It is as much of a taboo as if we were talking about sex: Who will you be voting for in the election? Some people keep it a secret, and there can be good reasons for that, in particular when you are in business or in an organisation, or in
Category: Recommendation
Climate questions to Geelong candidates
At election time, there are so many scorecards and interest groups coming out to spoon-feed you and tell you who to vote for. The group of volunteers behind the Geelong Community Survey 2020 has produced a candidate survey, which they hope will empower you to make up your own mind.
Climate strikers: “Fund our future – not gas”
Geelong school students and climate activists will mobilise on Friday 25 September 2020 at 11:00am under the banner ‘Fund Our Future – Not Gas’ in the first major protest since lock-down. The online protest rally will be held on Zoom and then live-streamed on Facebook. It will include interactive chanting
Questions to your local election candidates
11 points and 14 questions for Councils to reduce household gas demand
The next few decades are going to feel like falling in love
“The next few decades are going to feel like falling in love, setting aside everything you thought you knew and trusting that you’ll end up in a radically different place you never could have achieved on your own,” says meteorologist and climate reporter Eric Holthaus.
Moving the needle towards a green recovery
The Sustainable Business Hour podcast with clippings from The Tunnel – about #ClimateEmergency, #MillionJobsPlan, #GreenRecovery and Big Oil’s move towards #ZeroCarbon
Promising results from a citizens’ climate convention
Citizens’ Climate Conventions – also known as citizens’ assemblies on climate – are emerging as the new norm for legitimate and quality decision-making in many democratic forums around the world. Is the climate movement paying attention?
Geelong’s religious response to climate change
A new initiative presents an opportunity to work with others of faith in responding to the climate crisis in the Geelong region. The Australian Religious Response to Climate Change (ARRCC) is a national interfaith network coordinating faith based climate action on a number of fronts. To help getting faith-based climate
Bryony Edwards: Run as a climate candidate
The 24th Regenerative Hour features excerpts from a zoom-presentation by climate emergency candidate Bryony Edwards from CACE and professor Will Steffen from Australia National University and the Climate Council, along with excerpts from Greta Thunberg’s ‘Summer Talk 2020’
Humans unite
A bigger-than-usual alliance of organisations and climate activist NGOs is aspiring to change human history, nothing less. And we are all invited to be part of it. Find out how you can contribute to the COUNTDOWN.