ultimately depend on the health of the planet for their wellbeing.
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I haven't chosen to make an issue of faith.
Peter Garrett
You don't want to spend your life explaining yourself.
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There was never going to be a right time for a band that was still recording and had health in its environment, had made a very good record and was playing well.
Peter Garrett
Recently though, our State Governments have discussed instigating a carbon trading scheme - the details are still to be decided - and that's an encouraging sign.
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The forces that are in play on climate change essentially revolve around the generation of power, the transportation of goods and services and people, and the sorts of materials that we use to fuel the whole of our civilisation.
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Life is very short be willing to serve.
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The challenge that climate change presents to us, both in Australia and around the world, won't be solved by ramping up the nuclear industry.
Peter Garrett
I believe the divine is part of the world, not in a pantheistic way but by way of the movement of the Spirit.
Peter Garrett
Well I'm not convinced that expanding uranium mining is in the best interests of the country and the best interests of its environment.
Peter Garrett
Our senses convey that all is not well with the natural world.
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This is the rollcall of evolution happening in the space of a few generations, the greatest loss of living things that make up our biodiversity since the disappearance of the dinosaurs.
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The place where the system and people's intentions meet is the political arena.
Peter Garrett
And given that there's been probably a ten-fold amount of information about terrorism through the media than there has about climate change I think that's quite an interesting statistic.
Peter Garrett
