Eco Friendly & Sustainable Living
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- On the road with Bob Brown's Stop Adani Convoy: Hobart to Clermont – in pictures Mon, 6 May 19, 4:51pmPhotographer Matthew Newton travelled alongside the 5,000-strong protest against Adani’s proposed Carmichael coalmine, which left Hobart on 17 April before making its way to Clermont in central Queensland and on to Canberra,...
- Jared Harris: My wife can't believe how I keep getting bumped off! Wed, 1 May 19, 3:00pmFrom Mad Men to The Crown, the actor is used to big exits. As new disaster drama Chernobyl launches, he talks about cover-ups, climate change shame – and his hellraising dad Richard
- Australian election: never mind the pyjamas, one-on-one conversations can change minds Sat, 13 Apr 19, 9:53amEnvironmental and aid groups, business organisations and left and right-wing activists are campaigning for votes in the Australian election
- John McDonnell backs Momentum on Barclays protest Sat, 30 Mar 19, 9:38pmCampaign group to take direct action outside bank’s branches in protest at fossil fuel funding
- Don't know how to save the planet? This is what you can do Mon, 25 Mar 19, 5:00pmShould we become vegetarians? Is it OK to fly? The author of There Is No Planet B, A Handbook for the Make or Break Years, answers the big questions
- Students around the world join climate strike on March 15 Thu, 14 Mar 19, 7:26amOn Friday, March 15, tens of thousands of high school and middle school students in more than 70 countries plan to walk out of their classrooms and protest at town and city halls...
- Australia only nation to join US at pro-coal event at COP24 climate talks Tue, 11 Dec 18, 9:08amCountry’s stance described as ‘a slap in the face of our Pacific island neighbours’
- Talk back radio Australia extreme activism in schools Sun, 2 Dec 18, 5:00pmBy Geoff Sherrington, In Australia, either Melbourne or Canberra is the most active locus of climate change activism. We still have talk back radio. Melbourne’s Neil Mitchell on 3AW, 8.30am to noon on week days, is certainly...
- I was arrested for direct action against fracking. This is too important to stand aside | Esme North Tue, 16 Oct 18, 10:26pmAs a trained paramedic I understand emergency situations. In the face of catastrophic climate change, protest is a moral obligationI was arrested yesterday for blockading Cuadrilla’s fracking site at Preston New Road in...
- I was arrested at my first fracking protest. This is too important to stand aside | Esme North Tue, 16 Oct 18, 10:26pmAs a paramedic I understand emergency situations. In the face of catastrophic climate change, direct action is a moral obligationI was arrested yesterday for blockading Cuadrilla’s fracking site at Preston New Road in Lancashire...
- Lecomte reaches mile 1,000 in his swim across the Pacific Ocean Thu, 4 Oct 18, 8:00amBen Lecomte, the first person to swim across the Atlantic Ocean back in 1998, is now attempting to be the first swimmer to traverse the Pacific Ocean. The record-setter is taking on the challenge not only for himself, but...
- The Guardian view on climate policy failures: don’t give up | Editorial Mon, 1 Oct 18, 3:37amNews that governments are not meeting targets is alarming, but the actions of activists are a reason to hopeThe world is failing to combat the threat of climate change...
- Environmental campaign floods UK Royal Mail with empty potato chip bags Sat, 29 Sep 18, 5:30amThe U.K. postal service has implored its public to stop mailing empty potato chip bags addressed without an envelope after a surge in chip bag mailings was encountered by its courier offices. The mailings are part of an environmental...
- Blackpool activists jailed for anti-fracking protest Thu, 27 Sep 18, 1:24amThree protesters given prison sentences for blocking Cuadrilla lorry convoy
- Anti-fracking activists jailed for Blackpool Cuadrilla protest Wed, 26 Sep 18, 9:48pmThree campaigners thought to be first to be jailed for UK environmental action since 1932