News & Views When women make decisions, the environment benefits When women are actively involved in decisions of environmental land management, groups are more likely to opt for conversation, suggests new research.
News & Views ‘Turn up to school’: Politicians and the fear of teenagers striking over climate change Those opinionated school students are at it again: boycotting school today to protest the lack of inaction on climate change.
News & Views Students striking for climate action are showing the exact skills employers look for Students across Australia today will skip school to join the global movement for action on climate change, writes Karena Menzie- Ballantyne.
News & Views ‘How can we sit at school & do nothing?’: Sydney teenager Alexia Giannesini is taking action on climate change Meet Alexia Giannesini. She’s a Sydney teenager part of the committee of climate strikers organising the Sydney leg of the school strike.
News & Views ‘I don’t want your hope, I want you to panic’: 16yo Greta Thunberg steps it up on taking on global business leaders Environmental activist and 16-year-old Swedish school student Greta Thunberg is the young woman behind the global movement of student activism for climate action.
News & Views This week’s ‘leadership’: Chaos & fear mongering that ignores the real terror ahead Climate change? Domestic violence? All low on the agenda once again in favour of vitriolic politics and other forms of fearmongering
Politics My biggest fear about having kids is shared by thousands of women Australian women are extremely concerned about the future of the planet and this fear is impacting the likelihood of young women having children altogether.
News & Views This Women4Climate conference looks set to arrive in Sydney in 2020 The City of Sydney has won a bid to host C40’s Women4Climate Conference, which will be held in April 2020.
News & Views Get on the ‘right side of history’: Jacinda Ardern’s plea to world leaders on climate change Once again Jacinda Ardern has proved to be a breath of fresh air on the world stage, urging leaders to act on climate change at the World Economic Forum.
News & Views US politics’ most powerful woman Nancy Pelosi puts climate crisis on the agenda Nancy Pelosi remains the only woman to be elected House Speaker.
News & Views ‘Leaders of the world, you must lead’: Sir David Attenborough’s plea on climate change Climate change is humanity’s greatest threat in thousands of years and could lead to the extinction of “much of the natural world,” David Attenborough said.
News & Views Why I carried this sign to protest government inaction on climate change: 14yo Alicia Guiney 14 year old Alicia Guiney is the author (and holder) of the above protest sign, and one of thousands of students who demanded action on climate change.