�鶹ӳ�� - Climate change

South Australia’s marine disaster: A glimpse of the future?

Renfrey Clarke — Tue, 19 Aug 2025 10:30:00 +1000

Algal blooms are produced by a combination of temperature, sunlight and nutrients allowing aquatic microorganisms to multiply at exceptional rates. But, as Renfrey Clarke reports, the current catastrophe is unprecedented.

Rising Tide Castlemaine film screening – Turning the Ship

Darren Saffin — Fri, 06 Jun 2025 04:42:01 +0000

Join Rising Tide for the first Castlemaine / Central Victoria screening of ‘Turning the Ship,’ a Rising Tide film!

‘Turning the Ship’ describes the passion and drive of Rising Tide and tells the story of the extraordinary 2024 People’s Blockade of the World’s Largest Coal Port. The highs, the lows and the triumphs!

Come along wearing anything blue to fit the Rising Tide and ocean theme!

The climate crisis could not be more serious, but Rising Tide aims to share joy while we build our movement to fight it.

Rising Tide Melbourne / Naarm film screening – Turning the Ship

Darren Saffin — Fri, 06 Jun 2025 04:31:46 +0000

Join Rising Tide for the first Melbourne screening of ‘Turning the Ship,’ a Rising Tide film at Patagonia!

Come along wearing anything blue to fit the Rising Tide and ocean theme!

The climate crisis could not be more serious, but Rising Tide aims to share joy while we build our movement to fight it.

EFFA presents: Mad Max 2 and an Evening of Speculative Futures

Darren Saffin — Fri, 01 Nov 2024 05:27:16 +0000

As tomorrow rushes on at an unstoppable speed, Environmental Film Festival Australia and Monash University present an evening of speculative future exploration at Lido Cinemas on Thursday 7 November.

Featuring four distinct visions of the future, with a retrospective screening of Australian classic Mad Max 2 (1981) and a selection of curated shorts, this special cinema event delves into how tomorrow’s stories respond to today’s emergencies.

Rising Tide - The First Wave film screening

Darren Saffin — Fri, 09 Aug 2024 06:48:28 +0000

At the end of the hottest year in human history, a Rising Tide of everyday people shut down the world’s largest coal port for 32 hours. Here’s how we did it.

Revisit the epic People’s Blockade with footage from the beach, the water, and the sky - and hear from Rising Tide organisers and blockaders about how this historic event came together.

Watch The First Wave - and get ready for the next!

Rising Tide - The First Wave film screening

Darren Saffin — Thu, 27 Jun 2024 07:46:20 +0000

Watch Rising Tide’s very first short film, and meet some of the locals who attended the 2023 People’s Blockade of the world’s largest coal port in Newcastle.

At the end of the hottest year in history in 2023, a Rising Tide of everyday people shut down the Newcastle Coal Export Facility, the World’s Largest Coal Port for 32 hours. Revisit the epic People’s Blockade with footage from the beach, the water, and the sky.

Join with like-minded local community members to learn how you can get involved in this diverse movement.

Rising Tide - The First Wave film screening

Darren Saffin — Wed, 15 May 2024 06:15:21 +0000

At the end of the hottest year in human history, a Rising Tide of everyday people shut down the world’s largest coal port for 32 hours. Here’s how we did it.

Revisit the epic People’s Blockade with footage from the beach, the water, and the sky - and hear from Rising Tide organisers and blockaders about how this historic event came together.

Watch The First Wave - and get ready for the next!

Rising Tide - The First Wave film screening

Darren Saffin — Wed, 15 May 2024 06:09:56 +0000

At the end of the hottest year in human history, a Rising Tide of everyday people shut down the world’s largest coal port for 32 hours. Here’s how we did it.

Revisit the epic People’s Blockade with footage from the beach, the water, and the sky - and hear from Rising Tide organisers and blockaders about how this historic event came together.

Watch The First Wave - and get ready for the next!

EFFA presents: Home Grown - a one-day exploration of Australia on screen

Darren Saffin — Tue, 07 May 2024 01:11:41 +0000

Environmental Film Festival Australia is back with EFFA presents: Home Grown, their first ever festival to focus entirely on Australian cinema.

From Werribee Gorge to the Northern Territory, traversing the tops of Mt Kosciuszko and all the way down to Bruny Island, EFFA presents: Home Grown shares distinctly Australian perspectives on the environment, connection to country, and the fight to protect our home.

Rising Tide - The First Wave film screening - Castlemaine screening of the film of the people's blockade

Darren Saffin — Tue, 07 May 2024 00:28:32 +0000

At the end of the hottest year in human history, a Rising Tide of everyday people shut down the world’s largest coal port for 32 hours. Here’s how we did it.

Revisit the epic People’s Blockade with footage from the beach, the water, and the sky - and hear from Rising Tide organisers and blockaders about how this historic event came together.

Watch The First Wave - and get ready for the next!

Rising Tide - The First Wave film screening

Darren Saffin — Fri, 19 Apr 2024 09:37:19 +0000

At the end of the hottest year in human history, a Rising Tide of everyday people shut down the world’s largest coal port for 32 hours. Here’s how we did it.

Revisit the epic People’s Blockade with footage from the beach, the water, and the sky - and hear from Rising Tide organisers and blockaders about how this historic event came together.

Watch The First Wave - and get ready for the next!

Rising Tide - The First Wave film screening

Darren Saffin — Fri, 19 Apr 2024 09:16:08 +0000

At the end of the hottest year in human history, a Rising Tide of everyday people shut down the world’s largest coal port for 32 hours. Here’s how we did it.

