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‘Must see’ film to inspire what the future could look like – 2040
If you missed the film 2040 you are not alone. But if you care about climate change then you must see it. If you have teenagers or know teenagers or young adults who are anxious about their climate future, then this is a 'must see'. My family, the Nolan family, had a...
Climate, the Financial Sector and Shareholder Action – Market Forces
On Wednesday 29 April at 7:30 pm we welcomed Pablo Brait and Rachel Deans from Market Forces. This is a report of the meeting. Pablo Brait It is necessary to align your finances with your values. Many money-managing organisations still invest in the fossil fuel (FF)...
Market Forces Wednesday 29th
We welcomed Rachel and Pablo from Market Forces on Wednesday 29 April to learn more about how working the financial sector can reduce emissions and shift global capital for a safer climate. You can upload the presentation slides here, and listen to the Facebook Live...
Unpublished Letters – April Edition
Lighter Footprints has a talented pool of committed letter writers. Some very good letters go unpublished. This is the first in a series of selected unpublished letters from the group that we believe will be of interest.
Join the consultation process for Boroondara’s Climate Action Plan now
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 climate...
Lighter Footprints on Zoom!
This Wednesday thirty brave members logged on to Lighter's Footprint's first all-Zoom meeting. Thanks so much to the participants, who are now familiarised with Zoom's basic functions. We are looking forward to our next Zoom with Environment Victoria's CEO, legendary...
Report on strategic planning day Feb 2020
Carolyn Ingvarson’s report back from the Strategic Day including 2020 goals and opportunity to join Lighter Footprint’s working groups plus links to facebook live and other resources.
Working Groups – central to Lighter Footprints’ climate 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...
2020 Vision – Simon Holmes á Court
Last Wednesday 26 Feb Simon Holmes á Court offered us a terrific preview of the year ahead in climate solutions and collective action with over 100 captive audience members. So what did we learn? Where's the climate heading? The latest projections indicate we’re...
Highlights from the Letter Writing Group
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. 2020 has started off well with 63 letters published in January and February, 43 on climate.
At the 2020 Vision event with Simon Holmes a Court, it was good to be able to acknowledge Malcolm Cameron’s amazing leadership of this group over 10 years.
Volunteering in the forest
BREAKING NEWS: Win in the courts to Friends of Leadbeater's Possum to protect 66 coupes. Read stories in the Guardian and the The Age. Recently I had the privilege of joining a group of passionate young people in Mountain Ash and Peppermint forest near Toolangi, only...
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 over my mouth...
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 hottest...
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...
A flood of climate letters in the AFR
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...
What a year! Thanks to Lighter Footprints members from Carolyn Ingvarson
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, and I...
Welcome to the Lighter Footprints Celebration BBQ – December 11th
Lighter Footprints members and supporters are warmly invited to the Celebration BBQ on Wednesday December 11th, 6-9.30pm at 1 Faversham Rd. Entertainment, good cheer and music provided and we would be grateful for your BYO food and drink contributions.
Living In The Clean Economy – Town Hall Forum wrap up
Thanks to everyone who came along for a terrific evening of clean energy solutions and three very engaging speakers! Slides, photos and videos from our October Town Hall Forum.
Clean Economy transition increases Australian self sufficiency – op-ed by Sally Newell
What if Australians embrace the necessary shift to a clean economy, accelerate full tilt to a hydrogen lift off well before 2030, and shut down coal for good? All we have to do is get hydrogen below $2/kg…. Opinion piece by Sally Newell
Anthea Harris – potential for a Victorian clean economy
"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 Climate Change...
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? A lively discussion of Forum speaker Prof Tom Kompas’s groundbreaking work from Meg Ivory.
Peter Newman – a global perspective on transport and cities of the future
A man of hope rather than despair, Peter Newman was instrumental in saving Perth’s rail system. He has been foundational in creating many revitalised city designs round the world and is now an IPCC Report lead author.
Living in a Clean Economy – do not miss Tom Kompas, Peter Newman & Anthea Harris. A message from Carolyn
For years we have been told that we can’t move to renewables and keep our economy growing. The take home point from Lighter Footprints October 31 Forum is that is no longer the case. In fact the reverse is true…
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...
Leaflets, posters, front of house – we need you for the Forum! A message from Carolyn
Our volunteers are our strength – we are building towards a fantastic October forum and we need your help. A huge thanks to all who picked up leaflet bundles, and posters – plus an invitation to join the working group this coming Monday. Living in a Clean Economy is going to be so inspiring.