Oct 14, 2012 | Boroondara Council
(Press Release October 10) Council candidates use wonky “Winky Pop” to dodge questions A wonky excuse is being used by council candidates to evade stating their policies, says local climate action group Lighter Footprints. Many candidates have responded to a Lighter...
Jul 11, 2012 | Clean Energy, Solutions, Taking Action
Wednesday 25 July 7pm for 7:30 Canterbury Guide Hall – Faversham Rd At the July Lighter Footprints monthly meeting we are delighted to have Hannah Aulby who will talk to us about the very exciting Australia wide campaign to Repower Port Augusta! Repower Port...
Jun 28, 2012 | Climate Damage, Climate Emergency
The untold story: health benefits of the carbon price By Fiona Armstrong (An edited version ran in the Canberra Times and Sydney Morning Herald on Tuesday 26th Jun 12, as “Carbon Price’s Health Bonanza”) The birth of Australia’s carbon price legislation is...
May 10, 2012 | Boroondara Council, Taking Action
Energetic Lighter Footprints members handed out hundreds of leaflets over the weekend mainly at the Burwood festival advertising our renewable energy forum. We encountered considerable enthusiasm for renewable energy, with many members of the public telling us they...
Mar 25, 2012 | Boroondara Council, Taking Action
Our active team of stall volunteers were busy again at the Kew Festival on Saturday 24 March, this time accompanied by a large thermometer and inflatable globe to highlight the issue of dangerous global warming. We collected letters addressed to State Premier Ted...
Mar 1, 2012 | Boroondara Council, Taking Action
With a hot northerly blowing and temperatures in the mid-thirties, Lighter Footprints was out and about on Sunday 26 February spreading the message about climate change at the Ashburton Community Festival. This followed a similar effort at the Sustainable Living...