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Category: Recommendation

You think that’s funny?

30 August 2019 Mik Aidt Recommendation

Andy Shaw is a British writer for the Spectator and the co-founder and organiser of London’s free-speech comedy club, Comedy Unleashed. The first time I saw his tweet saying, “I have decided to lie down in the road until they stop climate change,” I didn’t catch the joke at all.

Open blogpost

Surf Coast Shire Council has declared a climate emergency

29 August 2019 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Local Geelong matters, Petition, Recommendation

In this video, Surf Coast community campaigner Alex Marshall explains why she is excited about her Council’s decision – and what she believes it will mean for children, youth and adult residents in the coastal municipality. Geelong Councillors ask: “What do you think Geelong?” Geelong Councillor Anthony Aitken wrote on

Open blogpost

Where are the adults?

2 August 2019 Mik Aidt Recommendation, World affairs

Will the adult world and their trade unions take up the strike challenge for the ‘Global Week For Future’ on 20 to 27 September 2019? In the lead up to Earth Strike on 27 September, the Swedish Fridays For Future group has written an open letter to the Swedish trade

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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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Reducing Victorias Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Submission to the Victorian government: Go early, go hard

15 July 2019 Mik Aidt Local Geelong matters, Recommendation

The following is Centre for Climate Safety’s submission to the Victorian Government, which has called for comments from the public on the targets it will soon set in regard to how fast or how slowly it should aim to reduce the state’s greenhouse gas emissions. This is probably one of

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Thrive for future

16 June 2019 Mik Aidt Local Geelong matters, Recommendation One comment

This is “Extinction Rebellion for Kids” – meaning: Let’s talk about how we will win, and not about how we are losing. On 5 July 2019 at 11am at Geelong City Hall: Photo shoot and animal dress up. The recipe for winning requires an unprecedented mix of optimism and realism:

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Primal roar for the climate

Primal roar for the climate

12 June 2019 Mik Aidt Local Geelong matters, Recommendation One comment

Dissatisfied, frustrated, angry, scared or feeling blue about the complete failure of our elected leaders when it comes to adequately addressing the existential threat that the climate emergency now confronts us with? Then join Caroline Danaher at Geelong city hall on Fridays in June and July 2019 in the hour

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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 crisis when our politicians won’t. → Join or host a

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No one is coming to save us. Mass civil disobedience is essential to force a political response

26 April 2019 Mik Aidt Recommendation, World affairs

“It is our responsibility to act with clear urgency to protect the planet and all its inhabitants. We are rebelling for life, for our future, for the future of all species.”~ Extinction Rebellion “From this moment despair ends and tactics begin. Despair is the infantile disorder of the revolutionaries of

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Charging a youth-driven decarboniser revolution

14 March 2019 Mik Aidt Educational, Recommendation One comment

Briefing paper for youth climate strike speakers Published on www.fridaysforfuture.org/how: How to climate strike If you are one of the courageous teenagers who’ll be taking the microphone on Friday to inspire hundreds or thousands of your peers about what we need to do now, here’s some strategic advice from Centre

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Recent Posts

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