May 21, 2025 | Chisholm, Climate Policy, Federal election, Kooyong
Voters chose solar over nuclear and gave a strong climate mandate in Melbourne’s inner east Late in 2024 we wondered when the election would be. Would they go before Christmas on the back of a rates cut? What about February? Then it was going to be March 8th...
May 14, 2025 | Biodiversity, Boroondara Council, Calendar of events, Carbon, Clean Energy, Climate change, Climate Policy, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Federal election, Forests, Gas, Nuclear, Volunteering
Labor was returned with a very large majority, and Greens hold the balance of power in the Senate. We have read through some expert responses and given you a comprehensive look looking at opportunities for climate action and potential challenges in what could be a...
Apr 28, 2025 | Climate Policy, Federal election, Menzies
An evening of democracy The Menzies Candidate Forum was an evening of real contrasts – with candidate statements varying from “We’ve already seen what 1.5 degrees looks like, Black Summer bushfires, forever floods and rising insurance premiums. What happens at...
Apr 9, 2025 | Federal election, Lighter Footprints Events, Meeting with MPs, Vote Climate
Kooyong Candidates Forum Blog Under three banners ‘Engage’, ‘Influence’ and ‘Advocate’, the Convenor of Lighter Footprints, Jenny Smithers, welcomed the large audience in the Hawthorn Town Hall to the Kooyong Candidates Forum. This event has become a much-anticipated...
Mar 25, 2025 | Chisholm, Federal election, Lighter Footprints Forum, Nuclear
Find out what the Chisholm candidates said about climate and energy! Short on time? Check out our comparative candidate quotes pdf! Dive into the Facebook Album for images, quotes, links to expert argument and full candidate transcript as comments under the images as...
Feb 25, 2025 | Clean Energy, Federal election, Kooyong, Vote Climate
The community really turned out to launch our 2025 Kooyong Votes Climate campaign. Starting off with a bang! Sarah Hegarty said that the campaign launch was fantastic. “A highlight for me was to see the venue packed out with people – just about standing...
Feb 4, 2025 | Clean Energy, Federal election, Kooyong, Local government, Taking Action
One on one conversations really matter They are our most effective form of communication with our community. Our Saturday morning conversations interrupt people in their daily lives and say implicitly, “Look up, climate change matters, you need to think about this...
Nov 18, 2024 | Climate change, Climate Policy, Communicating climate change, Federal election
Trump’s election and climate Although a major setback, climate impacts can be lessened if other countries stay the course Bill Hare, CEO of Climate Analytics writes “The energy transition is now well under way. The economics of renewable technologies are so...
Jul 10, 2023 | Biodiversity, Climate change, Environmental law, Federal election, Kooyong, Monique Ryan, Politics
Dr Monique Ryan MP was elected to Parliament on 21 May 2022. She rode a teal wave of optimism for action on climate change, integrity in government and gender equality. A full house at the Balwyn Park Centre came to hear Dr Ryan’s reflections on her first year...
May 1, 2022 | Climate change, Climate Policy, Federal election, Lighter Footprints Forum
On Wednesday 27 April, a packed hall of around 500 people (plus 200 more on Facebook Live) heard from candidates Dr Peter Lynch (Labor), Mr Piers Mitchem (Greens) and Dr Monique Ryan (Independent) how they would represent the voters of Kooyong with a particular focus...
