The Wire

Three years ago in café in Melbourne, then environmental reporter for The Age, Liz Minchin, and CSIRO Scientist Donna Green, were expressing their frustration over a jug of sangria. The source of their frustration? The lack of practical information for everyday Australians on what they can do about climate change. Fast forward three years – and in a café in Adelaide, I’m talking to Liz Minchin about the book that came out of that conversation. “Screw Lightbulbs – smarter ways to save Australians time and money”, has just been launched – and attempts to fill the gap in climate change “how to” books between dense scientific tomes and policies advising us to simply change our light globes.