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Managing director of Ebono Institute and major sponsor of The Generator, Geoff Ebbs, is running against Kevin Rudd in the seat of Griffith at the next Federal election. By the expression on their faces in this candid shot it looks like a pretty dull campaign. Read on

  • The UN heard your call, OceanLover! GREENPEACE
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    The UN heard your call, OceanLover!

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    Richard Page, Greenpeace <international@act.greenpeace.org>
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    Dear NEVILLE,

    You made it happen: after ten years of inconclusive talks, four days of deliberations at the United Nations and thousands of messages from #OceanLovers like you and me, on the 24th of January, governments from around the world agreed to develop a visionary treaty to protect marine life on the high seas. This historic decision is a major breakthrough towards urgently needed ocean protection, and a significant milestone in our decade-long campaign for the creation of a network of ocean sanctuaries covering 40% of the oceans.

    Such progress would not have been possible without the passionate call for oceans protection from #OceanLovers from all over the world, who asked governments to say YES! to a High Seas Biodiversity Agreement. When raised in unison, Ocean Lovers’ voices became an irresistible force, reminding the UN delegates that the world expected them to take urgent action for ocean protection, and giving our champions the strength to convince the handful of powerful countries that had been opposing the agreement for years.

    Good news for ocean lovers

    The journey is far from over though; while it is a massive achievement for the UN to have finally kickstarted this process, they failed to set a deadline for the adoption of the agreement. As with any international agreement, particularly one governing such a vast and precious part of the planet, there are several important steps between this first milestone and securing the protection we all want. Along the way, details will be negotiated, trade-offs agreed and outcomes delayed. Arguments are bound to be fierce, given what’s at stake. Without an ambitious, time-bound process, negotiations could go on forever… while our oceans continue to be in crisis.

    Having seen how hard most states fought to protect the high seas, we are confident that they will continue to champion greater and faster protection in the process ahead. Nonetheless, we #OceanLovers need to keep up the pressure and make the most of this momentous ‘Wave of Change’ we have started together. Lengthy and time-consuming as it will no doubt be, we must keep an eye on the political process to ensure the strongest and quickest outcome possible for the high seas.

    While we follow the political process, you can help strengthen the Ocean Lovers community: share the petition for ocean sanctuaries, make – and keep! – your #OceanLovers resolutions, and let the world know you’re proud to be part of the oceans movement that US Secretary of State John Kerry famously referred to as, “A hard-ass group of folks!”

    Much love,
    Richard Page
    #OceanLover and Greenpeace campaigner

  • Family violence services cut FAIR AGENDA COM
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    Renee, Fair Agenda <info@fairagenda.org>
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    Fair Agenda
    *Trigger warning: discussion of domestic violence

    Neville,
    Another week, and another woman has been killed, allegedly at the hands of her former partner.1 At the same time, victims fleeing family violence look set to lose critical support services, with more than 50 organisations that provide critical family violence services set to cut staff, slash programs, or close entirely as a result of brutal federal government cuts.2 Unless enough of us speak out against it.

    A huge public outcry could turn this into a make or break issue for our “Prime Minister for Women”. Pressure on the government is already mounting, with shocking swings against the Liberal National Party in Queensland, and ongoing speculation about challenges for the Liberal Party leadership. We know public pressure has forced them to back down on funding cuts before — we’ve seen it with the proposed tertiary education changes and the medicare co-payment. And now with Australian of the Year Rosie Batty speaking out about the hypocrisy of these funding cuts, the heat is well and truly turning up on this issue.3

    Together, we could make this issue so politically toxic for the federal government that they’re forced to reinstate funding. Can you sign your support and show we won’t stand for funding cuts that hurt family violence victims?

    Last week, after naming Rosie Batty as Australian of the Year, Tony Abbott publicly declared his government’s commitment to addressing the scourge of family violence in our country – touting his decision to put the issue on the agenda for the Council of Australian Governments this year. 4 It’s a positive commitment – but stands in stark contrast to funding cuts that will hurt women and children trying to escape violence.

