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MEDIA RELEASE: A Win for a Greener Curriculum
Thu, 4/03/10 – 20:22 | No Comment

The newly released draft national curriculum documents have gained qualified support from the Australian Youth Climate Coalition, Australia’s largest youth organisation.

“Given the future growth of green jobs in our economy, an education system grounded in sustainability is critical to the…

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We Can’t Wish Away Climate Change
Tue, 2/03/10 – 8:40 | No Comment

Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore has published an excellent Opinion piece in the New York Times yesterday. In it he addresses some of the recent controversies surrounding climate science and the Copenhagen conference declaring that “Public officials must rise…

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Fun in the sun with AYCC
Sun, 31/01/10 – 14:31 | No Comment

What do you get when you combine summer weather, good food, and a bunch of AYCC volunteers? Why, Bollywood dancing of course! AYCC Picnic

After the excitement of the year that was 2009, it was high time for our hard-working volunteers to…

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Newcastle Event: People’s Blockade of the World’s Biggest Coal Port
Wed, 27/01/10 – 20:38 | No Comment

Join hundreds of other people in a fun, peaceful and effective action against Australia’s single biggest contribution to climate change.

Horseshoe Beach, Newcastle: Sunday March 28, 10am onwards

  • Join in on the water or the shore
  • BYO vessel, or use one of ours
  • Or…make your own…

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Sydney Event: Unpacking Copenhagen
Wed, 27/01/10 – 11:49 | No Comment

Unpacking Copenhagen: What happened, what it means, and where we’re headed

Sydney: Wednesday, February 24 2010, 9-11am

Did the huge volume of media coming out of Copenhagen this week overwhelm you and turn you off? Are you unsure what the final…

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Monday Morning: What’s Left? What Next?
Tue, 22/12/09 – 2:31 | One Comment

On Saturday afternoon, as most world leaders had left Copenhagen, the AYCC International team gathered in a circle on the dusty floor of a large warehouse called Oskenhallen that most of the NGOs, including us, had been using as a…

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Not Done Yet: Unfinished Climate Business
Sat, 19/12/09 – 13:13 | One Comment

4am, Copenhagen.

“Given where we started and the expectations for this conference, anything less than a legally binding and agreed outcome falls far short of the mark.”
- John Ashe, Chair of Kyoto Protocol talks.

THIS is it? After two years of…