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Category: World affairs

UK doctor on hunger strike for more action on climate

27 July 2019 Mik Aidt World affairs

Dr Clifford Kendall is a UK trained doctor who has worked largely in South Africa since 2010. On 14 July 2019, he started a hunger strike outside the UK Parliament to push for more aggressive action on the climate and

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Business leaders declare a climate emergency

17 July 2019 Mik Aidt Recommendation, World affairs One comment

On 20 May, Dale Vince, an entrepreneur and founder of the renewable energy utilities firm Ecotricity, publicly declared a climate emergency for his company with a pledge to upgrade the company’s current sustainability commitments to become a carbon-neutral business by 2025

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Juggling with the ‘It’s-already-too-late’ syndrome

2 July 2019 Mik Aidt Commentary, Educational, World affairs

“I have had a big blue fear since I heard in a speech that for Planet Earth, it was too late. I felt collapsed for 15 seconds.”~ Brice Pascal Abbey In an era of global ecological destruction, climate change is

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Leader of 1.3 billion Catholics declares a climate emergency

15 June 2019 Mik Aidt World affairs

“Faced with a climate emergency, we must take action accordingly, in order to avoid perpetrating a brutal act of injustice towards the poor and future generations,” said Pope Francis

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600 climate emergency declarations: the emergence of a global referendum

8 June 2019 Mik Aidt World affairs

This week I received an email from Janine O’Keeffe titled ‘Climate Emergency Declarations and fear for democracy’ with this question: “Hi Mik,Some countries have fears about the climate emergency declarations being used for non-democratic purposes. Can this include democratic mobilisation

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Biggest ever global #ClimateStrike announced

6 June 2019 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Local Geelong matters, Recommendation, World affairs

To everyone who cares about climate safety and climate justice for all of us, this is your invitation to join the Global #ClimateStrike on 20 September 2019 – millions of people around the world standing up to confront the climate

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Caroline Danaher’s direct action quest for the climate

30 May 2019 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Local Geelong matters, World affairs

A 75-year-old Australian pensioner got inspired by a 15-year Swedish teenager, and hear what happened next… 30-minute radio documentary by The Sustainable Hour on 94.7 The Pulse about Caroline Danaher’s direct action quest in Geelong, Australia. This is the story

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I hereby declare The Story as changed

21 May 2019 Mik Aidt Educational, World affairs

The strategy of getting more councils and governments to declare a climate emergency is changing the story. Why is that important?

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“Everything must change:” Drone action with picnic at Heathrow Airport

20 May 2019 Mik Aidt World affairs

Video from three EU election candidates’ press conference at Heathrow Airport in United Kingdom, calling for Heathrow Airport to pause all flights.

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#ClimateStrike: Unprecedented youth mobilisation around the world

9 May 2019 Mik Aidt Educational, World affairs

Friday 3 May 2019 was a Climate Election Day of Action in 75 locations across Australia, where thousands of students left their schools in order to pay their local federal politicians a visit instead, as a contribution to the #climateelection

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Recent Posts

  • The key of empathy: climate action with kindness and courage
  • Court: If you dig it up, you own the damage
  • Open letter to Viva Energy – about gas, jobs and Geelong’s future
  • Involving citizens in the green transition is key
  • Gas expansion versus people-powered change
  • Business sector to demystify the three letters of ESG
  • Beyond the words: What happens after a climate emergency is declared?
  • Be the demand and the shift will follow
  • Climate Café – monthly gatherings in Geelong
  • The world we get is the one we demand
  • From collapse to coherence: In preparation for what is coming
  • Will we need the robots to save us from ourselves?
  • Crafting climatesafe communities
  • The universal language of our transformation: art
  • From extraction to action: a plan to phase out fossil fuels
  • Growing climate communities with soil, soul, Indigenous wisdom – and banks
  • You, me & democracy: a vote for bullying or for kindness
  • The climate crisis is an inequality crisis
  • How to vote card Corangamite and Corio – 2025 federal election climate guide
  • A voice to Australia’s silent climate majority
  • Play your part and vote the difference
  • Community Independent calls out ‘bike path stunt’ in Corangamite campaign
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  • Clean up in the morass of clean energy misinformation
  • Earth Day reflections from the heart
  • Democracy reimagined: rebuilding trust
  • Unlocking the green transition in Australia
  • Community Independent Kate Lockhart’s plan for clean energy and climate integrity
  • Tribute to the Earth – on Monday in Geelong
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  • A 25c pre-election bribe: don’t fall for it
  • Why the fossil fuel party line still rules Canberra
  • Charged up for climate – and the ballot box
  • Election announcement from Centre for Climate Safety
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