Nov 24, 2015 | Taking Action
We will be catching the Belgrave line train which leaves Blackburn Station for the city at 4:07 pm and arrives at Melbourne Central station at 4:53pm. Lighter Footprinters will be getting on at various points and we will aim to be in the last carriage. We will meet up...
Nov 10, 2015 | Taking Action
Wednesday November 25 7 for 7.30 Guide Hall – Faversham Rd Canterbury Cam Walker Campaign Coordinator, Friends of the Earth Everything old is new again: Engaging with communities for change. For the past twenty years, Cam has worked extensively with FoE...
Jul 17, 2015 | Solutions, Taking Action
Wednesday 29 July 7pm for 7.30pm Guide Hall – Faversham Rd Canterbury “The fossil fuel divestment movement and steps you can take to clean up your finances”. Govind Maksay is a campaigner at Market Forces – an affiliate project of Friends of...
Jun 21, 2015 | Climate Emergency, Taking Action
Lighter Footprints’ advert calling for high ambition on climate targets made it into the Progress Leader this month! The quote “no free ride on climate” is from UN Secretary General Kofi Anan.
Jun 19, 2015 | Climate Emergency
Wednesday 24 June 7pm for 7.30pm Guide Hall – Faversham Rd Canterbury David Spratt (co-author Climate Code Red) “After the Encyclical: spreading the word on climate change” Join us for an engaging evening of discussion. Join us for some food and...
May 12, 2015 | Climate Damage, Climate Emergency
Wednesday 27 May 7pm for 7.30pm Guide Hall – Faversham Rd Canterbury Places you love: What threats do you see to these places and how can you help to protect them Come and join us to discuss your own views on the places you love and how best to protect...
May 11, 2015 | Boroondara Council, Taking Action
Local citizens showed overwhelming support for much stronger Australian targets for cutting carbon emissions at our stall at St Paul’s Anglican Church Fair in Canterbury on Saturday 9 May. Fair-goers signed letters urging the Prime Minister Tony Abbott and local...
May 3, 2015 | Boroondara Council, Taking Action
Sunny weather brought families and local citizens to the Burwood Village festival on Saturday 2 May and to our Lighter Footprints stall where they inspected our solar thermal power plant model. They also signed letters in droves to Prime Minister Tony Abbott and...
Mar 23, 2015 | Boroondara Council, Taking Action
Lighter Footprint’s members turned out in force again on Saturday 21 March to run a stall at the Kew Festival. Our model of a solar thermal power station was once again a major highlight, attracting many families to our display where they learnt that heat stored...