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Caring for yourself so you can care for the planet
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. |Via Lisa Olivia Therapy https://www.instagram.com/lisaoliveratherapy/|Alice Braga, Brazilian actress, visits the Sawré Muybu village to support the fight of the Munduruku people against a dam construction in…
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Bight expert report: ‘overconfidence precedes catastrophic failure’
Sydney, May 22, 2019: Sydney Environment Institute’s submission on Equinor’s Environmental Plan raises significant concerns that need urgent consideration by oil industry regulator NOPSEMA and the government, said Greenpeace Australia Pacific. The submission, authored by some of Australia’s leading petroleum industry experts, highlights an inadequate level of detail in Equinor’s plans to both prevent oil spills…
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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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Greenpeace welcomes ALP’s ‘moratorium’ on drilling in the Bight
SYDNEY, May 16, 2019: Greenpeace Australia Pacific has today welcomed the Labor Party’s new commitment that a Shorten Labor government would block Equinor’s oil drilling approval from proceeding in the Great Australian Bight until an independent scientific study into the impacts of an oil spill is completed.The independent study will be commissioned by the Federal…
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“I’m here to tell the truth”: Amelia, Townsville flood survivor
My name is Amelia. I am here with my husband just underneath the Sydney Harbour Bridge as part of the team on the ground who are taking a stand to tell the truth: we’re in a climate emergency.
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“This is the most important thing I can be doing”: Laura, Harbour Bridge climber
“We can’t stand by and let another year pass without pulling all the stops.” || HAPPENING NOW: Climbers have scaled the Sydney Harbour Bridge calling on Prime Minister Scott Morrison to declare a climate emergency. Catch all the action live now and add your name now. My name is Laura. I’m writing to you from beneath…
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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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10 Heartwarming Moments
Today’s current debate over climate change can leave us feeling a little low. News of climate catastrophe is everywhere, and the devastation is not just environmental. Eco-anxiety is understandable when we see that our natural world is in crisis. After all, we are part of this Earth and its natural life, aren’t we?