Jul 16, 2010 | Lighter Footprints Forum
What: “Meet the candidates” Community Climate Forum for the Federal election 2010 When: Wednesday 28 July @ 7.00pm Where: Chandelier room, Hawthorn town hall, 360 Burwood Rd, Hawthorn Who: Candidates for Kooyong and a senator from each major party Entry: $5 donation....
Jul 8, 2010 | Climate Emergency
There have been a few blog posts about the report by Sir Muir Russell into the so-called “climategate” affair. (This controversy has gone over the horizon somewhat; it all happened last November when email messages that were hacked into from the university...
Jun 2, 2010 | Taking Action
Lighter Footprints is organising a Doorknocking Day in Boroondara this Sunday 6th June from 2-5pm. This is an easy and fun way to talk to people in your community about climate change and the opportunities for action. We will also be promoting our upcoming Meet the...
Jun 1, 2010 | Clean Energy, Solutions
Excerpt from this Care2 blog post: “In a converted corn ethanol plant 25 minutes from Cedar Rapids, four-story tanks of renewable fuel are quietly bubbling away ready for conversion into fuel-grade ethanol. What makes this batch of fuel special is its main...
Mar 20, 2010 | Lighter Footprints Forum, Solutions, Speaker Slides & Presentations, Taking Action
Lighter Footprints Forum Rewrite the Future: Climate Communities 2010 18 February 2010, Hawthorn Town Hall, Burwood Road, Hawthorn. Has the political debate left you unsure about climate change? About your role in responding to it? Do we have the solutions needed?...
Feb 9, 2010 | Climate Policy, Taking Action
Lighter Footprints are involved in a collaborative project with Friends of the Earth (Melbourne) and Greenleap Strategic Institute to develop a Safe Climate Bill for Victoria. The project aims to develop a draft Bill that, if implemented, would establish Victoria’s...
Jan 11, 2010 | Taking Action
Has the political debate left you unsure about climate change? About your role in responding to it? Do we have the solutions needed? How can we make the necessary changes? Hear from respected climate scientist David Karoly and other experts, then join local residents...