Kunal Luthra
Kwong Lee Dow Young Scholar Class of 2009, Year 12, Melbourne High School
Kwong Lee Dow Young Scholars Essay Competition Winner
The fear surrounding climate change is one that transcends generational gaps and national boundaries. For many young Australians, it is perceived as an issue that should be at the forefront of decision making at all [...]
Anil Yasar Zirek
Kwong Lee Dow Young Scholars Class of 2010, Year 11, Isik College (Upfield Campus)
Kwong Lee Dow Young Scholars Essay Competition Winner
On the 5th of July 1687, Sir Isaac Newton published his 3rd Law of Motion: “To every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.” Though Newton’s laws may have only pertained to physics, [...]
Julianna Rozek
Kwong Lee Dow Young Scholar Class of 2009, Buckley Park College
Kwong Lee Dow Young Scholars Essay Competition Runner-up
Before we go plummeting into ‘clean’ coal and sustainable solutions to everything, we must first understand where we went wrong. Where we as a human race have overstepped our boundaries. Did it begin with discovering the usefulness [...]
Amanda Fung
Kwong Lee Dow Young Scholar Class of 2009, Year 12, Presbyterian Ladies’ College
Kwong Lee Dow Young Scholars Essay Competition Runner-up
In 2007 the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released their fourth assessment report, concluding that: ‘Warming of the climate system is unequivocal; Humans are very likely to be causing most of the warming that [...]
Zachary Harte
Kwong Lee Dow Young Scholar Class of 2010, Gisborne Secondary College
Kwong Lee Dow Young Scholars Essay Competition Runner-up
“Australia is undeniably on the sharp end of climate change. The implications are serious for its economy and living standards. Coping with climate change is going to bring substantial cultural changes in its wake.”
Climate change: irregular [...]