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“I am somebody. You are somebody. And together we are powerful.” – Sanja, Geelong Break Free Group
“As a community, we need to come together and show the council that we care; that we will do what it takes to rescue our beautiful beaches, wetlands, our farms, and our homes.” “I am somebody. You are somebody. And together we are powerful! We can be the change that’s needed, to create the world…
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Unanimously carried: an emotional moment – Jason, Mornington Peninsula
On Tuesday 13th August 2019, the Mornington Peninsula Shire Council unanimously voted to declare a climate emergency. Not only did each councillor vote to support the motion, but each took the opportunity to voice strong support for this action, to stress the importance of timely and ambitions activity to combat climate change, and to highlight…
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“The climate revolution has begun in our communities”: Jasione’s Story
“With the tears came a renewed resolve. I told myself: we simply don’t have time to wait for them. And we won’t.” Jasione with her kids collecting signatures for her campaign.|Jasione with her kids collecting signatures for her campaign.||Image credit: Above Photography My heart broke on the 18th of May. It was supposed to be…
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The passing of Steve Sawyer: Greenpeace IED 1988 – 1993
Steve Sawyer passed on 31 July, 2019 shortly after he was diagnosed with lung cancer. He was the Senior Policy Advisor at the Global Wind Energy Council. For over 10 years as the organisation’s General Secretary, Steve tirelessly represented the wind industry and worked to convince governments to adopt wind as the solution to growing…
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Proposed Great Australian Bight audit fails on multiple fronts
SYDNEY, 2 July 2019. The Federal Government has decided that the adequacy of regulation surrounding offshore drilling will be ‘out of scope’ of an audit to be carried out on Norwegian oil giant Equinor’s plans to drill for oil in the Great Australian Bight, a document released yesterday revealed. The audit of the National Offshore…
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What if we treated our oceans like they matter?
The seas provide half of our oxygen, and food for a billion people. Let’s give them the protection they deserve. Humpback whale with young (Megapetra noveangliae). Buckelwal (Megapetra noveangliae). Under the restless surface of our seas, hundreds of miles from land, there’s a world of giants and hunters; ancient lifeforms and lost cities. These waters…
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A new political climate. Where to from here?
Australia can still have a flourishing future. The government is not the country. Huge amounts of climate action can occur outside of what the Commonwealth government does. Cities, towns, states, territories, businesses, institutions of all kinds… all of these can take action. Students in Vienna went on the street to strike, demonstrate and demand politicians…
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Climate Election 2019: Where the parties stand
Checking in on the parties’ policies on coal closure, clean energy, environment and oil drilling in the Bight The day before an election is a nail-biting time, and especially when this election is definitively the climate election. We’ve got a handy scorecard to help you suss out where the parties stand on some key climate…
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Climate emergency warning from Sydney Harbour Bridge
SYDNEY, May 14, 2019 – Greenpeace supporters have occupied the Sydney Harbour Bridge to demand that Prime Minister Scott Morrison declare a climate emergency. Specialist trained climbers have abseiled from the iconic structure. The protestors are joined on the ground by Australians from across the country who have had their lives turned upside down by…
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An Open Letter from the Ocean Elders
The Bight is an extraordinary marine environment: Will you protect it from dangerous oil drilling? A group of Ocean Elders including Richard Branson, Jane Goodall, Gerry Lopez, and Her Majesty Queen Noor of Jordan, as well as three Australian Nobel Laureates have today written to Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Opposition Leader Bill Shorten…