Category Archives: climate change
“I believe in people power” – Introducing Amelia Telford
I first knew I had to meet Amelia Telford when I walked into a tea shop in the northern rivers of NSW last year during a holiday with my husband. I was soon chatting with the shop owner about the … Continue reading
A Big Morning and a Chance to Reflect
Early mornings are ripe with mixed emotions for the reflective climate campaigner, especially today since my husband Simon’s decision to move on from GetUp after four years in the role is making headlines. Mornings are always the time when I … Continue reading
‘Are You Here to Save Face, Or to Save Us?’
In a surprise announcement, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon has just appointed Prime Minister Gillard as Co-Chair of a body set up to accelerate progress on the Millenium Development Goals in the two years remaining before the 2015 deadline. But … Continue reading
A View From Across The Pond
One-On-One Interview with Helen Clark, former Prime Minister of New Zealand and current head of UNDP At the Rio+Social summit on social media today, I had the pleasure of an interview with Helen Clarke, head of the United Nations Development Program … Continue reading
The Road to Rio
I’m flying over an ocean, in the semi-dark of a plane, in an in-between time zone that feels like 3am for several hours until suddenly the breakfast tray wakes everyone up with a start. I peer over the shoulder of … Continue reading
Milton, Ulladulla & Wollongong
From Canberra, Isaac and I headed to the coast. Our destination: the small town of Milton and it’s larger neighbour, Ulladulla. We’d been pointed there by several NSW AYCC volunteers who had mentioned a particularly enthusiastic and talented young organiser … Continue reading
On The Road…
Those of you who’ve been asking ‘what’s next’ after the book and documentary will have heard me talking about my vision of a road trip with AYCC volunteers traveling to communities all around Australia talking (and listening) about climate science, … Continue reading
Talking to Australia About Climate Change
Tomorrow, I’m co-starring in a climate change documentary aiming to reach those Australians who still have questions about the science of climate change. On Friday, Melbourne University Press is releasing my first full-length book. It answers all the questions a … Continue reading
After my depressing blog post a few hours ago, I started to clean the house. And I found these two fortune cookie messages I’d saved. Thanks, Chinese restaurant down the street! Yes, we will solve climate change – by looking … Continue reading
Seriously, Victoria?!
I was going to write a post complaining about how awful recovering from tonsil surgery is, but I’ve been depressed about something even worse than that this week. So I’ll spare you the gory details about how tonsil scabs form … Continue reading
