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Helen Camakaris

Helen Camakaris

Democracy is failing to tackle the climate crisis

The structures of democracy must change in order for the world to overcome crises such as climate change, writes Dr Helen Camakaris.

4 min readApr 18, 2022

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Democracy is failing to tackle the climate crisis

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Helen Camakaris

Evolution’s Paradox: Why We Ignore Climate Change

Humankind has much to celebrate. Our intellect has taken us to the moon, deciphered the code that defines us and created sublime works of…

4 min readJun 18, 2021

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Evolution’s Paradox: Why We Ignore Climate Change

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Helen Camakaris

Masters of the Anthropocene: Choosing our Future

The human race is staggering relentlessly toward catastrophe. We have now exceeded the planetary boundaries in at least three of nine…

4 min readJun 18, 2021

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Masters of the Anthropocene: Choosing our Future

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Helen Camakaris

Evolutionary Mismatch, Partisan Politics, and Climate Change: A Tragedy in Three Acts

Climate change is the quintessential Tragedy of the Commons1 problem of our time. We are collectively exploiting the world’s resources and…

8 min readJun 15, 2021

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Evolutionary Mismatch, Partisan Politics, and Climate Change: A Tragedy in Three Acts

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Helen Camakaris

The Poisoned Chalice: Genetic heritage, future demise

First published in Meanjin Quarterly (Summer 2011) 70 (4): 50–57 and online at…

16 min readAug 30, 2020

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Don’t trust your Stone Age brain: it’s unsustainable

First published in The Conversation in 2012

4 min readJul 13, 2020

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Don’t trust your Stone Age brain: it’s unsustainable

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Helen Camakaris

A ‘Council for the Future’ could break Australia’s climate paralysis

How little things have changed in the last six years. Back in 2013 I wrote an article for The Conversation called “ Wanted: political…

4 min readMay 15, 2019

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A ‘Council for the Future’ could break Australia’s climate paralysis

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Half-baked and out of time

How do we escape our evolutionary shortcomings to avoid climate catastrophe?

9 min readAug 28, 2015

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Half-baked and out of time

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Helen Camakaris

Wanted: political leader with a vision for a sustainable future

A sustainable future remains within our grasp but — thanks to the way human brains work — only governments can implement many of the…

4 min readAug 28, 2013

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Wanted: political leader with a vision for a sustainable future

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Helen Camakaris

Helen Camakaris

Helen writes popular science exploring the nexus between evolutionary psychology, sustainability and climate change, and hopes to contribute to new solutions.

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