Essays In Civilisation and Belief

Ross Fardon writes essays like none you have read: The life convictions of a practitioner who has considered the worlds great scholars. What works what is true what lasts? He published nothing till his 70s as too young to know things. He draws on a long life of work from 8 to 78 in fourteen countries from labourer to CEO Director-General and chairman. He worked in farms shops as a minister of religion in mining oil newtech climate and soil formation environment and Aboriginal affairs big and little companies and the public service. He has consulted throughout Australia and in Fiji Mexico and USA. He has developed legislation in mining energy environment and Aboriginal Native Title and advised on legislation in six countries. For 40 years he was an executive innovator and reformer. He has studied with a passion management sciences history ethics philosophy environment art religions climate indigenous affairs and bushfires. He comes from a beautiful remote farm and remains a country boy. He also has a doctorate from Harvard in geology and geochemistry of land sea and air. He loves this Earth and studies the planets. He is an atheist who loves and supports wonderful Christians and lives to affirm (not too successfully) all that is good after doing necessary weeding in the hard world of human folly. As a scientist everything he writes is also a question to see if you have more truth and usefulness with your beliefs. He takes ideas management and civilisation seriously but himself somewhat less so. Sigh. His epitaph will be He tried. He died. In a blessed life he learnt as much from indigenous people in many lands as from great universities. Granddaughters help his life to remain a delight at 82. Now he is a carer. For his management career see ESSENTIAL Leadership and Management.