Revisit the epic People’s Blockade with footage from the beach, the water, and the sky - and hear from Rising Tide organisers and blockaders about how this historic event came together.

Watch The First Wave - and get ready for the next!

Hottest day on record: Fight climate change not China

Alex Bainbridge — Thu, 27 Jul 2023 16:00:00 +1000

More than three decades after the 1992 Rio Earth Summit, no capitalist country has made any serious effort to decarbonise. Alex Bainbridge argues for system change.

How the little-known art of dramaturgy can help us make sense of climate change

Eamon Flack — Tue, 23 May 2023 18:45:00 +1000

Belvoir St Theatre's Artistic Director Eamon Flack on telling the stories and imagining the realities of climate change.

Video: Malaysian socialist on the new government, climate change and ecosocialism

Soh Sook Hwa — Tue, 24 Jan 2023 11:45:00 +1100

Malaysian socialist Soh Sook Hwa spoke to Isaac Nellist about Malaysian politics and building a political alternative.

Greta Thunberg: 'Wake up and treat the climate emergency as an emergency'

Greta Thunberg — Wed, 09 Nov 2022 12:45:00 +1100

As long as we treat the climate crisis as just another political issue and not the emergency it is, the more time we lose, argues Greta Thunberg.

Climate scientists call on Labor to stop new coal and gas

Pip Hinman — Tue, 19 Jul 2022 19:00:00 +1000

Australian scientists, led by Tim Flannery, want federal environment minister Tanya Plibersek to heed the science and ensure all assessments of new gas and coal projects are evidence-based. Pip Hinman reports.

Solomon Islands independence threatened by Australia

William Briggs — Mon, 28 Mar 2022 12:15:00 +1100

Less than three weeks after saying the rules-based international order allows "sovereign nations to pursue their interests free from coercion”, the PM warned the Solomon Islands not to take this idea too far, writes William Briggs.

Koalas doomed by ‘she’ll be right mate’ syndrome

Binoy Kampmark — Mon, 14 Mar 2022 15:45:00 +1100

The PM has announced a funding package to boost the koala's long-term protection and recovery efforts. But, as Binoy Kampmark argues this avoids the two major causes for its population dwindling: climate change and habitat destruction through other means.

Pat O’Shane eyes off Canberra: ‘I’m going to be a bulldozer’

Paul Gregoire — Wed, 02 Mar 2022 13:30:00 +1100

Former New South Wales magistrate and Kuku Yalanji elder Pat O’Shane intends to take her trailblazing attitude to government to force much-needed change in the areas of climate, corruption and social justice.

Beware the climate 'convert'

Pip Hinman — Wed, 20 Oct 2021 11:00:00 +1100

Pip Hinman argues that Scott Morrison's much-belated conversion to net zero emissions by 2050 is nothing to celebrate.

Extinction Rebellion demands urgent action on climate

Alex Salmon — Wed, 24 Mar 2021 15:00:00 +1100

Extinction Rebellion organised a series of civil disobedience actions in Perth, calling for urgent action to stop climate change. Alex Salmon reports.

India: Climate change and extreme development to blame for Himalayan tragedy

Sarosh Bana — Fri, 26 Feb 2021 12:30:00 +1100

The recent avalanche and flash flood in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand was a result of climate change and the rapid development of hydro-electric power plants, writes Sarosh Bana.

Flashpoint and the fire royal commission

Suzanne James — Tue, 03 Nov 2020 13:30:00 +1100

The bushfire royal commission has acknowledged what activists and scientists have been saying for decades: climate change is causing catastrophic weather events. Suzanne James argues we have to keep up the fight.

Ecology after Marx

Neville Spencer — Mon, 19 Oct 2020 15:00:00 +1100

Neville Spencer reviews John Bellamy Foster's The Return of Nature, which examines the ecological thought of those who came after Karl Marx and were influenced by his philosophy, politics and ecology.

A place like Cobargo

Suzanne James — Mon, 19 Oct 2020 11:15:00 +1100

When David Mcevoy last spoke to �鶹ӳ�� in January, he and three friends had barely escaped Cobargo with their lives. He spoke to Suzanne James about recovering from trauma during COVID-19 and his hopes and fears for the future of the historic town.

Video: A Rebellious Spring // Naarm (also known as Melbourne), October 2019

Zebedee Parkes — Tue, 08 Sep 2020 21:00:00 +1000

Dozens of disruptions and hundreds of climate rebels arrested over seven days marked Extinction Rebellion's Spring Rebellion in Naarm (Melbourne) last October. Film by Zebedee Parkes.

The forests burn again in Brazil

Thiago Ávila — Sat, 22 Aug 2020 10:30:00 +1000

The Amazon will play a critical role in determining the future of life on Earth, given the climate regulating role the rainforest plays, writes Thiago Ávila.

Bangladesh: Cyclone, floods compound COVID-19 emergency

Susan Price — Thu, 13 Aug 2020 16:00:00 +1000

International Centre for Climate Change and Development's Noor-E-Elahi speaks to Susan Price about how climate-induced catastrophes are impacting on Bangladesh and its fight against COVID-19.

Ecosocialist bookshelf: Pandemic edition

Ian Angus — Tue, 07 Jul 2020 13:00:00 +1000

Climate and Capitalism editor Ian Angus recommends six books for understanding the deadliest global health crisis of our time.