podcasts Dealing with waste, stuff, overconsumption & saving the planet: Latest podcast Our latest Women’s Agenda podcast is away, this week featuring a conversation that’s all about saving the planet, through small everyday steps.
Business ‘I believe in quotas’: How Branson (with business) is driving social change In 2013, Sir Richard Branson along with a group of like-minded global business leaders, launched the B Team- big business committed to social progress.
Uncategorised The ‘urgent transformative’ change Australian politicians refuse to accept is needed We need ‘urgent transformative’ change if we are to curb the worst outcomes of climate change. Australia has its head in a bucket of sand.
News & Views Australia confirms climate change biggest threat to Pacific by signing declaration. So what now? Australia can’t get its act together on developing emissions reduction policies, but confirm that climate change is the biggest threat to the Pacific.
News & Views Getting more women on boards can make companies greener: Research New research finds that companies with women on boards experience fewer environmental lawsuits than their diversity-lacking counterparts.
News & Views Bushfires and drought, but Canberra just had another (failed) leadership spill It was on, again.
Politics Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Dutton & the desperate state of affairs in Canberra Malcolm Turnbull announced a dramatic retreat on energy policy on Monday in a bid to stave off the threat to his leadership.
News & Views No wrecking or undermining? Tony Abbott’s doing it all & there’s more at risk than policy Tony Abbott has described his own Party’s policy as “dodgy” and “bad”. So can he say he’s not “undermining” his own leader? We think not.
Ed's Blog Granting half a billion dollars without a tender? It’s insulting to the intelligence of Australians Giving $444 million to the Great Barrier Reef Foundation to conserve, research and monitor Australia’s natural wonder without a tender is ‘unthinkable’.
News & Views Coles ditching the ban on plastic bags? That’s why I’ll choose Woollies Despite initially committing to the ban on plastic bags Coles will continue handing out thicker plastic bags for free in its stores indefinitely.
News & Views How persistent and respectful advocacy is getting this doctor heard on climate change How do you get people to listen on climate change? Dr Kim Loo embraces everyone regardless of their views, and has been getting plenty of attention.
Ed's Blog Sweden’s deputy Prime Minister trolls Donald Trump & it’s brilliant. Over the weekend Sweden’s deputy Prime Minister Isabella Lovin shared a photo to mark the signing of a Climate law which binds all future governments to net zero emissions by 2045, ‘for a safer and better future’.