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- We could be non-binary
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- Left wing, right wing? What just happened to politics?
- Covid, class and the addiction to certainty
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- Democracy is about our bodies, not just our minds
- What’s your motivation: is it yourself or the change you’re making?
- Mind over matter: The world of abstraction is driving us to destruction
- The real threats to our liberty and survival
- Avoiding the abyss of conspiracy theories
- The difference between a legal system and a fantasy novel
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- Unpredictability, humility and an emerging anthropandemic
- The trilemma – climate change, economic collapse, and rising fascism
- Happy New Normal for the decade ahead
- The race to the bottom in australian politics
- Fires, liars and climate deniers
- Talking about lock-on devices – an article in ‘The Conversation’
- The Ponzi scheme is teetering
- Regenerative culture a key part of the blockade experience
- Staying sane in the late Anthropocene
- Extinction Rebellion
- Major parties have failed on climate, it’s time to rebel.
- Elections In The Late Anthropocene
- It is the Greens that are defeating the Nats and it’s all about your preferences
- Australia’s powerhouse of democracy and innovation is in the Northern Rivers
- Is identity politics a problem for the left?
- The climate emergency and the awful state of Australian politics
- Democracy and rights under threat in corporate police state
- Liberty, freedom and civil rights? Do any of us understand these things anymore.
- The forest wars are back, time to mobilise
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- A Flood of Emotions – Sydney Ideas Event
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- Bob Brown Is Taking “Shocking” Anti-Protest Laws To The High Court
- Anti protest laws could arrest nannas, seize tractors
- “They blinked first”
- Colin Barnett quick to protest against ‘activism degrees’ – The Australian, 16/10/2014
- ‘Degrees in activism’ put brake on growth – The Australian, 15/10/2014
- Magistrate throws out vexatious police case against CSG protesters
- Outrage over school PR ‘by stealth’- The Northern Star
- CSG clash a certainty
- Communities use new tactics
- Gas group attacks lecturer
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Registration open for Ross House Campaign Training Day, Melbourne
Effective Action for Environmental and Social Justice
Saturday 30 June 2012, Melbourne.
You’ve got the passion, but have you got the power? On Saturday 30 June 2012, get skilled up for maximum effect at the Ross House all day training day with back to back workshops. Each 90 minute workshop is $10 with all proceeds going back into the program.
10am to 11.30am
- Campaign Planning
- Group Dynamics and Facilitation
- Community Engagement
11.45am to 1.15pm
- Campaign Strategy
- Direct Action
- Lobbying Politicians (TBC)
1.30pm to 2.30pm
- Lunchtime: Share Your Campaign in 5 Mins (free)
2.45pm to 4.14pm
- Digital Campaigning
- Activist Legal Rights
- Media
4.30pm to 6pm
- Sustaining the Movement and Self Care (free)
Workshop Facilitators
- Holly Hammond (Director of Plan to Win) – Campaign Planning
- Aidan Ricketts (Lecturer, School of Law & Justice, Southern Cross University, author of
The Activists’ Handbook) – Community Engagement, Campiagn Strategy and Media - Tim Norton (Digital Campaigns Coordinator, Oxfam) – Digital Campaigning
- Nicola Paris (The Last Stand) – Group Dynamics/Facilitation and Direct Action
- Shaun Murray (Friends of the Earth) – Direct Action
- Danya Jacobs (Lawyers for Forests) – Activist Legal Rights
- Sarah Harmer (Counselor and Women’s Advocate) – Sustaining the Movement and SC
Bookings essential. Places limited. Book online here or call (03) 96501599
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Community Organisations
- Code Green Tasmania
- CSG Free Northern Rivers
- Friends of the Earth Melbourne
- Generation Alpha
- Huon Valley Environment Centre
- Lock the Gate Alliance
- Nature Conservation Council NSW
- North Coast Environment Council
- North East Forest Alliance
- Plan to Win
- Rainforest Information Centre
- Save our Foreshore
- Still Wild Still Threatened
- The Change Agency
- The Wilderness Society