Talking to Australia About Climate Change
Nick Minchin, Professor Richard Muller and I at the University of Berkeley, San Francisco Tomorrow, I’m co-starring in a climate change documentary aiming to reach those Australians who still have...
View ArticleOn 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...
View ArticleMilton, 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleA 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...
View Article‘Are You Here to Save Face, Or to Save Us?’
Prime Minister Julia Gillard and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon (look how close I was standing at the press conference!) In a surprise announcement, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon has just...
View ArticleA 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...
View Article“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...
View ArticleJoin me in a bigger dream for 2013?
This is the text from an ad placed by Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton one hundred years ago. Rumour has it that Shackleton received 5000 applications. What is it that drives people to rise to a...
View ArticleBook Reviews: My Year Without Matches, and Steve Jobs
Image of Claire Dunn from her site: http://www.claire-dunn.com/ Hello world! After more than a year, I’m writing on this blog again. And what better way to celebrate than by sharing the joy of two...
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