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  • #7 - Techno-Fix

    Welcome to the seventh issue of SHIFT magazine! 2015 is bound to be a year for change, innovation and progress – but in what direction, and to whose benefit? And will it be for better or for worse. As we ponder, let’s kick off the year with an issue dedicated to technology, where the technophile, the techno-fix, and the technophobe all go under the microscope in SHIFT’s first installment for 2015.
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Issue #7 - Techno-Fix

letter from the editor

Letter from the SHIFT team #7

Welcome to the seventh issue of SHIFT magazine! Let’s kick off the year with an issue dedicated to technology, where the technophile, the techno-fix, and the technophobe all go under the microscope in SHIFT’s first installment for 2015.

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World News Digest – Issue #7

The SHIFT team has trawled through hundreds of news sources and stories, turning up our bullshit filter to maximum volume, to bring you December and January’s global affairs highlights…

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CR File: Wyong Sun Orchid

John Oliver investigates what is driving the decline of the extremely rare Wyong sun orchid, and what measures are required to bring this beautiful species back from the brink of extinction.

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Under the Spell of Technology

Dave Gardner examines the allure of the techno-fix, the law of unintended consequences, and our very definition of ‘progress’.

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Geoengineering: A Techno-Fix Solution for the Climate?

Guy McPherson takes aim at the most grandiose technological fix in human history: geoengineering the climate.

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Financing the Resilient Economy

Theo Kitchener explores practical ways to kickstart the resilient economy of the future, using dormant superannuation funds to leverage sustainable, local businesses.

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Unfriending the Anthropocene

Anneke Vo examines the social media revolution and asks whether it has fulfilled its promise to connect us and make our lives more efficient, or whether it has added to our stress.

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Changemaker Profile: Ozzie Zehner’s Green Illusions

An academic who doesn’t stake his career on pleasing the establishment, Ozzie Zehner dares to put forth a down to earth and rigorously scientific response to our culture’s obsession with technological fixes.

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Technology’s False Hope

Dave Pollard critiques the often false sense of hope that technological innovation brings, and considers how life will look after the age of oil is over.

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What is the Ideal Toolkit for Humanity?

Sean Crawley unpacks our culture’s technophile attitude toward innovation and the notion of ‘progress’, and considers which elements of technology we really should consider integral to our survival.

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Top 10: Low-Tech Innovations

Here we devote a little attention to some of the unsung heroes of low-tech innovation that have qualitatively improved lives worldwide beyond measure, and in some cases have saved many as well.

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Love in the Age of Ecological Apocalypse – SHIFT preview, Part 2

Carolyn Baker’s upcoming book, Love in the Age of Ecological Apocalypse, is due to hit bookstore shelves in March 2015. Meanwhile, SHIFT readers are treated to a sneak-preview….

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The Labour-Saving Paradox

Kari McGregor delves into our love-affair with labour-saving technologies, and questions the extent to which our attempts at reducing our workload have really made our lives better.

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Reviews: Movies that Matter

With information reaching saturation point it can be hard to know where to start with your to-watch list. SHIFT’s Movies that Matter film reviews help you decide what’s worthy of your precious time.

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Day in the Life of a Downshifter

Justin Nigh kicks off SHIFT’s new Day in the Life of a Downshifter column by letting us in on some of the secrets of his own downshifted life.

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