Sharing solutions that make the climate safer and our communities more liveable
Are you willing to take a pledge to help tackle climate change and raise awareness? Friends of the Earth have developed a campaign that will do just this, it’s called ‘The Green Pledge’. The Green Pledge involves taking five personal commitments for one week to limit your carbon emissions to
‘Fracking’ is moving in — very possibly to an area near you. People all over the planet are protesting against it. In the UK, Germany, Norway, Denmark, Poland, Romania, Argentina, South Africa, and also increasingly in the United States and Canada where fracking has been going on for years. In
Have you ever considered taking a climate leave? Going on climate leave works in the same way as when going on parental leave. You take time off from work to do something good – in this case not for a newborn child, but for the planet. Something that benefits everyone.
The solution is clear: cheaper, renewable energy in a fossil fuel free world. To become part of that solution we must all educate ourselves – along with those who are dear to us – so we can make the right choices. Here is a booklet which contains inspiration and ideas
Could this ‘Wise Response’ appeal from New Zealand show a model which could be copy-pasted and translated in your country? Tackling the threats of climate change by transitioning our society to a zero-carbon energy production really shouldn’t be a political question at all. The consequences of our carbon pollution and
I posted this to the Australian Climate Change Authority today – just before deadline which is today, 29 November. You can do it too. Dear Climate Change Authority, Thank you for doing this extremely important work and for allowing us to comment on the Draft Report of your Targets and
Where are the really good sustainable ideas for teachers and students? Did you hear about the “sustainanator”-idea from Geelong East Primary School? (If not, listen here or see below on this page). Could that be an idea which other schools would like to replicate? Do you have an idea which
Now, listen. In from Canada comes this scientist and environmentalist with a ‘Carbon Manifesto’ and the kind of speech on youtube which makes him stand out as one of that kind of climate crisis leaders humanity as a whole has been missing in this last decade where politicians have allowed
‘The Way Forward’ – “This is home…” Published on youtube.com on 22 October 2013. » The different segments of the hour-long Internet-broadcast ‘The Cost of Carbon’, covering six continents, are being uploaded on youtube.com here: youtube.com/user/ClimateReality ‘The Cost of Carbon’. Published on youtube.com on 22 October 2013. ‘24 Hours of Reality:
Kelly O’Shanassy from Environment Victoria warns against the plans of the Victorian Government to dig up 13 billion tonnes of the most emissions-intensive coal to be burnt overseas. She calls it a “state-subsidised invasion by the coal industry”. “These export plans will be a nightmare for regional and coastal families,