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Category Archives: COP21
Talking to my Federal MP about climate change urgency
For the last twenty years Jenny Macklin has been my Federal MP in the safe Labor seat of Jaga Jaga. During that time she’s held political offices, been Minister or Shadow Minister of numerous portfolios (Aged Care, Social Security, Status … Continue reading
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Bill McKibben – speaks out in Paris – December 2015
Bill McKibben is a powerful speaker. It was because Bill was speaking and also Naomi Klein, Vandana Shiva and others that I bought tickets for the Pathways to Paris concert at Le Triannon on 5th December. The concert was run … Continue reading
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Looking back on the whole amazing trip. COP21 is over and so is my time in France.
I left France heading home to Australia a week ago. It was six weeks to the day since I embarked on the journey from Melbourne to Paris. I had gone with tightly restrained optimism, a determination to contribute what I could and … Continue reading
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Transformative Change is in our Hands
I have had to work at understanding the human disconnect, the human capacity to operate with a split brain – cognitive dissonance – where one part can understand we have a problem and the other part can ignore it and … Continue reading
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COP 21 in Paris : Not your average conference!
In Paris – COP21 is underway. It’s all happening. On Saturday 28th December PlaceTo Be launched with a party. In a sense the party hasn’t stopped. It’s get up early and get ready for anything. Today I had done a … Continue reading
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En Bretagne … Rennes, Mont St Michel and Cancale
Such an extraordinary place and time to be travelling. COP 21 only days away and here we were in Bretagne – taking a deep breath before entering the fray back in Paris. A good time to prepare. On the morning … Continue reading
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The Loire Valley – Tours, Chinon to Sanaur
The few days after the night of terrorism were spent very low key hanging out with our hosts in St.Cloud and taking just a bit of a walk around the neighbourhood. But even the big natural park we wanted to … Continue reading
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Armistice Day: Paris Day 5 – the 11th November 2015
Day 5 – Wednesday 11th (NB. As I wrote this post the night of terrorism – Friday Nov 13 – is still ahead of us and we, like the rest of Paris and the world, are unaware.) It is Armistice … Continue reading
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The first four days in Paris
I have been in France for just over two and a half weeks now and so much has happened in that time. It has been pretty intense to say the least. The first four days was a mixture of the … Continue reading
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Why participation in the People’s March everywhere (29th) is now even more important.
The State of Emergency in France is having many repercussions. Some public places, parks and tourist sites –are closed. Taking innocent photos can be viewed with suspicion. Bags cannot be left, lockers may not be available. Life goes on but … Continue reading
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