Longing for a low carbon future
It’s the question that obsesses me, how to cultivate a deep cultural longing for a post-carbon, more just, more equal world?
– Transitions Town pioneer Rob Hopkins
climate activism
Alt COP26: “Get in line or get out of the way”
Climate solutions are coming from Indigenous peoples and other system thinkers who are deeply connected with nature, not the neoliberal diehards who treat nature as a grab bag of resources to be manipulated.
No Right Turn: Climate Change: Legal action
Lawyers for Climate Action are taking the Climate Change Commission to court over their lax budgets and dodgy accounting.
Having a say on how NZ transitions to a post-carbon society
Now is the time for people power. The government is about to ask us what we think about New Zealand’s plan on climate action.
UPDATED with links to the report and media analysis.
What do you want our government to achieve on climate action in their first 100 days?
“We want our government to listen to us as youth and as New Zealanders. Our house is on fire, and soon, all that we know will be too”
School Strike 4 Climate’s rally on Tuesday will present demands to the government on what action needs to be taken now.
End Oil: “this is how we win”
The Museum of Oil History and SS4C dancing the Macarena ended an awesome week of protest action against oil drilling in NZ.
People vs Oil: activists are occupying the OMV support vessel
“That feeling when you’re so fkn over @omv fuelling the #climatecrisis and risking the lives of millions of people that you board their oil rig support vessel to delay their drilling operations”
Learning to win fast
While Australia burns its conservative politicians still refuse to accept the enormity of the climate crisis and are acting to hinder and prevent measures that need to be taken to address what is a clear threat to the country’s future.
Police London-wide ban on Extinction Rebellion actions ruled unlawful
“The landmark judgment upholds the peoples’ fundamental right to peaceful protest and prohibits the Police from any such future ban”
“Extinction Rebellion blanket ban chilling and unlawful”
Amnesty International condemn police blanket ban on Extinction Rebellion protests in London.
Extinction Rebellion on Lambton Quay
Extinction Rebellion NZ starts off an international week of Climate Rebellion designed to encourage governments to act in meaningful terms on the climate crisis.
Strike for Climate today
Countrywide events for today’s Strike for Climate.
The climate action momentum
The global School Strikes this week and the upcoming International Rebellions are part of a large wave of change that gives us a chance at preventing the worst of climate disaster.
Climate activists threatened with “draconian” Anadarko Amendment
“We can’t burn existing fossil fuel reserves if we are to avoid climate catastrophe.” – Russell Norman.
Climate Change actions for the middle classes
It’s time to put our money and resources where our hearts and minds and values are.
Climate change – beyond the politics and the maths and the fear
Climate change is the most important issue of all time. Beyond the politics and the maths and the fear there is simply doing the right thing.
Protecting the seabed and foreshore
With the sudden departure of deep sea drilling company Statoil from Northland here’s a timely look the role of community action in that, the state of play in NZ and what is next.
Statoil leaves Northland, Greenpeace announce summer of Climate Action
Congratulations and thanks to the people of Northland!