Michelle Hunt is one of our new interns working on public engagement. She’s been busy organising a series of public talks on climate change lined up for June and July.
I started my internship with Greenpeace six weeks ago wanting to make a real difference by being proactive in the environmental movement. To be honest, […]
It’s a day on from my initial report back on the budget and I’ve been trying to make sure I’m not getting carried away with the size of the renewable energy funding. After years of budgets being handed down that do the square root of not much for real climate solutions, I’m naturally inclined to […]
I’ve had quite a lot of time to contemplate tonight’s federal budget, having spent four hours in the Treasury lock-up with papers open to pages numbering into the 300s and a confused look on my face shouting: “WHAT? … HUH? … OK, so it’s $100 coming from this department, but only allocated after the first […]
It might not carry the same grandeur, excitement and anticipation as other annual events like Christmas, Melbourne Cup Day or New Year’s Eve, but the Federal Budget each May is one of those events that not only captures much of our attention, but sucks up our cash and often leaves us feeling a little bit […]
Our society faces the collision of two tectonic plates. The Global Financial Mess (GFM) is resulting in growing job losses around the world and the global financial system, despite massive public bailouts, is still teetering on the edge of further collapse. This has collided with the much deeper and more profound crisis of climate change. […]
Multi-lateral efforts to promote renewable energy, and overcome the barriers to deployment, have intensified recently, with the establishment of a new global body. The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) aims to become “the main driving force in promoting a rapid transition towards the widespread and sustainable use of renewable energy on a global scale”. Sounds great, unfortunately […]
Kevin and Barack had their first conversation yesterday. As well as discussing the G.F.C. they also discussed closer cooperation on the climate crisis and agreed both countries should work closely together in preparation for the next United Nations meeting on the post-Kyoto framework in Copenhagen later this year.
There was no mention of them discussing how […]
Today was a blast from the past, when I presented a session of the University of Sydney summer school’s program on peace and the environment. They were a mixed bunch of post-grads from various continents and walks of life, including a Canadian Greenpeace activist who had tried to stop the berthing of a US […]
Barack Obama has won the election and will go on to make history, as the first black President of the USA. The planet will sigh with relief because President Obama has a clear electoral mandate on the biggest issue in the world, stopping dangerous climate change.
Our own ‘change generation’ PM, Kevin Rudd, is now under […]