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The Australian energy market & renewables – Bruce Mountain & Dan Cass
"How do we understand the Australian energy market, and the role of renewables?" Our speakers, Bruce Mountain and Dan Cass will discuss what is happening in Australia currently, both at the household level and across the country, and the opportunities this government...
Box Hill Town Hall Forum – a thank you note & more photos
One of our members penned this beautiful thank-you note after the pre-election forum at the Box Hill Town Hall: Dear Carolyn and All, It was great to be part of last night’s very well organised, polite, and amazingly well attended event at Box Hill Town Hall which,...
Box Hill Town Hall Forum – wrap-up
What a great pre-election forum. You can relive the night via Facebook Live (in 2 parts - here & here)! Over 550 with standing room only. Politicians discussed serious issue related to Climate Change, and they agreed to continue the discussion with a view to...
Boroondara’s Low Carbon Strategy
Wed May 25 7 for 7.30 PM Guide Hall - Faversham Rd Canterbury "Where is Boroonadara headed with its Low Carbon Strategy to 2020?" Come and hear the early plans and provide input into this strategy. Speaker: Mathew Dixon Senior Sustainability Officer City of...
Coral, Coal and Climate Change – getting ready for our big pre-election Forum
Lighter Footprints and ECAM present Federal Election Candidates Forum Box Hill Town Hall Thursday 16 June 6:30 for 7:00pm start Meet your Liberal, Labor and Greens candidates for Chisholm, Deakin and Kooyong. Ask them questions so you can better understand the...
Burwood Festival 2016
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...
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 is doing to save the Great...
Rally to save CSIRO Jobs
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...
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 think climate...
Boroondara Citizen of the Year – Congratulations to our Convenor!
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...
Join Lighter Footprints at the People’s Climate March Friday 27 November
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...
Engaging communities – Cam Walker
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 International...
Last Climate Tango in Paris – forum wrap-up & photos
The Last Climate Tango in Paris For those who were not able to make it to the forum on Tuesday 27 October at Hawthorn Town Hall " The Last Climate Tango in Paris" , and have not heard how it went, and want to know - it went well! We filled the hall - to bursting! The...
Eastern Alliance for Greenhouse Action
Wednesday September 20 7 for 7.30 Guide Hall - Faversham Rd Canterbury Scott McKenry Regional Coordinator Eastern Alliance for Greenhouse Action (EAGA) Local to Regional Climate Action : How Eastern Region Councils are working together on climate change Before joining...
The Climate Divestment movement – Govind Maksay & Simon O’Connor
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 the Earth. Market Forces...
Lighter Footprints calls for higher ambition on climate targets
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.
Pope Francis’ Encyclical re-frames climate debate – David Spratt
Wednesday 24 June 7pm for 7.30pm Guide Hall - Faversham Rd Canterbury David Spratt (co-author Climate Code Red) "After the Encyclical: spreading the word on climate change" Join us for an engaging evening of discussion. Join us for some food and drinks at 7 pm, the...
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 them....
Canterbury citizens stand up for stronger Australian climate targets at Paris
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...
Burwood citizens show strong support for renewable energy and strong emissions cuts
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...
Strong Lighter Footprint’s presence at Kew Festival
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 in...
Age letter – Sunday 28 December, 2014
Ripping letter from our Convenor Carolyn Ingvarson on Sunday!
November 2014 Forum wrap-up!
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 thousands of them....
Reminder for Forum – Wed November 12, Hawthorn Town Hall
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,...
Panel members for our November Forum
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), ‘Green...