A paddle out event in Tasmania this weekend has helped to focus the local communities attention on the threats to the states beaches from an oil spill.
It can be easy to dismiss the importance of caring for ourselves amid pressing threats to people and planet, but prioritising self-care is actually an investment in your activism.
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.