Michelle Maloney is an impressively busy person and just a quick look at her biographer notes will confirm that.

Michelle is the co-founder of the Australian Earth Laws Alliance which has a two-day conference coming up in late November at the Melbourne campus of the Australian Catholic University.

However, this podcast is not directly about that event, rather to give listeners a taste of what drives Michelle and a feel her passion for the need of ethics and governance for an Earth-centred way of life, we turn to an event from about five years ago.

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The European-based "We don't have Time" movement is pushing hard to normalize the climate crisis conversation and does that through various workshops and non-fly webinars.

The latest of those webinars featured a host of speakers, among them Australia's Ian Dunlop (pictured), from the Australian-based Breakthrough organization that is the National Centre for Climate Restoration.

Breakthrough is an independent think tank that develops critical thought leadership to influence the climate debate and policy making.  

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The European-based "We don't have Time" movement is pushing hard to normalize the climate crisis conversation and does that through various workshops and non-fly webinars.

The latest of those webinars featured a host of speakers, among them Australia's Ian Dunlop (pictured), from the Australian-based Breakthrough organization that is the National Centre for Climate Restoration.

Breakthrough is an independent think tank that develops critical thought leadership to influence the climate debate and policy making.  

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Rob Feith is a handyman and what is important in this instance, a grandfather.

Grandfatherhood  and the Australian Government's inaction on the climate crisis was, for Rob, a contradiction that drove him to join Extinction Rebellion.

Rob has long been a meditator and the idea that Extinction Rebellion make its point by having members practice their meditation publicly, on the steps of the Victorian Government's parliament house in Spring St Melbourne seemed a natural fit for Rob.

And so it was on Monday (October 7) of this that about 50 Extinction Rebellion members gathered under the banner of 'Meditating to the Climate".

Rob was kind enough to break for his meditation to talk with "Climate Conversations" and so let's add here that he can be contacted for odd jobs around your home at 0423 630 443.

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Rob Feith is a handyman and what is important in this instance, a grandfather.

Grandfatherhood  and the Australian Government's inaction on the climate crisis was, for Rob, a contradiction that drove him to join Extinction Rebellion.

Rob has long been a meditator and the idea that Extinction Rebellion make its point by having members practice their meditation publicly, on the steps of the Victorian Government's parliament house in Spring St Melbourne seemed a natural fit for Rob.

And so it was on Monday (October 7) of this that about 50 Extinction Rebellion members gathered under the banner of 'Meditating to the Climate".

Rob was kind enough to break for his meditation to talk with "Climate Conversations" and so let's add here that he can be contacted for odd jobs around your home at 0423 630 443.

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David Meiklejohn (pictured) is wrestling with a "super wicked problem" - the climate crisis and how it is interpreted and is addressed by Australia's 500-plus Local Governments.

However, his focus is somewhat more concentrated that as he is presently the Executive Officer for the Northern Alliance for Greenhouse Action (NAGA), a network of nine Melbourne metropolitan councils working together on climate change projects.

David is a remarkably busy fellow as he is also a PhD candidate at RMIT University researching the effectiveness of behaviour change programs by Australian Local Governments responding to climate change.

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David Meiklejohn dicsusses our "super wicked problem"

Joan Ko discusses a new report about health care's climate footprint

Joan Ko (pictured) is Arup's sustainability leader in Melbourne as was among the speakers at the "Greening the Healthcare Sector Forum 2019".

Joan's address was wide-ranging but gave those at the conference a first look at the new report: "Health Care's Climate Footprint: How the health sector contributes to the global climate crisis and opportunities for action".

The September forum, held at Melbourne's Sunshine Hospital, was staged by the Melbourne-based Climate and Health Alliance (CAHA), Western Health, and the Institute of Healthcare Engineering Australia.

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Grace's 'small step' could have global implications