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45 Years of Acting Up: Friends of the Earth waste campaigns
May 11, 2020
Friends of the Earth podcast history series made in collaboration with 3CR 855 AM community radio show Acting Up! Monday 2.00pm. Ratbags, peaceniks and agents of change, resistance radio that explores the movements that made us. ...
Read More Add your reaction ShareKoalas continue to perish in Victoria's south west
May 06, 2020
In early February, Friends of the Earth was appalled by yet another koala massacre in the south west of the State. A visit to the region last month confirmed our worst fears; Koalas that...
Read More 1 Reaction Share45 Years of Acting Up: Friends of the Earth transport campaigns
May 05, 2020
Friends of the Earth podcast history series made in collaboration with 3CR 855 AM community radio show Acting Up! Monday 2.00pm. Ratbags, peaceniks and agents of change, resistance radio that explores the movements that made us. ...
Read More Add your reaction ShareOffshore wind successes: Lessons from Denmark in creating climate jobs
May 05, 2020
With the game-changing Star of the South proposal in Victoria representing an opportunity to establish Australia’s very own offshore wind sector to act on climate change, it’s important we learn from leading jurisdictions about...
Read More 1 Reaction ShareAct on Climate update: Lockdown edition
May 01, 2020
It's a strange time to be a grassroots climate campaigner. The Act on Climate collective miss hitting the road across Victoria and working with people on the ground. Nonetheless, our efforts to champion climate...
Read More Add your reaction ShareApril News
April 29, 2020
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Read More Add your reaction ShareIso book recommendations from the Act on Climate team
April 29, 2020
The Act on Climate collective have been adapting to life during COVID-19. We're spending isolation continuing committed and passionate climate activism, even if that looks different (and distinctly more zoom) for the next little while....
Read More Add your reaction ShareStrong climate action key to creating jobs and Victoria’s economic recovery
April 28, 2020
Friends of the Earth Melbourne has called on the Andrews government to make climate action a focus of the recovery from the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic after experts have criticised the Morrison...
Read More Add your reaction ShareActivism and solidarity in the time of COVID-19
April 27, 2020
COVID-19 has had an immense impact globally, including on how activism is being done. The significant power of climate activism has been based on it being a grassroots, community-led mass movement. With the introduction of...
Read More Add your reaction Share13 things Victoria could do to prepare for next summer's fires
April 25, 2020
Australia suffered through a terrible summer. The 2019–20 bushfires have been described as 'the worst bushfires in our history’. Australia wide, approximately 19.4 million hectares have burnt since 1 July 2019 and at least...
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