International Development Limited / Dupont / Groundwater Resources / State Bank of South Australia / /
Continent
Africa / Asia / /
Country
Pakistan / United States / Australia / United Kingdom / China / India / /
Currency
USD / /
EntertainmentAwardEvent
Oscar / /
Event
Environmental Issue / Natural Disaster / /
Facility
Food Policy Institute / Greenhouse Gas / International Water Management Institute / /
IndustryTerm
sustainable agricultural systems / energy intensive / cheaper food / chemical complications / efficiencies technologies / natural gas / sea-based food systems / highenergy infrastructure solutions / food / energy / www4.nas.edu/beyonddiscovery.nsf/web/ozone6 / real estate / belief systems / social systems / food production / food demand / oil rigs / sedentary land title systems / hydro-electricity / energy exporters / irrigation technology / energy output / mechanical solutions / underwriting Victorian real estate / /
Movie
Salt of the Earth / /
MusicAlbum
Water / Security / Food / /
NaturalFeature
Japanese seas / Thames / Great Barrier Reef / Indus / Murray / /
Organization
Food Policy Institute USA / National Science Foundation / International Water Management Institute Sri Lanka / Club of Rome / Australian Academy of Technology Science and Engineering / Australian Academy of Science Technology and Engineering / Crawford Fund for International Agricultural Research / Crawford Fund / International Water Management Institute / Saline Agriculture and New Halophyte Crops American Assn for the Advancement of Science / /
Person
John E Leake / James Lovelock / Mahatma Gandhi / Richard Dawkins / Paul Ehrlich / Jim Peacock / William Burroughs / William Osler / Cole P. Pers / Tim Flannery / /
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farmer / chef and the engine driver / General Systems Theory / head of the CSIRO division / water engineer / /
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Piet / /
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Western Australia / Punjab / South Australia / /
Region
South Australia / sub-Saharan Africa / south east Asia / fertile crescent / Middle East / Eastern United States / Central Asia / North China / Western Australia / South Eastern Australia / /
Salt of the Earth: Salt-Water and the Limits of Growth (The text of a talk given to the 2001 Adelaide Festival of Ideas by John E Leake) This talk although delivered some 10 years ago remains relevant; the current “iss