Climate Conversations

Sue B. Inches (pictured) wants to build a better world, so she is doing what she can in that she has written a book about " Environmental Advocacy ", she teaches on that topic, and also has been giving sermons about hope in challenging times, and beyond, that she advocates for people, corporations and governments at all levels to take action on the mitigation of climate change. Sue's thoughts abou...

Simon Molesworth (pictured far from the austerity of a courtroom, working on his far western New South Wales property) sees the exhibitions of old ("fun fares" as he describes them) as a means to bring an understanding of climate change to as many people as possible. The Melbourne-based barrister, who has long been involved with climate and environmental movements throughout Australia, w...

A kitchen table discussion, during Victoria's 2020 Covid-19 lockdown, resulted in the design and construction of the first Frankenstein-like "Power-Droid" by former film and television stuntman, Purven Pather, aided by his business partner and wife, Jessica Gower. The arrival of the Power-Droid was followed by the creation of the company, Equoria , which is about "Powering your...

The City of Greater Shepparton followed the earlier lead of other municipalities, declaring a "climate emergency" in 2020, passing the motion on the casting vote of the then mayor, Cr Seema Adullah. Shepparton climate activists are concerned that the new council, elected last year and whose climate credentials are unknown, will move to see that 2020 reversed, just as has been the case at...

Rob Bakes from Vote Climate One , which includes the Traffic Light Election Guide, says, "The only thing we've got left is one another; we can't rely on government." He also says, "When you look at the science, we are in real troubles, We're buggered". Rob, whose passion is as wide as it is deep, finds comfort in talking with Geelong's Mik Aidt, who runs the bay City's " The Sustainable Hour ". Th...

Daniel Lancefield (pictured), who manages the "V ictorian Clean Tech Cluster ", worked in community organisations and not-for-profits for more than 15 years in sport and the arts before joining the Victorian Cleantech Cluster as Manager in 2022. Since then, Daniel has developed a deep passion and appreciation for all things clean and green, and has an extensive network of people across c...

Taking the nuclear conversation to the people: " Online Citizen Assembly "; " The Climate Council's Climate Risk Map of Australia" ; " Weather tracker: north-west Italy braces for thunderstorms and snow "; " One brick higher "; " Victorian Liberal leader distances state party from Peter Dutton’s nuclear proposal: ‘Our focus is gas "; " Coa...

Democracy, that's democracy as envisaged by Emeritus Professor Joseph Camilleri and his Online Citizen Assembly he writes about in Pearls and Irritations. He argues, " Australia’s fading democracy calls for radical rethinking "; " Paris said au revoir to cars. Air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change. "; " The Australien Government has made an ad for the coming elec...

Dr Cathy OPke (pictured) was at TEDx Bendigo t alking about our Cities: Our Climate Change Antiheroes’ and challenging us to reimagine cities as robust climate solutions rather than just sources of emissions. She explained that while national governments debate, cities are becoming command centers for climate action - a role so crucial that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is p...

Glenn Connley (pictured), moderator for the "Climate Academy" webinar organised by The Australia Institute. Industrial Atlantic salmon farming near Tasmania is a story that needs to be told and understood, and this "Climate Academy" webinar moderated by Glenn Connley and featuring Leanne Minshull and Eloise Carr is a wonderful opportunity for people to learn more about what's happening in this sou...

Linden Ashcroft (pictured) went from wanting to be a poet to climate science, although she still dabbles in poetry. Linden grew up in country Victoria, in Tatura near Shepparton, on the lands of the Yorta Yorta people, and is a lecturer, climate scientist and science communicator at the University of Melbourne . Her parents still live in Tatura, and she will be back there on Saturday, September 6,...

Challenges on her home farm prompted Karin Stark (pictured) to pull together her first National Renewables in Agriculture Conference and Expo in 2019. Now, this year's event will be in Bendigo. In what is a first for Victoria, the conference and expo will be held at The Capital Theatre in View St, Bendigo, on Wednesday, July 23. The expo opens at 8:00 a.m., and the conference follows at 9:00 a.m....

