Inspired by fellow student, Sweden's Greta Thunberg, a group of Sunshine Coast students organized and staged a School Strike for the Climate at at Queensland's Perigian Beach.

More than 2000 people supported the impressive event; an event that was overflowing with youthful energy, commitment and passion.

However, it wasn't a "youth only" event as a large part of the big crowd were older people whose school years were long behind them, including many grandparents.

Demands on the day were clear, concise and easily rolled off the tongues of all those responsible for organizing the school strike and one of the principle aims, that of starting a conversation, was achieved with ease.

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Weeping as I listen and watch as people prepared for a life seeminly unaware of what climate change has in store.

Climate change is going to disrupt the best laid plans, hopes, dreams and ambitions of nearly all people, especially the young who view their prospects through a prism constructed and set up by their parents.

Most people, it seems, are aware of climate change, but underestimate its capacity to disrupt the good life most in the developed world have enjoyed for decades, certainly since the end of World War Two in the mid-1940s.

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Talking with Maria Taylor about her understandings of why we are where are with climate change

Maria Taylor is an award-winning journalist and former documentary film-maker whose work over more than three decades in both Australia and the United States has focused on sustainable resource management and environmental issues.

Her book – What Australia knew and buried… then framed a new reality for the public – was developed from PhD research at the National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science of The Australian National University.

She took some time out from her busy schedule editing and publishing District Bulletin, and countless other things, to talk with Climate Conversations.

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David Spratt has as deep and abiding interest in the science of climate change

David Spratt had always been obliquely aware of climate change, but then things changed and it became in interest, then a passion and in 2008 he co-authored the book "Climate Code Red" with Phillip Sutton.

David is not a climate scientist, but he has a deep and abiding interest in climate science and with a background on economics, and a little dedication, he can make sense of the science that unpins climate change, just as anyone else can who applies themself, he argues.

Working with Ian Dunlop, David has compiled and written many reports that have had a major impact on climate change education, both in Australia and around the world.

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Considering the confusing numbers of climate change

Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison was given space in Tuesday's Melbourne Age to give his view about why it was not necessary to put a wrecking ball through the economy to combat climate change.

Interestingly his view was challenged, or examined by the ABCs Media Watch, which pointed out that a paper on which Mr Morrison had depended to make his point was not peer reviewed and a second opinion had not been sought.

The report, a four-page document, on which Mr Morrison relied was from BAE Economics and carried the name of Dr Brian Fisher and was entitled "Economic consequences of some alternative Australian climate policiesInterestingly, just before this happened the Climate and Energy College from the University of Melbourne, staged a webinar featuring a fellow from the Melbourne Law School and an associate of the Australia-German Climate and Energy College, Tim Baxter, entitled "In a Canter? Demystifying Australia's Emissions Budget for Paris".

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Putting lipstick on a pig will not ease the climate problems