See Ian Lowe and Satyajit Das at this year’s Mt Beauty Writers’ Festival.
Ian Lowe has long been recognised as a leading climate change scientist.
He’s President of the Australian Conservation Foundation, emeritus professor of science, technology and society at Griffith University, an adjunct professor at Flinders and Sunshine Coast Universities, and the author or co-author of 20 books, including Quarterly Essay 27: Reaction Time – Climate Change and the Nuclear Option, A Big Fix: Radical Solutions for Australia’s Environmental Crisis and Long Half-life – The Nuclear Industry in Australia.
Satyajit Das is a former banker, recognized as one of the world’s leading financial thinkers.
He is the author of numerous books, including Traders, Guns & Money, Extreme Money, Banquet of Consequences and Fortune’s Fool.
His latest work is Wild Quests: Journeys into Ecotourism and the Future for Animals.
Together with his partner Jade Novakovic, he has seen many of the planet’s emblematic mammals, nearly 5,000 species of birds and more.
Das is a regular festival guest and media commentator, and he appeared in the Oscar-winning documentary Inside Job.