Climate crime and accountability: Professor Richard Parncutt has calculated the amount of coal-smoke it takes to indirectly kill one person. Michael Staindl is taking Australia’s Treasurer Josh Frydenberg to court.
Tag: climate emergency
‘Time for citizens to act’ – climate history
“Time for politicians to act”, said the scientists more than four decades ago. However the politicians at the time didn’t think it was time. As this blogpost documents, through more than half a century, we – humanity, but in particular: our elected leaders and business leaders – have knowingly chosen to
To address the emergency we must fix our democracy
Guest in The Sustainable Hour on 16 October 2019 is Mike Lawrence, and we talk with Susanna Bevilacqua about the Ethical Enterprise Conference
Extinction Rebellion in Geelong: Tell the truth
Mik Aidt’s speech at Extinction Rebellion Geelong’s die-in on Malop Street on 12 October 2019.
Grown and gathered solutions in a disrupted climate
While a Spring Rebellion disrupts Melbourne, author Matt Purbrick meets one of his readers, Megan Blair, for a talk about ‘Grown & Gathered’ and ‘The Village’
THE REGENERATIVE HOUR: Preparing to go red or blue
A Regenerative Hour with Melbourne-based climate emergency campaigner Adrian Whitehead about the participant-run gathering Red and Blue
#ExtinctionRebellion: This is what democracy looks like
7 October 2019 marked the beginning of the Global Rebellion. A video report from the streets of Melbourne
Sustainable community knowledge festival and a citizens’ rebellion
7 October marks the beginning of the Global Rebellion against extinction – 13 October is Sustainable House Day in Geelong
Leadership comes from the youth
Guest in The Sustainable Hour on 25 September 2019 is Lachie Chomley from The Farm Next Door in Norlane.
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