Would you like to help spread AYCC’s message through the media? AYCC is looking for a team of 5-6 Melbourne based volunteers for a new team that will focus on AYCC’s traditional media work. The media team will meet once a fortnight for sessions that will cover everything from practical media training to brainstorming, long-term [...]
This Week’s Climate Wrap
May 17, 2010 By 1 Comment
This week Tony Abbot gave us an absurd insight into our ancient climate, the budget came up short on climate and Rudd got angry on the 7:30 Report. Over in the US, the long-awaited climate bill made its debut. Here at the AYCC, we’ve finished an amazing Climate Reality Week and sent hundreds of postcards [...]
Climate Reality Week Success
May 17, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The dust has finally settled after the hurricane of action that was Climate Reality Week. And what a week it was. Our brilliant members and dedicated volunteers knocked our socks off with all the original ways they got the Climate Reality message out. Hundreds of people were involved in the competition with inspired actions like [...]
Climate Reality Week A Success
May 14, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The dust has finally settled after the hurricane of action that was Climate Reality Week. And what a week it was. Our brilliant members and dedicated volunteers knocked our socks off with all the original ways they got the Climate Reality message out. Hundreds of people were involved in the competition with inspired actions like [...]
This Week’s Climate Wrap
May 14, 2010 By Leave a Comment
This week Tony Abbot gave us an absurd insight into our ancient climate, the budget came up short on climate and Rudd got angry on the 7:30 Report. Over in the US, the long-awaited climate bill made its debut. Here at the AYCC, we’ve finished an amazing Climate Reality Week and sent hundreds of postcards [...]
Rudd tightens the purse strings on climate action
May 14, 2010 By 4 Comments
For a treasurer who considers climate change to be one of the three key challenges of the budget he has failed miserably to rise to the challenge. To begin, we must give credit where credit is due. The extra $652 million in funding for renewable energy that will boost the now $5.1 billion Clean Energy [...]
Climate Reality Week Launches Today – Media Release
May 3, 2010 By 1 Comment
This week young people across Australia will be voicing their concern about the Government’s lack of action on climate change, with street theatre, beach parties and human signs. The Rudd Government’s announcement to indefinitely shelve the emissions trading scheme has drawn criticism from the Australian Youth Climate Coalition, Australia’s largest youth organisation. “The Rudd government [...]
Curriculum Campaign Update
May 3, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The AYCC has continued its Curriculum Campaign to get sustainability integrated into the new national curriculum. So far we’ve held meetings with Curriculum board members and developed a joint statement stating that sustainability should be included in the national geography and science education. Share Yesterday the Australian Curriculum Assessment and Reporting Authority’s National Geography Curriculum [...]
Climate Reality Week Entry Form
May 3, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The Climate Reality Week Entry form is here! Even though you’ve probably already signed up for Climate Reality Week (or even if you haven’t), you need to submit your entry to the competition here. In the wake of Kevin Rudd’s announcement last week, it’s more crucial than ever that we bring our calls for climate [...]
CPRS Scrapped: Youth Response “We need action, not delay”
April 27, 2010 By 1 Comment
Today the Federal Government decided to abandon their emissions trading scheme indefinitely, or at least until after the next election. The AYCC believes that the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme as it stood was deeply flawed, locking in big-polluting practices without achieving the emissions reductions that we need. However, the Government must take leadership on climate [...]
