Shannon Loughnane is presently walking solo from Melbourne to Canberra to raise awareness about Australia's continued exploitation of fossil fuels and our government's absolute inaction on addressing climate change.

The 29-year-old university student was conscious of climate change, but knew little about its extent or capacity to devastate our communities and so after making as New Year resolution, decided to learn what he could and among those books which changed his life was Naomi Klein's "This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate."

Shannon expects to arrive in Canberra just before the May 18 federal election and his petition, which calls for the abandonment of fossil fuels, the embrace of renewable energy and stopping of the Adani mine proposal, will, as some stage, go before our parliament's House of Representatives, he hopes.

Information about Shannon's commitment combating climate change can be found at his walk website.

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Guardian Live event ilustrates that we are risking the future of our youth.

Guardian Live put together an impressive array of speakers to help us better understand the realities and the threat of climate change.

Caroline Lucas, a British MP with the Green Party, set the scene with a stirring address and then went to the heart of the matter in a panel discussion with Swedish teenager, Greta Thunberg who was the catalyst for the "School strike for climate Action", and her British contemporary, Anna Taylor,  with the director of the movie, "Age of Stupid", Franny Armstrong, as the MC.

The conversation leaves no doubt that we, that's the older generation presently calling the shots on the world community's behaviour, have put at risk the future of those not yet able to vote.

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Talking with Nigel Hicks about seeking election for the seat of Nicholls

Nigel Hicks believes that he is a good listener,  he is stubborn and sticks with a project until it is finished. Beyond that he believes he understands the wants and needs of the people of Nicholls (formerly Murray) and having stood once before, he now has a better grasp of the dynamics of the process.

Nigel is conscious of the power of alternative energy as his home at Wyuna is totally off-grid and although his sharply aware of the economic benefits, he argues we need to be sure of energy sources before we start shutting down coal-fired power stations.

Nigel was one of five of eight candidates who gathered Beneath the Wisteria in Shepparton's Maude St  Mall to present their credentials and try to convince the crowd of about 45 why they would be the best person to represent them at a federal level.

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Protesting about Victoria's coal-to-hydrogen project

About 25-people gathered on the footpath outside the Melbourne head office of the Environment Protection Authority (EPA) for a Friends of the Earth protest to raise awareness about the group's dislike for new project in the Latrobe Valley aimed at creating hydrogen from coal.

But it was not just about demonstrating the concerns the group has for the project, rather the protest was also about creating an awareness among the public through social media and so the protest was an wonderful picture opportunity.

Speakers included an organizer from Friends of the Earth, Cam Walker, and a spokesperson from the Westernport and Peninsula Protection Council, along reading of two letters from people unable to attend the protest, but who were concerned about the impact the project, primarily the carbon capture and storage of the resultant carbon dioxide in old gas and oil wells just off the coast of Victoria's iconic 90 Mile Beach.

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Governmental corruption creating climate change - Jeffrey Sachs

U.S. Professor Jeffrey Sachs, who is critical of the vested  interests that are taking humanity closer to the climate change abyss, was one of many keynote speakers at the most recent "We Don't Have Time" webinar.

Along with clearly spelling-out the facts of climate change, the professor attributes the blame to just few people whose values are about personal enrichment, rather than the general and overall well-being of people.

The professor is critical of many governments, among them the Australian Government, which, like a few others is corrupt,  abiding by rules laid out by the fossil fuels industry.

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