News & Views How Karen Alexander turned her anger into leadership in the environmental movement In the final episode of the season of There Will Be Dancing, Karen, a WELA co-founder, reflects on a career in environmental leadership.
News & Views Why worsening climate conditions could mean more violence for women and girls Climate disasters can increase violence against women and girls, while placing greater care burdens on those already facing inequality.
Climate Pacific women leading disaster responses on Australia’s COP31 promise As Australia prepares to take the negotiating chair at COP31, two women leading disaster responses across our region set out what they expect in return.
News & Views Dr Nicole Kuepper-Russell wants Australia to dream bigger about a clean energy future designed for everyone Dr Nicole Kuepper-Russell joins a recent episode of There Will Be Dancing to talk about what it takes to build a clean energy future.
News & Views Robyn James on community-led conservation and why you don’t sign anything you don’t understand Robyn James joins There Will Be Dancing, a podcast produced by Women’s Environmental Leadership Australia (WELA) to explore what it means to share power in a movement that often assumes its own goodness.
News & Views The women campaigners leading Australia’s climate movement with care and connection Women across Australia are speaking up for climate action, using their experiences and communities to push for real change.
News & Views Natalie Kyriacou has a radical idea for the climate movement: make people laugh Natalie Kyriacou joins a recent episode of There Will Be Dancing to explore why humour might be the most underrated tools of the climate movement.
News & Views Care and connection are critical to Australia’s climate response. Here’s why we’re exploring it Women’s Agenda will spend the next six weeks exploring the role of care, kindness and connection in Australia’s response to climate change.
News & Views Holly Rankin: want to change the system? Change the story Over two decades of music, campaigns and policy work, Holly Rankin has landed on a single idea: if you change the story a society tells itself, you can change the system.
News & Views Sarah Eccles on caring for Country in the time of climate crisis In a recent episode of There Will Be Dancing, a podcast produced by Women’s Environmental Leadership Australia, Sarah Eccles reflects on what it means to lead with Country at the centre of every decision.
News & Views 10 Australians devastated by climate change take landmark human rights case to United Nations Ten Australians who have each had their lives upended by climate change are taking a landmark legal case against the government to the UN.
Ed's Blog Hope is exhausting: Sarah Wilson says it’s time to make space for ‘fierce mother energy’ instead The labour of hope so often falls on women. Sarah Wilson argues we should reach for something else: acceptance that collapse is happening.