Australia's former Secretary to the Treasurer, Ken Henry (pictured) has written about "cowardly politics" and "robbing our children blind", along with the 'juvenile climate politics" - "Cowardly politics is robbing our children blind. It’s time to be brave"; " Citizen Future: why we need a new story of self and society "; " I’ve spent my li...

Climate change and it impact on life in Australia's northern parts has been ignored by the Australia Football League (AFL) as it has progressed plans to build a multi-million dollar stadium in Darwin, the capital of Northern Territory. The climate community is well aware that wet-bulb temperatures expected in Darwin within decades could make life in that northern capital not only difficult, bu...

Economist Angela Jackson (pictured) was among the guests on the ABC's latest Q&A program and talked passionately about the seriousness and reality of climate change. " Their profit, our cost: Should fossil fuel companies pay for climate disasters? "; " Confirmed: 2024 was the hottest year on record in the air and the oceans "; " The maps that reveal how climate dis...

Emma Bacon (pictured) is among the most climate-aware and knowledgeable Australians and leads the Sydney-based non-government organisation. " Sweltering Cities ". You can hear more of Ms Bacon's almost prescient thinking on the " Finding Nature " podcast. If you're in Geelong this Friday, March 28, get along to that city's " Climate Cafe ". " Garbage...

The 89 Percent Project is a year-long global journalistic effort to explore a pivotal but little-known fact about climate change: The overwhelming majority of the world’s people want their governments to take stronger action. The project launches on April 20, 2025, with a week of focused coverage by journalists and newsrooms worldwide coinciding with Earth Day. A second week of focused coverage wi...

Climate change is a dilemma that appears to escape the understanding of most people astounding me. " In the Australian outback, climate change widens the racial divide "; " The outlook for house insurance is much worse than we’re being told "; " Trump may ax EPA’s research office and fire most of its staff "; " Trump’s attacks on science are a massive blow to Aus...

Anthony Stott (pictured) is a Geelong psychologist, whose fertile mind helps us understand how we can profit from his fresh idea of "Green Prosperity"'. Anthony has put Green Prosperity on the table. Beyond that bold and adventurous thinking, he helps people through the travails of climate anxiety through his work at Aspire Health and Psychology at Werribee. This thoughtful fellow fi...

Usually, episodes of "Climate Conversations" begin with a relevant or outstanding quote, but this event from La Trobe University , "Climate change: where are we now?" was littered with powerful and important quotes. Subsequently, I decided it would be best if you listened first and then chose for yourself — enjoy, it is a powerful webinar.

A friend fears nuclear annihilation more than whatever climate change has in store. " How Formula 1 is trying to cut its carbon emissions, on and off the track "; " Trump moves to gut several agencies, targeting Voice of America, libraries "; " How Climate Change Is Framed to Disempower You "; " ‘Greeted by concrete’: Town fights for trees as rail project steamrolls historic avenue "; " The campai...

Dr Kumi Naidoo (pictured) and Professor Noami Oreskes joined former South Australian Premier, Mike Rann, for a stimulating conversation about phasing out fossil fuels at the University of South Australia's Hawke Centre. Promotional material for the conversation says: "Despite world leaders making climate pledges and investments in renewable energy, many governments are still approving new...

Carly Noble (pictured) will represent the Australian Democrats at the next Federal Election and hopes your vote will help her secure a Seat in the Australian Senate as a representative for Victoria. Carly, a mother, farmer, educator, agitator, and advocate for any environmental improvement that will benefit people generally, particularly Victorians, believes that if people work together through a...

Eddie Kowalski (pictured) is one of several people working to create what is presently known as the "Online Citizens Assembly". The group is led by Professor Joseph Camilleri, an Emeritus Politics Professor at La Trobe University who is one of Australia's leading International Relations scholars. He has more than 30 years of experience. Professor Camilleri has pursued a wide range of research inte...

My daughter's Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV (example pictured) helps out during Tropical Cyclone Alfred. " Alfred to slow and lessen in severity, but window of destruction remains open "; "C yclone Alfred is slowing – and that could make it more destructive. Here’s how climate change might have influenced it "; " States prepare for cyclone flooding as authorities urge ‘do...