150,000 students strike for climate action around Australia.

15 March 2019: An estimated 150,000 students and adult supporters across Australia joined massive, vibrant, nationwide climate strikes today, in over 60 cities and towns across the nation, demanding immediate and urgent leadership from Australian politicians to tackle climate change. Internationally, students in over 100 countries also took action. 

The Sydney School Strike at Town Hall - one of over 60 - March 15.

Next steps: Students are discussing further strikes if they don’t see the action they need from politicians. Other plans include #ClimateElection KickStart meetings at the end of March to make plans to pressure politicians to show climate leadership, and local climate change candidate forums where candidates will be challenged by school students to commit to stop Adani and act on climate change. 

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Off-Grid Living Festival both unique and vibrant

The Off-Grid Living Festival is a unique and vibrant one day festival displaying the best of off-grid living and sustainable lifestyles. 

With traditional crafts demonstrations, talks and workshops, latest sustainable technologies, alternative living ideas, delicious off-grid food stalls, entertainment and hands on play space for the kids.

For just one glorious day Centennial Park in Eldorado (North-East Victoria) will be transformed into a melting pot of intriguing delights to see, touch, taste, share and enjoy.

Learn more about the festival.

Making hotter and drier healthier, safer, and more vibrant for living and working

Victoria is becoming hotter and drier due to climate change. Even with ambitious global action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, changes to Victoria’s climate will continue to occur. We must adapt to these unavoidable changes to ensure that our economy, community and environment continue to thrive.

About Victoria’s Climate Change Adaptation Plan (2017-2020)

The second Victorian Climate Change Adaptation Plan will build on the first Adaptation Plan(External link), which is currently in effect, and on the vast amount of adaptation action already taking place throughout the State.

This includes action by coastal communities to develop regional plans, by businesses developing technology that can be applied in a climate-changed future, and by local governments to develop urban forest strategies and climate-proof local infrastructure (for example, Victorian Climate Change Grants(External link)).

The second Victorian Climate Change Adaptation Plan will outline the Victorian Government’s vision for a climate-ready Victoria.

With this Plan we will put in place durable processes and take action to prepare all Victorian communities to meet the challenges and act on the opportunities of climate change.

We want to ensure that Victoria remains a healthy, prosperous, safe and vibrant place to work and live long into the future.

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Extra innovation is surplus to needs as we already have the climate tools/ideas

AUSTRALIA already has the tools it needs to solve the climate crisis and innovation can accelerate the transition, the Climate Council said today.

Welcoming the release of the government’s innovation statement, the Climate Council’s Professor Will Steffen said science was core to building a modern, vibrant and enterprising society.

Read the Climate Council’s story - “Innovation no excuse for delay on climate action.”

(Plans announced today by Australia’s PM to spend nearly $1.1 billion in the next four years to promote business-based research, development and innovation is to be applauded, but condemned as it is a populist way of appearing to be “doing something” while side-stepping the main game of actually doing something to combat climate change.

The innovation we need exists, it simply needs government support and encouragement to see it employed on a broad scale.

Interestingly, Malcolm Turnbull has specified “business-based research” when even a cursory of glance illustrates that most innovations that have changed the face of society have had their beginnings in the public sector. The “business-based” phrase simply panders to the rump of the Liberal Party – Robert McLean.)