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Home Batteries – what can they do for you?
Energy independence? Cheaper power bills? Less pollution? What can home batteries do for you? There's been a lot of buzz about batteries for home energy storage. Some pundits are talking about disconnecting from the grid. This talk takes a look at home battery...
Affordable Energy and a Safe Climate – Community Forum wrap up
Speakers will share expert knowledge and objective comment on the current policies of the Labor, Liberal and Green Parties and demonstrate effective pathways to achieve affordable energy and a safe climate. The panel Tristan Edis: Outline of the challenges...
Australia’s clean energy transition can start in Victoria – Mark Wakeham
Wednesday May 30 7 pm for 7.30 pm Guide Hall - Faversham Rd Canterbury Mark Wakeham - CEO Environment Victoria Mark is CEO of Environment Victoria, one of Australia’s leading environment charities, and Board co-chair of the Sunrise Project. He’s been involved...
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 the way...
Reasons to be Cheerful – Clean Energy trends for 2018 with Simon Holmes à Court
Come and hear our speaker to start a big year. Simon Holmes à Court "Reasons to be Cheerful" Many of us are frustrated by the toxic political and media environment surrounding renewable energy and climate change. While this frustration is justified, there are many...
The Baseload Myth and National Energy Guarantee – November 2017 Meeting
Mick Nolan and Ric Brazzale gave excellent presentations at our last Lighter Footprints meeting on 29 November: here's some links! Exploding the Baseload Myth by Mick Nolan & National Energy Guarantee by Ric Brazzale You can also view the full video on our...
Guarding the Galilee Screening Thursday 2 November 7pm – come on down!
Thursday 2 November at 7:00 PM 1 Faversham Rd, Canterbury , VIC 3126 ACF Boroondara and Lighter Footprints would like to invite you to a screening of Guarding The Galilee: a 30 minute documentary film that takes us inside the fight to stop Adani's Carmichael coal...
Rethinking Cement – Vanessa Petrie
Wednesday October 25 7 pm for 7.30 pm Guide Hall - Faversham Rd Canterbury You can read BZE's new report here: Rethinking Cement: Research Report: A pathway to zero carbon cement The cement industry contributes 21% of all Australian emissions. There has been little...
The push for Victoria’s first Climate Budget – Leigh Ewbank
Wednesday September 27 7 pm for 7.30 pm Guide Hall - Faversham Rd Canterbury Can Victoria can lead the country on climate action? The push for Vic's first climate budget Despite alarming melting of the polar icecaps and unprecedented bleaching of the Great Barrier...
Road to Damascus moment on energy & climate? Expert panel on the Chief Scientist’s Report
Wed August 30 AGM for Lighter Footprints 7pm for 7.30 start Guide Hall Faversham Rd Canterbury Followed by Panel discussion: Australia’s Road to Damascus moment in energy and climate change – What we can learn from the Chief Scientist’s report and what Finkel left...
My Efficient Electric Home – Tim Forcey
Wednesday July 26 7 pm for 7.30 pm Guide Hall - Faversham Rd Canterbury Tim Forcey - "My Efficient Electric Home" Tim Forcey is an independent energy advisor with over 35 years of experience. With the University of Melbourne, Tim has researched and written...
The Big Coal Hoax – Forum wrap-up
Our (sold out) forum was packed out with 600 people who came to hear Alan Kohler and watch the the film Guarding the Galilee. What a terrific night! Video is available here. If you would like a copy of Alan Kohler's address, please email ci@the.inter.net.au. ...
Biochar: its role & potential – Adrian Morphett
Wednesday May 31 7 pm for 7.30 pm Guide Hall - Faversham Rd Canterbury Adrian Morphett from Earth Systems. "What is Biochar? Is it part of the solution to climate change?" Given the slow pace of emissions reductions, the drawing down of carbon and carbon sequestration...
Burwood Festival 2017
Lighter Fooprints had a stall at this festival in High St Burwood on Saturday 29 April. Our solar model attracts attention, and a letter to our local member Josh Frydenberg was signed by 50 people.
Unraveling the energy policy debate – Alan Pears
Wednesday April 26 7 pm for 7.30 pm Guide Hall - Faversham Rd Canterbury Alan Pears (RMIT University) "Unravelling today's energy policy debate and finding paths to a clean, affordable and reliable energy future." Click here for Alan Pears' presentation from the...
Climate Conversations – Suzie Raffe
Climate Conversations - How to talk about the things that matter to us. If we want climate change on the political agenda, we need a population that cares enough to vote for a government that takes action. Social research shows that whilst mass media raises awareness,...
Ashburton Festival 2017
Good day talking with local residents, to the extent we ran out of letters to sign to Minister Frydenberg! Solar Model again very popular.
Glenferrie Rd Festival 2017
We ran stall at this festival, had hundreds of letters signed to Minister Frydenberg and to the CEO of Westpac bank!
An agenda for net-zero emissions – Adam Majcher
Wednesday February 22 7 pm for 7.30 pm Guide Hall - Faversham Rd Canterbury Adam Majcher (ClimateWorks) Progressing Australia's net - zero emissions agenda What are the main opportunities for 2017 and what does the transition to 2050 require? Adam Majcher from...
Adani Protest December 2017
Adani Coal Mine Protest @ Treasury Place Over one thousand protesters attended a rally at 48 hours notice to protest government funding of the rail line or any other feature associated with Government support for the Adani coal mine in Queensland. ...
Victoria’s approach to climate action – Lily D’Ambrosio
At its final meeting for the year, Lighter Footprints, the local climate change action group, attracted a bumper crowd to hear Lily D’Ambrosio, Minister for Energy, Environment, Climate Change and Suburban Development, explain the State Government’s commitment and...
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 wisdom in the context...
Follow up from June Forum – pollies catch up for coffee!
At our Box Hill Town Hall forum on June 16, the three political panelists were asked if they would meet together for a coffee after the election-no matter what the result, and talk about common ground for climate change. Today they met! We will hope that this is the...
Glenferrie Rotary Club Talk
Carolyn Ingvarson spoke on Climate Change to the Glenferrie Rotary Club on October 11. Click here for her presentation slides. Carolyn Ingvarson and Carol Benson - President of Glenferrie Rotary Club.
Local Government Elections & climate – David Meiklejohn
What more could our new Boroondara Council do to step up on the environment? Hear about what makes for best practice in local government. Meet your local Council candidates & ask them questions (all candidates from all 10 wards have been invited). Council...