My wife and I attended the first policy speech by Federal Opposition Leader Tony Abbott at the Sydney Institute last Thursday evening. I was impressed with the way Mr Abbott drew upon the goodwill and voluntary service of thousands of Australians in the matter of taking care of our environment.

I thought it was a realistic and practical way for all of us to deal with the massive concept of climate change.

It pointed to ways we could actually participate in helping Australia to realistically face the global climate change issue, as opposed to talking about melting glaciers, problematic hotting up or cooling down of world temperatures, and so forth. Here is something we can get our hands on and do something about, instead of waffle on about big ideas that may or may not be what they are claimed to be. What do you think?