The highs and lows of the Australian response to climate change have never been more evident than over the past week... While the Government response flails with environmental rebate programs being cancelled, weak, ineffective and useless schemes proposed by the Liberal party gaining traction and baffling lack of appreciation of the issues with weak targets set by the dying ETS, ground level community action is taking off.
Last weekend the Transition Decade was launched as an accompaniment to the Transition Towns Movement - local communities addressing issues like peak oil and sustainability and generating visions of incredible futures that are still within our reach... This weekend the Sustainable Living Festival is bigger and better than ever with new initiatives like the Sharehood and CD recycling swaps proving that local communities will stand up and take action with or without Government support... And who can forget Darren Cheeseman's BHAG (Big Hairy Audacious Goal) of turning Geelong into Australia's first carbon neutral region? Looks like the Australian public is finally starting to take action with or without our elected leaders!
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