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Author: Web Editor

Life after growth requires closer relationship to natural resources

23 December 2016 Web Editor Commentary

Migration to the cities of the world and declining respect for craftsmanship has distanced us from nature. When people no longer live close to nature or work with its resources, they lose respect for it. This has paved the way

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Our coal fired power stations: Shut them down!

28 October 2016 Web Editor Australian matters, Commentary, Petition One comment

Submission to the Committee Secretary, Re: Retirement of coal fired power stations It’s time to get serious about the climate emergency and start shutting down coal fired power stations. There is no more time to pander to the coal industry,

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Tangible climate change action through divestment

29 September 2016 Web Editor Educational, Local Geelong matters

In 2016, the national Divestment Day in Australia was on 7 October, and action took place in Geelong as well, with customers of the four big banks closing their bank accounts, moving over to banks which are not closely knitted

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USA: Democratic Party platform recognises the climate emergency

24 July 2016 Web Editor World affairs

In Orlando, USA, on 9 July 2016, the platform committee of the Democratic Party added language into their platform acknowledging the official position of the Democratic Party to be that we are in a global climate emergency. Russell Greene wrote:

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Help build support for a climate emergency declaration

3 May 2016 Web Editor Australian matters, Petition One comment

Climate Emergency Petitionstorm Mobilising public and private resources to restore a safe climate for the common good In February 2016, global temperatures spiked to well over 1.5°C above pre-industrial times, just weeks after the Paris resolution aimed at not exceeding

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Dear environment minister, it’s time for simple logic to dictate your policies

30 March 2016 Web Editor Australian matters, Petition

Jackray Black wrote on 29 March 2016: Last night in the middle of the night I woke and couldn’t go back to sleep, ruminating on the low point we witnessed last night on ABC Television. Greg Hunt, in response to

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100% electric car driving school in Geelong

Recent Posts

  • Costs we don’t cover and the prices we pay
  • Emissions keep increasing. Does the climate movement need new strategies?
  • Climate actions: hard and soft
  • Heidi Fog: The Sustainable Endpoint
  • Scientists in the climate emergency: “To the streets!”
  • Submission: Feedback on Victoria’s emissions reduction targets for 2035
  • Finding our voice: Bridging arts, advertising and activism
  • Clean-up time in a more unified Australia
  • How to put climate first in the Senate
  • Unleashing the power of music
  • How you put climate first in the 2022 federal election
  • Faith leaders voting for the climate
  • Highlights of EV and circular living show
  • The green wave
  • Growing to composting
  • Global call for unity: Standing with the world on our shoulders
  • Youth lifting their voices in Earth Week: We are the future
  • Same isn’t safe
  • Geelong gas hub ‘moral and economic madness’
  • Climate suffrage: Arrests of three women
  • Rally against gas terminal in Geelong
  • Two important climate-events in Geelong
  • Actions from the classroom
  • The electric dream come true
  • #BreaktheBias: The Climate Hour
  • For heaven’s sake: We all share this atmosphere
  • Gas in one hand, carbon-neutral in the other
  • Voices of Corangamite sets out to regenerate our democracy
  • Spark of the climate revolution
  • Walking the talk with spades and sweat
  • From deep despair to deep collaboration
  • Elite sports waking Australia up to the climate crisis
  • Songs for the climate revolution of 2022
  • Save the planet? Preschoolers are ready!
  • Community action through deep listening

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