Climate matters: Love in an Anthropogenic Climate

by | 14 Mar 2019 | Climate

We are taught to believe that emotions are irrational and have no place in rigorous debate over science, policy, and natural resource management – that emotion is a subjective thing that can obscure logic and reason. Taking a look at the state of the Earth in the...

Grounding Story Conference

by | 11 Feb 2019 | Climate, Event, UNE

7th Biennial Association for the Study of Literature, Environment and Culture Conference We explore how the stuff of the world weaves itself into story, & how story can materially transform the world & asks what do we want these stories to do? Hosted by...

Will you share your #climatestory?

by | 1 Feb 2019 | Climate

It you pay attention, you can see climate damage everywhere. The seasons aren’t what they used to be. We swelter through record-breaking heatwaves. There are bushfires in winter, and even in tropical rainforests in Queensland. We struggle with more frequent and...

350.org film Accelerate trailer #1point5

by | 1 Feb 2019 | Climate, Energy

You may already know that 350.org created a film of our Accelerate Climate Action tour with world-renowned author and environmentalist, 350 co-founder Bill McKibben for people everywhere to share in their communities, to empower individuals to take action. This is a...

The Future is Not for Sale

by | 5 Dec 2018 | AACSGaM, Climate, Event, Stop Adani

Concerned members of our community who are angry at the news this week that ADANI will be proceeding are invited to join a march to give voice to your concern.  The Reef, Queensland’s Artesian Water, the climate, the traditional owners, the environment, our young...

Climate Matters: Reducing Waste One Bag at a Time

by | 23 Nov 2018 | Climate

  Much of what we eat and drink comes in some kind of plastic packaging. It is estimated one million, single use, plastic bags are used worldwide every minute amounting to a staggering 3.5 million tons of waste per year. Recycling is once again in the spotlight...

Help crowdfund Bill McKibben’s new film

by | 31 Oct 2018 | Climate

We know that stories can change minds and create action. From the BBC’s Blue Planet II and filmmaker Josh Fox’s Gasland to Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth and the ABC’s War on Waste series, films and programs can transform how we think about our impact on the planet...

VIDEO: Paul Hawken — Drawdown

by | 11 Oct 2018 | Climate

Talk by Paul Hawken editor of the new book “Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming” recorded April 21st at Town Hall Seattle. Project Drawdown gathers and facilitates a broad coalition of researchers, scientists, graduate...