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Australian Bushfires and Climate Change: There is Hope for the Future
#burningplatformforclimatechange Part 4 The media is filled with criticisms about what has or hasn’t been done to address climate change, and how difficult it will be to turn things around. Everywhere you look, there is more and more dispair about the future. With so many challenges ahead , it can be distressing, overwhelming and sometimes…
Read MoreAustralian Fires and Climate Change: How to influence bigger changes
# burningplatformforclimatechange Part 3 A little history The name John Snow is famous for more than Game of Thrones. In 1854, Dr John Snow took unpopular action and stopped an epidemic. Its a famous public health story, and it roughly goes like this: In the midst of a cholera epidemic, John Snow became convinced that…
Read MoreAustralian Fires and Climate Change – Its Personal. What Can I Do?
#burningplatformforclimatechange Part 2 . Its Personal. What Can I Do? Mogo is an Australian town that thought it would never burn. With natural springs and a lush surrounds, they thought they were safe. But on New Years Eve, they were proven wrong. Their town burned to the ground. Most of us in Australia know many…
Read MoreThe Compassion Revolution
#compassionrevolution I’m sitting in a large conference room in Melbourne. There are many, many circular tables full of people, and as I look around I realise I don’t know anyone, apart from my husband sitting next to me. And its the first conference we’ve ever been to together. There’s a hum in the room of…
Read MoreAdelaide Zero Project
#letsendhomelessness Working to end street homelessness in Adelaide “Speaking at the 2016 Conference, former Adelaide Thinker in Residence, Rosanne Haggerty, outlined how she viewed homelessness as a solvable problem that Adelaide is uniquely placed to solve. Rosanne issued a challenge to put in place a plan to end street homelessness and organisations from across the…
Read MoreThe Story Behind Big HArts
To understand Big HArts, it may be useful to understand the person behind it. A multi passionate creative person is driven to achieve many things, he or she no sooner starts one project and another idea hits. It captivates the mind with equal attention – “which should I do next? Do I finish this one,…
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