This blog relates the story of bushfires in Australia, revisits Australia’s disastrous 2019-2020 bushfires, and makes connections with the numerous reports and resources that have followed. The Royal Commissions (federal and NSW) The report of the Royal...
Category: Climate Damage
The Feds are cooking the books on Paris
Not on track. Not “in a canter”. In November 2016, the Australian Government officially ratified the Paris Climate Agreement. But in the lead-up to the last Federal election in 2019, the Morrison Government began a misleading campaign that Australia is...
Proposed AGL Gas project at Crib Point in Westernport Bay: Our submissions
Example of an LNG tanker ship next to a floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU). Both are approximately 300 metres long Lighter Footprints joined Environment Victoria, Save Westernport Bay and other organisations to protest against the proposed AGL Gas Import...
A re-lived night of the bushfires and all that… by Carolyn Ingvarson
“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...
If now is not the time to talk about climate change, when will it be?
In 2019 double London’s entire annual rain fell on Townsville in just a fortnight, our country has endured another round of cyclones, Tasmania burned, the previous four years have been the hottest on record, with 2019 capping the warmest decade as the second...
Petitioning for a Climate Emergency Declaration in Boroondara
Lighter Footprints has joined forces with other groups in the Kooyong Climate Change Alliance to work towards the City of Boroondara declaring a Climate Emergency. We have been petitioning the good people of Boroondara since October in shopping centres on Saturday...
Living In The Clean Economy – Town Hall Forum wrap up
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...
Tom Kompas – the case for a faster transition to a clean economy
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...
Regenerative Agriculture – massive climate action potential
Agriculture, Regeneration and Climate by Matilda Bowra Over 80 people filled the Guide Hall at Faversham Road in Canterbury on 25 September to hear advocate Bev Middleton and former farmer and Chairman of Healthy Soils Australia Thomas Nicholas speak about...
Forests and Climate Change – what is the connection?
Next Monthly Meeting – September 26 2018 Forests and Climate Change – what is the connection? Come and hear Chris Taylor and Maggie Riddington give their perspectives on forests. Chris has worked fro many years researching the way that forests work. He is...
Making Canberra sit up and take notice – David Spratt
Wednesday March 28 7 for 7:30pm Guide Hall – Faversham Rd Canterbury With a conservative elected government in Canberra, whose views and actions range from climate-denialism to inadequate policy responses, what narratives about global warming might help change...
Faith, literature, psychology & climate change – expert panel
Wednesday 26 October 7.00 pm for 7.30 start Guide Hall – Faversham Rd Canterbury “Stories of hope, healing and meaning” Faith, literature and psychology all deal with what it is to be human and find meaning in our world. How can we tap into this...
Coal &/or coal – Australia’s choice?
Wed April 27 7 for 7.30 Guide Hall – Faversham Rd Canterbury Coral and/or Coal – Australia’s choice? Basha Stasak – Healthy Ecosystems Campaigner Australian Conservation Foundation Come and hear what Australia’s largest conservation group...
The Paris Agreement – John Wiseman & Fiona Armstrong
Wednesday February 24 7 for 7.30 Guide Hall – Faversham Rd Canterbury PARIS – December 2015. Two personal takes. with John Wiseman from MSSI and Fiona Armstrong from CAHA Hear what being in Paris in Dec 2015 meant to them, what they learnt and where they...
Places you love – contribute to ACF’s national database
Wednesday 27 May 7pm for 7.30pm Guide Hall – Faversham Rd Canterbury Places you love: What threats do you see to these places and how can you help to protect them Come and join us to discuss your own views on the places you love and how best to protect...
Community delegation to Canberra: “Don’t drop the ball on the climate laws!”
On June 19, the ACF organised a delegation of community representatives from each of the states to visit Canberra with the petition to hold onto the climate laws which had been signed by 235,000 people. We met with several politicians and left information related to...
Walking more lightly on the earth – Dr Peter Seligman
Members of the public are warmly invited to join us at our next monthly meeting to find out what more each of us can do to contribute to a clean healthy future and to better manage climate change risk. Distinguished electrical engineer and renewable energy enthusiast...
What standstill? In case you need some recent evidence
Read this from a very conservative and respected body, and jump on anyone who thinks there has been a standstill. “What standstill” they say? “The coldest year since 2001 is warmer than any year before 1998!” This is a frightening on-going...
Health benefits of the carbon price: Op-ed by Fiona Armstrong
The untold story: health benefits of the carbon price By Fiona Armstrong (An edited version ran in the Canberra Times and Sydney Morning Herald on Tuesday 26th Jun 12, as “Carbon Price’s Health Bonanza”) The birth of Australia’s carbon price legislation is...
Climate Change in the Pacific Islands
The Oxfam Photographic Exhibition of the Pacific Islands was launched at Q.P.O. in Kew, Victoria Australia on September 14. Named ‘Land is Life,’ the exhibition contains photos taken by Rodney Dekker of Tuvalu and Kirabati. It was MC’ed by Carolyn...
Historic Clean Air Act petition
The Center for Biological Diversity and 350.org filed an historic Clean Air Act petition with the EPA today asking the agency to scientifically determine the safe atmospheric CO2 level, just as its does with six other pollutants judged to endanger to human health and...
August 2009 highlights
How psychology can help the planet stay cool A perennial problem faced by people trying to promote environmental issues is how not to bamboozle people with environmental scare stories, thus bringing about a state of apathy because it’s too late to do anything!...
July 2009 highlights
Slamming the climate skeptic scame Post from Jim Hoggan’s blog explaining climate change scepticism in the context of public relations. The PR practitioner’s task is to move the public perception in the desired direction, i.e. one that is more favourable...
May 2009 highlights
How much extra will putting a price on carbon add to the household power bill? The result of course depends on what price is set for carbon by the Federal Government. Currently this is $10 per tonne, although a recent report suggests the price is not expected to...
Brown Mountain – destruction complete!
An urgent message from Jill Redwood of Environment East Gippsland . . . These were taken yesterday – VicForests mission accomplished. This ancient stand of 600(plus) year old forest has now been fully annihilated and ready for conversion to a palm-oil...