May 1, 2016 | Taking Action
Burwood Festival stall – May 1 2016 Hundreds of local people have signed letters to Malcolm Turnbull and other federal politicians urging faster action on global warming in a last ditch attempt to protect the Great Barrier Reef. Lighter Footprints collected the...
Apr 4, 2016 | Taking Action
Lighter Footprints joined with hundreds of others to protest at the cuts to CSIRO research, especially the climate division. Lighter Footprints has also been out and about at local festivals in Ashburton, Glenferrie and Kew collecting hundreds of letters signed by...
Feb 15, 2016 | Boroondara Council, Taking Action
On Australia Day, Lighter Footprints Convenor, Carolyn Ingvarson, was named Boroondara Citizen of the Year for 2016. We congratulate Carolyn on receiving this honour which recognises her service to the Boroondara community and to the environment. From...
Nov 24, 2015 | Taking Action
We will be catching the Belgrave line train which leaves Blackburn Station for the city at 4:07 pm and arrives at Melbourne Central station at 4:53pm. Lighter Footprinters will be getting on at various points and we will aim to be in the last carriage. We will meet up...
Nov 10, 2015 | Taking Action
Wednesday November 25 7 for 7.30 Guide Hall – Faversham Rd Canterbury Cam Walker Campaign Coordinator, Friends of the Earth Everything old is new again: Engaging with communities for change. For the past twenty years, Cam has worked extensively with FoE...
Jul 17, 2015 | Solutions, Taking Action
Wednesday 29 July 7pm for 7.30pm Guide Hall – Faversham Rd Canterbury “The fossil fuel divestment movement and steps you can take to clean up your finances”. Govind Maksay is a campaigner at Market Forces – an affiliate project of Friends of...
Jun 21, 2015 | Climate Emergency, Taking Action
Lighter Footprints’ advert calling for high ambition on climate targets made it into the Progress Leader this month! The quote “no free ride on climate” is from UN Secretary General Kofi Anan.
May 11, 2015 | Boroondara Council, Taking Action
Local citizens showed overwhelming support for much stronger Australian targets for cutting carbon emissions at our stall at St Paul’s Anglican Church Fair in Canterbury on Saturday 9 May. Fair-goers signed letters urging the Prime Minister Tony Abbott and local...
May 3, 2015 | Boroondara Council, Taking Action
Sunny weather brought families and local citizens to the Burwood Village festival on Saturday 2 May and to our Lighter Footprints stall where they inspected our solar thermal power plant model. They also signed letters in droves to Prime Minister Tony Abbott and...
Mar 23, 2015 | Boroondara Council, Taking Action
Lighter Footprint’s members turned out in force again on Saturday 21 March to run a stall at the Kew Festival. Our model of a solar thermal power station was once again a major highlight, attracting many families to our display where they learnt that heat stored...
Nov 18, 2014 | Lighter Footprints Forum, Solutions, Taking Action
Yes, we did it, And now it is done! And life can go on for those us who’ve been involved with getting this to happen. So thanks to all of you who did your part. Many of you came, and many told others about it, others delivered flyers – thousands and...
Oct 31, 2014 | Lighter Footprints Forum, Taking Action
Lighter Footprints public forum: “Does Government Matter? Out of Step or Stepping up on Climate Action” Where: Hawthorn Town Hall, 360 Burwood Rd Hawthorn When: 6:30 for 7:00pm, Wednesday November 12 Speakers: Professor Peter Newman AO – Professor of Sustainability,...
Oct 15, 2014 | Lighter Footprints Forum, Taking Action
1. Professor Peter Newman – Curtin University Peter Newman is the Professor of Sustainability at Curtin University and Director of CUSP. His books include ‘Green Urbanism in Asia’ (2013), ‘Resilient Cities: Responding to Peak Oil and Climate Change’(2009),...
Aug 19, 2014 | Taking Action
Wed August 27 7 for 7.30 pm Guide Hall – Faversham Rd Canterbury Conversations with our local community. We will be having a discussion with two members of Borderlands about what could be an on-going basis for working with others in our local community, or just...
Jul 6, 2014 | Climate Damage, Climate Policy, Solutions, Taking Action
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...
Jun 26, 2014 | Taking Action
Please consider the following information about the upcoming summit in Brisbane. It’s time for climate solutions…. It’s getting to that time of year again when we come together and inspire the climate movement to keep pushing for progress! They say that...
May 4, 2014 | Boroondara Council, Taking Action
Fighting for more clean energy investment, rooftop solar, jobs and lower electricity bills at Burwood Festival Lighter Footprints continued its fight at the Burwood Festival on Saturday 3 May to protect and increase the amount of clean energy in Australia’s...
Mar 31, 2014 | Boroondara Council, Taking Action
Lighter Footprints was out in force at Kew Festival on 29 March gathering support for a stronger Renewable Energy Target and exhibiting our model of a solar thermal plant, which proved immensely popular with families Solar thermal power plants can operate at night as...
Feb 24, 2014 | Boroondara Council, Taking Action
Several of us were able to attend the Ashburton Festival on Sunday and demonstrate the BZE model of the Spanish solar thermal power station. It attracted much interest! We also had letters available for signing to our local Federal MP about supporting the Renewable...
Feb 5, 2014 | Taking Action
What have we planned for Feb 2014? You might think that February would be a quiet month but we are starting the year with a bang! Here are our proposed events: 1. Saturday 15 Feb – Sustainable Festival in Boroondara – 8am to 1 pm – Auburn Rd,...
Nov 13, 2013 | Taking Action
SUNDAY RALLY- NOVEMBER 17, 11 am Treasury Place Melb. In 2011 Australia faced a turning point. Climate scientists warned it was the beginning of the critical decade for climate change and stronger action was needed if we were to avoid the catastrophic effects of...
Sep 18, 2013 | Solutions, Taking Action
The Climate Reality Project – what is it and where do we fit? Sue King (Energy auditor) and Adam Majcher (Australian Conservation Foundation) have recently returned from the training course in Chicago run by Al Gore and the Climate Reality team. They will give...
Aug 19, 2013 | Boroondara Council, Taking Action
Jun 14, 2013 | Climate Policy, Taking Action
Here is a report of the meeting held on June 7th in Josh Frydenberg’s office. Lighter Footprints meets with Greg Hunt, Shadow Minister for Climate Action, Environment and Heritage. Eight members of Lighter Footprints met with Greg Hunt at Josh...
May 7, 2013 | Boroondara Council, Taking Action
Lighter Footprint volunteers collected a large swag of letters defending renewable energy at the Burwood Festival on Sunday 5 May. Concerned members of the public signed letters to Shadow Energy Minister Ian Macfarlane strongly protesting the Federal Coalition’s...
