Greta Thunberg has appeared at the World Economic Forum for the second year in a row, calling on policies makers, business and community leaders and others to take urgent action on climate change and …
The good, the bad & the ugly of the year that was 2019
We are almost, almost, at the end of 2019. It’s been a big year. This corner of the earth has been pummelled. Well before the catastrophic bush fires kicked off, the drought continued to ravage the co…
‘Chill Greta, Chill’: Trump ridicules Greta Thunberg but as usual she gets the last laugh
Could Donald Trump become anymore of a global embarrassment? It’s hard to imagine. His incompetence becomes even more patent when he starts mocking the likes of Greta Thunberg; the 16-year old, …
Greta Thunberg named 2019 TIME ‘Person of the Year’
Swedish schoolgirl Greta Thunberg has become the youngest person ever to be named TIME Person of the Year, and beat Donald Trump and Nancy Pelosi in the process. The publication announced that Thunber…
Expect family talks about climate change this Christmas? Take tips from Greta Thunberg
We can learn much from Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg, a master of staying on topic, writes Peter Ellerton, The University of Queensland in this piece republished from The Conversation. As b…
Why so much anger about a young woman? Waning privilege syndrome
‘This annoying little brat..’. ‘Entitled political pawn’. ‘Deeply disturbed messiah’. ‘Over dramatic’. ‘A young person getting carried away’. And so rant the middle aged white men of Australia about…
Misogyny, male rage and the words men use to describe Greta Thunberg
Detractors have dismissed Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg – a Nobel Prize nominee – as mentally ill, hysterical and a millennial weirdo after she pleaded with world officials last …
Two women, one school girl and three world leaders clutching at straws
Scott Morrison, Boris Johnson and Donald Trump have faced very different questions about their actions in leadership this week, but all three have resorted to clutching at straws in order to deflect f…
‘Needless anxiety’ Scott Morrison’s dismissal of Greta Thunberg is truly staggering
On Monday, while 16-year old Swedish activist Greta Thunberg delivered a blistering speech to the UN Summit on Climate Change, Australia’s Prime Minister was at a Chicago McDonald’s checki…
‘How dare you’: Greta Thunberg delivers blistering speech at UN Climate Summit
Greta Thunberg has slammed world leaders for their failure to act on the climate crisis, calling them out for their “betrayal” of young people. In what was perhaps her most impassioned and impressive …
