Anika Molesworth is from the new guard of climate activist, she breaks the mold fashioned around the older, grey-headed male or maybe what some call the "woke" conservationist from an inner city suburb, the latte-sipping left-wing ideologue who has never been outside the city limits.

No, Anika is a farmer from far west New South Wales who works, lives and breathes in a world that is literally on the climate change front line.

But she is more than a farmer, although she is a part of Farmers for Climate Action, she is university educated, is national award winner, spoke this year at the National Climate Emergency event in Melbourne and has set up the website Climate Wise Agriculture.

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Anika Molesworth is from the new guard of climate activist, she breaks the mold fashioned around the older, grey-headed male or maybe what some call the "woke" conservationist from an inner city suburb, the latte-sipping left-wing ideologue who has never been outside the city limits.

No, Anika is a farmer from far west New South Wales who works, lives and breathes in a world that is literally on the climate change front line.

But she is more than a farmer, although she is a part of Farmers for Climate Action, she is university educated, is national award winner, spoke this year at the National Climate Emergency event in Melbourne and has set up the website Climate Wise Agriculture.

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John Pettigrew (pictured) is a true "climate warrior" and has been since hearing former US vice president speak in Sydney on 2006 - 14 years ago.

John, who is living under "house arrest" at his Bunbartha farm - directed by his children -   because of the Coronavirus, is delighted that the City of Greater Shepparton has declared a climate emergency.

He is pleased council has taken this decisive step and although looking forward to seeing what it does in response to its decision, he also argues the broader community has a key role to play in helping draw up a plan about how the city should adapt to our changing climate and help mitigate the causes of the climate crisis.

John is the president of the Goulburn Valley Environment Group; he leads the Shepparton-based activist group, Slap Tomorrow, and is a board member of Goulburn Valley Community Energy.

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John Pettigrew (pictured) is a true "climate warrior" and has been since hearing former US vice president speak in Sydney on 2006 - 14 years ago.

John, who is living under "house arrest" at his Bunbartha farm - directed by his children -   because of the Coronavirus, is delighted that the City of Greater Shepparton has declared a climate emergency.

He is pleased council has taken this decisive step and although looking forward to seeing what it does in response to its decision, he also argues the broader community has a key role to play in helping draw up a plan about how the city should adapt to our changing climate and help mitigate the causes of the climate crisis.

John is the president of the Goulburn Valley Environment Group; he leads the Shepparton-based activist group, Slap Tomorrow, and is a board member of Goulburn Valley Community Energy.

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The City of Greater Shepparton has declared a climate emergency.

That, however, was the easy part, and now the hard work begins. 

The council, and its team, now need to have an impact, they need to do something to reach zero emissions by 2030 and along with that apply the idea of a climate emergency to all their activities.

And of course, and at the same time, bring the community along with them.

In reply to some critics, Robert McLean (pictured) penned a number of ideas about what the city should do in response to the declaration of the emergency, a climate emergency.

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The City of Greater Shepparton has declared a climate emergency.

That, however, was the easy part, and now the hard work begins. 

The council, and its team, now need to have an impact, they need to do something to reach zero emissions by 2030 and along with that apply the idea of a climate emergency to all their activities.

And of course, and at the same time, bring the community along with them.

In reply to some critics, Robert McLean (pictured) penned a number of ideas about what the city should do in response to the declaration of the emergency, a climate emergency.

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Eight of the nine councilors were at the March meeting of the City of Greater Shepparton council resulting in the vote to declare a climate emergency being evenly split  - four saying "yes" to the emergency and four giving the idea the thumbs down.

And that required the Mayor, Cr Seema Abdullah (pictured), to use her casting vote, which to the delight of those watching who had worked hard to see the emergency idea adopted, she said "yes" to the climate emergency motion.

Because of the COVIG-19 dilemma, the meeting and ruling by the Federal Government, many who had agitated vigorously for the adoption of a climate emergency, had stayed away and so watched a Facebook live stream.

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Eight of the nine councilors were at the March meeting of the City of Greater Shepparton council resulting in the vote to declare a climate emergency being evenly split  - four saying "yes" to the emergency and four giving the idea the thumbs down.

And that required the Mayor, Cr Seema Abdullah (pictured), to use her casting vote, which to the delight of those watching who had worked hard to see the emergency idea adopted, she said "yes" to the climate emergency motion.

Because of the COVIG-19 dilemma, the meeting and ruling by the Federal Government, many who had agitated vigorously for the adoption of a climate emergency, had stayed away and so watched a Facebook live stream.

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Mik Aidt's (pictured) journey began in Denmark where he married an Australian girl, moved to Geelong in 2013 and fell, almost immediately, into the role of hosting his own radio show, The Sustainable Hour.

The one-hour radio show, which he now has co-hosts, is now broadcast via Zoom as the radio station has gone into lock-down because of the Coronavirus.

Mik, a believer in the power of community, has three children and attributes to them his passionate desire to do something about the quickly evolving climate crisis to make the world as safe as he can.

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Mik Aidt's (pictured) journey began in Denmark where he married an Australian girl, moved to Geelong in 2013 and fell, almost immediately, into the role of hosting his own radio show, The Sustainable Hour.

The one-hour radio show, which he now has co-hosts, is now broadcast via Zoom as the radio station has gone into lock-down because of the Coronavirus.

Mik, a believer in the power of community, has three children and attributes to them his passionate desire to do something about the quickly evolving climate crisis to make the world as safe as he can.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.