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Tools for Grassroots Activism
Everything you need to run a powerful movement for next to nothing! Running a grassroots campaign or starting a movement online can be intimidating, but there are so many great tools available to help you get started. Here are our top picks from the world of online grassroots activism. Not only are these platforms all…
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An ode to my nieces
I have two little nieces, aged one and four, the daughters of my twin sister. They are very cheeky and can apparently be quite exhausting. They love building things and knocking them down again, they love singing and dancing, and teasing each other, and spraying water on people and things around them. They really love…
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OPEN LETTER: The NCCC’s false claims to have consulted with environment groups
The Hon. Scott MorrisonPrime Minister of AustraliaPO Box 6022Canberra ACT 2600
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Environmental defenders and investors lash Nev Power’s compromised Covid-19 commission over consultation lies
SYDNEY, June 18 2020 – Greenpeace and five environmental and investor groups have lodged a complaint with the Prime Minister after the National Covid-19 Coordination Commission (NCCC) falsely claimed to have consulted with them when no such discussions occurred. Today the groups including The Wilderness Society, the Australian Marine Conservation Society, Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility,…
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Environmental defenders Covid-19 commission over consultation lies
SYDNEY, June 17 2020 – Greenpeace and five environmental and investor groups have lodged a complaint with the Prime Minister after the National Covid-19 Coordination Commission (NCCC) falsely claimed to have consulted with them when no such discussions occurred.Today the groups including The Wilderness Society, the Australian Marine Conservation Society, Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility,…
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Humans and the planet can heal together. Be wary of those that tell us otherwise.
Healing the planet shouldn’t ever come at the expense of human lives – and it doesn’t have to. |||Kaeng Khoi Hospital is the first ever solar hospital from crowdfunding in Thailand throughout Thailand Solar Fund with a collaboration of 15 networks to push Thailand towards renewable energy. พระครูวิมลปัญญาคุณ เจ้าอาวาสวัดป่าศรีแสงธรรม จ.อุบลราชธานี ประธานกองทุนแสงอาทิตย์ โรงพยาบาลแก่งคอย ถือเป็นโรงพยาบาลแสงอาทิตย์แห่งแรกจากการระดมทุนผ่านกองทุนแสงอาทิตย์ (Thailand Solar…
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NSW & Federal Governments strip back koala protection despite bushfire devastation
SYDNEY, Saturday 4 April 2020 – The Federal Government has walked away from its responsibility to protect nationally listed threatened species like the koala, in a new bilateral agreement between the Commonwealth and the State of NSW today.The agreement sees the Federal Government abandon its responsibility to protect threatened species and ecological communities that cross…
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Equinor Bights the dust!
We did it! Norwegian oil giant Equinor has ditched its outrageous plans to drill for oil in the Great Australian Bight! A student-led flotilla including kayaks, sailboats, paddle boards, and surfboards set sail in Apollo Bay Harbour to send a message to oil companies that they are not welcome to drill in the Great…
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Greenpeace welcomes win for the environment as Equinor pulls out of Bight oil project
SYDNEY, 25 February 2020 – Norwegian oil company Equinor has today announced it will abandon plans to drill in the Great Australian Bight because it is “not commercially competitive”.“This is an incredible win for people power and nature – after years of relentless campaigning by coastal communities, Indigenous traditional owners, surfers, the seafood industry, tourism…