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Updated: Nov 17

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Post 28 December 2020


If you haven't written to your MP yet...


https://www.un.org/press/en/2020/sgsm20411.doc.htm#:~:text=The%20United%20Kingdom%2C%20Japan%20and,to%20get%20there%20before%202060.


https://www.climatecouncil.org.au/resources/what-does-net-zero-emissions-mean/#:~:text=In%20order%20to%20honour%20the,reach%20net%20zero%20by%202050.

Post 14 December 2020


The good vibes of switching to a better bank or super don't end with with not investing in fossil fuels!


https://www.bankaust.com.au/responsible-banking/planet/conservation-reserve


https://www.bankaust.com.au/responsible-banking


https://www.bankaust.com.au/responsible-banking/bank-australia-impact-fund


https://www.beyondbank.com.au/about-us.html


https://www.australianethical.com.au/


https://www.notbusinessasusual.co/


https://www.futuresuper.com.au/how-we-invest

Post 10 December 2020


Is divesting legitimate?


https://gofossilfree.org/divestment/commitments/


https://theconversation.com/matt-canavan-says-australia-doesnt-subsidise-the-fossil-fuel-industry-an-expert-says-it-does-131200

Post 10 December 2020


Today's fossil fuel divestment movement has historical parallels in the fight against Apartheid. ⁠


https://gofossilfree.org/southafrica/divestment-from-ending-apartheid-to-ending-the-age-of-fossil-fuels/


https://blog.smu.edu/theanti-apartheidmovementinnorthtexas/history/divestment/


https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/apr/10/desmond-tutu-anti-apartheid-style-boycott-fossil-fuel-industry#:~:text=Tutu%2C%20one%20of%20the%20most,the%20injustice%20of%20climate%20change.

Post 4 December 2020


If seals could talk...


https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/dec/03/great-barrier-reef-outlook-critical-as-climate-change-called-number-one-threat-to-world-heritage?utm_term=fad90e391667f4d6900d9d870c47a35c&utm_campaign=MorningMailAUS&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&CMP=morningmailau_email


https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/10/14/global-heating-kills-half-the-corals-on-the-great-barrier-reef?utm_campaign=Carbon%20Brief%20Daily%20Briefing&utm_content=20201014&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue%20newsletter


https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/oct/14/great-barrier-reef-corals-have-more-than-halved-in-past-25-years-study-shows?utm_term=904a7dcb5bd788bdc9c538e29368270d&utm_campaign=MorningMailAUS&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&CMP=morningmailau_email


https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/oct/29/we-dont-have-time-to-lose-plans-for-coral-ark-to-help-save-the-worlds-reefs?utm_term=96ff93fd0eebec7198db71a388513c91&utm_campaign=MorningMailAUS&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&CMP=morningmailau_email


https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/radical-action-needed-to-save-great-barrier-reef-major-climate-report-warns-20181008-p508cb.html


https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/25/climate/climate-change-oceans-united-nations.html


https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/nov/26/cooling-la-nina-may-not-save-great-barrier-reef-from-mass-coral-bleaching-experts-warn

Post 1 Dec 2020


We're keen to learn - and share - about the measures outdoor businesses are taking to become more environmentally sustainable.


http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2007/09/07/2027042.htm


https://www.energy.gov.au/households/water-efficiency


http://www.naturalevent.com.au/

Post 22 Nov 2020


This eye opening footage was captured this November.


1.4 degrees

http://www.bom.gov.au/state-of-the-climate/australias-changing-climate.shtml#:~:text=Australia's%20weather%20and%20climate%20are,warmer%20than%20the%20ones%20before.


Worsening Bushfire Seasons

https://www.climatecouncil.org.au/resources/summer-of-crisis/


Rainforests

https://news.mongabay.com/2020/02/fallout-threatened-species-in-australia-continue-to-struggle-after-fires/


https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-12-04/eungella-rainforest-future-questioned-by-expert/10578802


https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-11-27/bushfires-devastate-ancient-forests-and-rare-wildlife/11733956


https://pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/why-are-our-rainforests-burning

Post 15 Nov 2020


From our post yesterday... the good news just keep rolling.


Vic

https://www.climatecouncil.org.au/resources/vic-torious-another-big-battery-record/?utm_source=Climate+Council+of+Australia&utm_campaign=58dcd72460-201106_OctNewsletter_%5BRG%5D&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_03ddbdd2e5-58dcd72460-75230061


NSW

https://www.acf.org.au/bipartisan_support_to_make_nsw_a_renewables_superpower?link_id=0&can_id=7ae8dda8962084dc613b6518edb47c40&source=email-nsw-steps-up-for-climate-action&email_referrer=email_992292&email_subject=nsw-steps-up-for-climate-action


SA

https://www.climatecouncil.org.au/resources/south-australia-goes-big-clean-energy-jobs/?utm_source=Climate+Council+of+Australia&utm_campaign=58dcd72460-201106_OctNewsletter_%5BRG%5D&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_03ddbdd2e5-58dcd72460-75230061


TAS

https://thedriven.io/2020/11/13/tasmania-sets-100-per-cent-electric-vehicle-target-for-government-fleet/?utm_source=Climate+Council+of+Australia&utm_campaign=58dcd72460-201106_OctNewsletter_%5BRG%5D&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_03ddbdd2e5-58dcd72460-75230061


Qld

https://reneweconomy.com.au/labor-has-to-do-mor