Articles by Dan Cass

About Dan Cass

Dan Cass worked for the country’s first climate change campaign group, Greenhouse Action Australia, in 1991. He had responsibility for sharing information over ‘The Internet’ and helping organise the ‘Greenhouse Action for the Nineties’ conference, co-hosted by the UN Environment Programme. Dan has worked in election campaign and communications management for the Australian Greens and Greenpeace Australia Pacific.

Dan graduated from History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Melbourne in 1994 and was appointed Curator of Science and Society at Museum Victoria in 1996.

He is currently developing a consultancy business in the area of ‘new energy’, which will launch late in 2009. His clients include solar and other new energy firms in Australia and overseas.

Dan enjoys books, an art collective called Damp, Sydney’s beaches, great coffee, ‘The Internet’ and yoga.


On the slow death of political TV: time for Ecocene TV

When anti-ecological spoilers waste TV air-time, this distracts us from solutions, damaging Australia’s competitiveness and undermining national security. So how about a solution?

Budget 09: fossil fuels exit-strategy mark one

Australians would be alarmed to know that their taxes go to multinational oil, gas and coal corporations but the budget papers do not contain any details, or Ministerial Statements explaining these.