News - Climate Reality Australia

The Climate Reality Project Australia & Pacific is a branch of Al Gore's climate
change leadership program hosted by the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute.

2016 Climate Reality Leadership Corps

12/4/2016

Anika Molesworth, Australia's young farmer of the year, just completed the Climate Reality Leadership Corps in the Philippines, bringing together people from all over the world with the vision and energy to tackle the greatest threat to our planet – climate change.

Climate and health training manual

12/4/2016

Climate Leader Alice McGushin talks about the health impacts of climate change and a new training manual, created by the International Federation of Medical Students’ Associations, to help students, young professionals and the wider community to achieve a healthier future.

Climate Reality in Fiji

15/3/2016

Two Climate Leaders, Maria-Elder Ratutokarua and Ian Oxenford recently gave climate change presentations in Fiji. The training workshop was the final stage of a climate change adaptation project funded by USAID and implemented by the Secretariat of the Pacific Community.

Medical students send clear message in Paris

11/12/2015

Alice McGushin, medical student and Climate Leader, is in Paris with the International Federation of Medical Students' Associations to send a clear message that climate change is the biggest threat to human health. Here she shares her experiences at COP21.

From counting calories to counting carbon

9/12/2015

Tomorrow, Climate Leader Max van Biene and a few friends will be braving the icy European winter to undertake a 300km cycle from London to Paris, with their arrival coinciding with last few days of COP21. Here Max reflects on what the social dynamics of dieting can teach us about COP21.

Engibear, Engineering & the Environment

27/8/2015

Brisbane-based environmental engineer Andrew King attended the Climate Reality Training last year, and he's now using kids books as his medium to communicate about environmental issues.

Global health and climate change: Lancet to release follow up report

21/6/2015

Alice McGushin (medical student, Climate Leader and co-National Project Manager of the Australian Medical Students' Association's Code Green) shares her thoughts on the upcoming release of Lancet's second report on climate change and global health, and tells us about the events Code Green has planned.

Make us Proud in Paris, Julie

21/5/2015

Chilla, Dinny, and other members of the French delegation

CASE – Climate Action for a Safe Environment – is a community group formed in the Curtin electorate in April 2015. Convenor Chilla Bulbeck and Climate Leader Dinny Laurence invite you to add your voice and ask Julie Bishop to "Make us proud in Paris, Julie" at the UN climate talks later this year.

A Climate For Change

14/4/2015

Since being trained last June, Katerina Gaita left her paid job to throw herself into Climate for Change, a creative and innovative way of engaging new people around climate change. The launch party takes place in Melbourne on 23 April. Here's Katerina's story:

A Better Ending

9/12/2014

Madelon Willemsen spent summers at her local zoo. This experience shaped her career. At the Climate Reality Training she decided to take the climate change message to zoo and aquarium visitors world wide. Now she has 700 million visitors in her sights to help write a better ending for all creatures great and small.

No Waste Living

23/9/2014

South Australian Climate Leader Veronique Perrin has been living a no waste lifestyle. Find out how her household reduced their CO2 emissions to 10% of the Australian average, or under 2 tonnes per year per person, and found a healthier, more meaningful way of life.

The Ugly Duck Out

9/9/2014

One of our new Climate Leaders, Robyn Klobusiak, recently won Best Environmental Practice in the Tasmanian Hospitality Awards for Excellence for her popular restaurant, The Ugly Duck Out, on the east coast of Tasmania. Here is her story.

Meet our new Climate Leader

22/7/2013

Melbourne Uni student, Samaneh (Sam) Shokravi, trained as a Climate Leader in Istanbul last month.

Scott Shomer - inspiring the next generation

10/9/2012

Our Australian-based Climate Leaders spend their precious spare time talking to their networks about how to tackle climate change. This is the story of Santos employee and Brisbane-based Climate Leader Scott Shomer, whose work for The Climate Reality Project has helped change the attitudes and behaviour of hundreds of people around him.

Khalida Brohi - Solar Powered Communities in Pakistan

30/6/2011

Pakistan-based TCRP Presenter Khalida Brohi runs a local NGO called Participatory Development Initiatives (PDI). Khalida has set up a new project which will see several solar powered community centres become a reality.