7 October 2019 marked the beginning of the Global Rebellion. A video report from the streets of Melbourne
Tag: action
Geelong: Support proposed climate emergency declaration this Tuesday
Support Councillor Sarah Mansfield’s motion to declare a climate emergency for Geelong by being present at Council’s meeting on Tuesday at Geelong City Hall. Councillor Sarah Mansfield’s proposed climate emergency declaration motion can be seen on page 129 in the agenda for Geelong Council’s meeting on Tuesday evening. A large
What will you do for the youth on 20 September?
“It’s hard not to feel despair at headlines full of fires, floods, hurricanes, and droughts. But the science tells us we still have time to turn it around if governments listen to the people, instead of the oil and gas lobbies. We’ve already pulled off some of the biggest climate
Race against extinction: When hope fails, action begins
“Many of us all around the world have had enough, and we are rebelling.”
~ Professor David A Hood AM
Help make our community’s climate action more visible
The Victorian parliament is wanting inputs on how our communities are responding to the existential threat of climate breakdown. They would like to hear about which actions people and organisations in the local communities are taking to reduce emissions in an effort to limit the magnitude of long-term global warming
UK doctor on hunger strike for more action on climate
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 ecological emergency. He writes: “The world is a complicated place,
The climate emergency declaration hour
The Sustainable Hour’s special one-hour report on the global movement of local governments declaring a climate emergency
Stop the car and get out
Clippings from the news stream about individual action on climate change “There is research showing that climate change is happening faster than we thought. We’re in a car hurtling towards the edge of a cliff, we’ve got our foot on the accelerator, and we’re just talking to each other, faffing
Inter-generational journey towards falling in love with Earth
The Sustainable Hour no 273 with Margie Abbott, Lauren Sandemen, and Elizabeth Meiler
Primal roar for the climate
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