Jul 9, 2021 | Environmental protection, fossil fuel subsidies, Gas, National campaigns
The case against Australia’s gas expansion 1) The Australian government is banking on a tax payer funded ‘gas-fired recovery’ The government has put its 5 Basin gas-fired recovery plan as central to its economic vision for exports, ignoring industry...
Jul 9, 2021 | Climate Damage, Climate Emergency, Gas, Taking Action
Cam Walker is the Campaigns Coordinator for Friends of the Earth. He was a stand-out leader in Victoria’s successful VIcGasBan campaign in 2014, and will be speaking at our meeting on July 28th – RSVP here. On July 1 2021, the moratorium on onshore gas...
Jun 28, 2021 | Clean Energy, Climate Policy, Community battery, Lighter Footprints Working Groups
The regulations covering community batteries are consistent across the National Electricity Market (NEM). However, Western Australia has a separate regulatory framework. This discussion paper focuses on challenges that face community batteries in the eastern states...
Jun 27, 2021 | Boroondara Council, Climate Policy, Environmental law, Lighter Footprints Working Groups, Local government
Local Government Working Group The days when your local council was judged on the basis of “roads, rubbish and rates” have long passed. Local Government is now a significant third level of government in Australia with access to substantial authority and resources. ...
Jun 3, 2021 | Carbon, Clean Energy, Climate Policy, Court action
The world’s premier energy agency, the notoriously conservative International Energy Agency (IEA), has just released a landmark report that marks a huge shift in approach, setting out “an ambitious global energy roadmap” to reach net-zero by 2050. Of great...
Jun 1, 2021 | Climate psychology, Communicating climate change, Lighter Footprints Events, Meeting with MPs
Lighter Footprints Co-Convenor Mick Nolan was very pleased that we were all finally able to meet together in person. “It was so good to get out to the Guide Hall and speak to people face to face.” “The C4C event was a buzz!” said Alison Wright,...
May 22, 2021 | Climate Damage, Climate Emergency, Gas, School Strikers
Tens of thousands of school kids and their supporters gathered at Treasury Gardens yesterday, Friday 21st and in 47 other places around the country, demanding a future that is liveable, not one ruined by climate damage. This was the first strike after the pandemic...
May 19, 2021 | Climate psychology, Communicating climate change, Lighter Footprints Events, Positive message
Are you a bit nervous about talking about climate to friends and workmates, especially to those who seem to be doubtful, worried or disengaged? Climate for Change (C4C) have been pioneering an award winning conversation format that really works. We met at The Marwal...
May 12, 2021 | Communicating climate change, Lighter Footprints Events, Taking Action
Music for climate at the Gasometer Hotel A packed Gaso Hotel was treated to 5 very impressive performers last Thursday night. The night was billed as an Earth Fest benefit with proceeds going to climate action group, Lighter Footprints. What a night! We review the 5...
May 4, 2021 | Lighter Footprints Events
It’s on this Thursday 6th May – doors open at the iconic Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood at 7pm, with a stunning lineup of some of Melbourne’s best young talent, in a benefit concert to support local climate action. We are delighted to invite you to...
Nov 28, 2020 | Gas
Gas Speedo: What the Gas Industry claims vs the whole gas picture Gas, Firming, Heating and Manufacturing Gas, Tax Royalties and Employment . Gas, Emissions and Transition
Nov 27, 2020 | Clean Energy, Gas, Opinion
Key messages about the gas-fired recovery ‘Natural gas’ is a fossil fuel (methane) Methane leakage rates can make gas as bad as coal Methane contributes 25% of global heating New gas is not needed, and will not lower prices New gas will not...
Apr 5, 2020 | Boroondara Council, Clean Energy, Climate Emergency, Climate Policy, Lighter Footprints Working Groups, Solutions, Taking Action
It’s time to have our say. Local climate action is powerful! Would you like a more walkable city? Better public transport? Support for putting on solar and storage? Cleaner local power? It’s time to put our support behind the clean energy transition and...
Mar 21, 2020 | Solutions, Taking Action
On Sunday afternoon February 15, a small number of us met to hear more about the recently agreed strategic plan for 2020 and to look at how we might begin to work together in actions that would work towards achieving the aims. With the growing situation of the...
Mar 9, 2020 | Climate Emergency, Climate Policy, Lighter Footprints Working Groups, Solutions, Taking Action
Energy Transition Working Group The Energy Transitions Group meets fortnightly with a focus on pulling together energy data, latest innovations and submissions to government and making climate solutions accessible to a variety of audiences. Please contact Mick Nolan...
Mar 1, 2020 | Letters
2019 – the kids got organised! There are 60 committed writers in the Letter Writing group of Lighter Footprints. In 2019, 40 of them successfully published 344 interesting, hard-hitting and thought-provoking letters, 222 on climate. The group was passionately...
Feb 7, 2020 | Climate Damage, Climate Policy, Opinion
“I was, again, shocked” After three riveting shows tonight on the bushfires, I’m still reeling. Four Corners showed us what it felt like to be in the middle of those terrors and just what the people were feeling like. I found myself watching with my hand...
Jan 16, 2020 | Letters, Solutions, Taking Action
Congratulations to the dedicated and persistent letter writers who have been featured during the second week of January in the Australian Financial Review! It takes a special person to get up early day after day, scan articles and the news, and respond with wit, grace...
Nov 30, 2019 | Lighter Footprints Forum, Taking Action, Thank Yous & Celebrations
When I look through the events of this year, I am taken aback with the wonderful amount of work in our community that Lighter Footprints members have achieved – our monthly meetings, small group work, forums, submissions and putting the case for climate action,...
Nov 25, 2019 | Thank Yous & Celebrations
Everyone is welcome to our Celebration BBQ, Wednesday December 11th, 6-9.30pm at the Guide Hall, 1 Faversham R, Canterbury. This will be a fantastic time to have some fun (thanks to our Celebration BBQ committee – Bill Chandler, Malcolm Cameron and John Gare...
Nov 7, 2019 | Clean Energy, Climate Damage, Speaker Slides & Presentations, Taking Action
Thanks so much for your support and attendance at our forum: “Living In The Clean Economy” SLIDESETS Here is a link to the presenter’s slides as a downloadable pptx’s, and also the Conference slides. This is easy to use. SLIDE JPGS Here are...
Oct 27, 2019 | Clean Energy, Opinion
What is a major cause of recent wars? What do we have only 28 days supply of? What would reduce regional tensions, increase Australian resilience and increase the average life expectancy of our military age kids? I am betting that the answer isn’t to be found in...
Oct 20, 2019 | Clean Energy, Climate Policy
“One of the country’s most experienced climate policy practitioners”. This how Frank Jotzo described Anthea Harris when lamenting the Abbott government’s spree of public servant sackings over carbon predicting her probable demise as the CEO of the...
Oct 16, 2019 | Clean Energy, Climate Damage
How can Australia prevent a $584.5 billion dollar loss by 2030? Or a projected cumulation of more than $5 trillion in losses by 2100? Or save $14,000 a household every year over the long term? Professor Tom Kompas works on these problems, and more, to show that the...
Oct 15, 2019 | Clean Energy, Lighter Footprints Forum, Solutions
Transport system visionary, Peter Newman AO, started his journey towards creating a sustainable way of living in cities, when he was a young post-grad. After the sprawling city of Perth, he was so affected by the close living of the people of Delft in Holland where he...
