Images

Yes to Renewables

Hundreds rallied outside the Victorian Parliament House opposing plans for brown coal allocation and development for a coal export industry from the La Trobe Valley and Gippsland. Can be used to illustrate a discussion or presentation on the movement for renewable energy in Australia, or government attitudes towards renewables.

Pacific 1st prize 

The guy in the dinghy and the two sports sailboats on the horizon having fun and enjoying themselves depicts the lax and couldn’t-care-less attitudes some developed countries have towards the issue of climate change. As for the poor people living on low level islands in the Pacific who are touched by the effect of climate change daily, it’s a matter of life and survival. This image could be used to provoke discussion on how Western countries are (not) taking responsibility for climate change, or how the people in the Pacific are trying to save themselves without Western intervention.

St Kilda – Koala Funeral March

Forming part of a COP26 Global Day of Action, Extinction Rebellion – who have worked with a puppet production company to create a giant, smoldering koala (name’d Blinky), representing the terror our animals are facing in the climate emergency – led a march through St Kilda’s Catani Gardens. Could be used in a discussion on how Australian citizens react to the threat of climate change.

Climate Justice Now – Melbourne climate march for our future

“Melbourne March for Our Future” was a snap climate action organised in a little over a week to tackle the climate emergency prompted by the continuation of coal mining in the Galilee Basin, and Queensland experiencing record temperatures in an extreme heatwave along with catastrophic fire weather.

Earth’s future… Climate crisis rally Melbourne

Rally for the climate crisis, Saturday 22 February, 2022, Melbourne, organised by the Climate Justice Alliance.