Parents around the world mobilise behind youth climate strikes

Parents and grandparents around the world are mobilising in support of the youth strikes for climate movement that has swept the globe.

 Eve White and her children join climate protests in Tasmania.

Under the banner Parents for the Future, 34 groups from 16 countries on four continents have issued an open letter. It demands urgent action to fight climate change and prevent temperatures rising by more than 1.5C, beyond which scientists say droughts, floods and heatwaves will get significantly worse.

“What our kids are telling us is what science has been telling us for many years – there is no time left,” the letter says. “We now owe it to them to act.”

Read the story from The Guardian by Damian  Carrington - “Parents around the world mobilise behind youth climate strikes.”

What grandparents can teach us about reducing food waste

Before the era of supermarkets, seasonal shopping and health buzzwords, our grandparents reduced food waste not because they wanted to, but because they had to.

Cutting waste: Rebecca Sullivan with grandmother Pauline.

With public awareness of food sustainability on the rise, their experience remains as relevant today as it was 70 years ago.

Evacuated during the Second World War from London to a farm in rural Wiltshire, Pauline Tee grew up not taking a single meal for granted.

Ms Tee said meat in particular was a privilege and every scrap would be used.

Read the ABC News story by Dominic Cansdale and Megan Whitfield - “What grandparents can teach us about reducing food waste.”