    From the 28th of this month, cuts are set to take effect across the departments of the Attorney-General, Social Services and Prime Minister and Cabinet.5 They’ll impact on services like:

    * The National Family Violence Prevention Legal Services, an organisation which specifically works with indigenous families – which will be forced to close unless new funding is found,

    * Community Legal Centres – that will lose front line family violence specialists and expect to have to turn away women and children at services across the country, and

    * The Women’s Legal Centre for the ACT and surrounding region – which expects to have to turn away 500 women a year as a result of the cuts.6

    Prime Minister Abbott has said his government is committed to eliminating violence against women.7 But these cuts will leave survivors of violence without critical services and support.

    It’s time all Australian Governments committed all the resourcing needed to address this devastating problem, and support survivors. Reinstating the cuts made in the last budget is just the first step.

    Can you sign and share this campaign, to build as much pressure as possible on Prime Minister Abbott and his government to reverse these cuts?

    Thanks for all you do,

    Renee for Fair Agenda

    *If you or someone you know is experiencing family violence, you can call 1800 RESPECT (1800 737 732) for 24/7 support.

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    References

    1. Man remanded in custody over alleged axe murder of pregnant partner on Gold Coast, ABC news, 3 February 2014.

    2. Australian of the Year Rosie Batty calls on PM Tony Abbott to reinstate community services, Sydney Morning Herald, 1 February 2015.

    3. As above.

    4. COAG agenda to address ending violence against women, Prime Minister’s office, 28 January 2015.

    5. Australian of the Year Rosie Batty calls on PM Tony Abbott to reinstate community services, Sydney Morning Herald, 1 February 2015.

    6. As above.

    7. COAG agenda to address ending violence against women, Prime Minister’s office, 28 January 2015.

  • 10 months to save the world AVAAZ

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    Ricken Patel – Avaaz
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    Dear Avaaz community,

    Click to pledge what you can now:

    $3    $6    $12    $24    $48

    Pledge other amount

    This may be the most important email I’ve ever written to you.

    Some time ago, a scientist went on his biannual tour of the Russian arctic ocean, checking for toxic plumes of methane gas bubbling up from the ocean. He’d previously seen hundreds of these plumes, about a meter wide each, emitting gas 50 times more damaging to our climate than carbon dioxide. This time, as he came across the first plume, he couldn’t believe it. It was a KILOMETER wide. A vast column of gas entering our atmosphere. He sailed on and found another a kilometer wide, and another, and another. Hundreds of them.

    This could be what the experts warned us about. As the earth warms, it creates many “tipping points” that accelerate the warming out of control. Warming thaws the Arctic sea ice, destroying the giant white ‘mirror’ that reflects heat back into space, which massively heats up the ocean, and melts more ice, and so on. We spin out of control. In 2014 everything was off the charts — it was the hottest year in recorded history.

    We CAN stop this, if we act very fast, and all together. And out of this extinction nightmare, we can pull one of the most inspiring futures for our children and grandchildren. A clean, green future in balance with the earth that gave birth to us.

    We have 10 months left until the Paris Summit, the meeting that world leaders have decided will determine the fate of our efforts to fight climate change. It might seem like a long time — it’s not. We have 10 months to get our leaders to that meeting, give them a plan, and hold them accountable. It’s us vs. the oil companies, and fatalism.

    We can win, we must, but we need to blast out of the gate in 2015 with pledges of just a few dollars/euros/pounds to support our work this year — we’ll only process the donations if we hit our goal. For the world we dream of, let’s make it happen.

    Click to pledge what you can, Avaaz will process our donations only if we reach our goal of 10,000 new supporters:

    Fatalism on climate change is not just futile, it’s also incompetent. The hour is late, but it is still absolutely within our power to stop this catastrophe, simply by shifting our economies from oil and coal to other sources of power. And doing so will bring the world together like never before, in a deep commitment and cooperation to protect our planetary home. It’s a beautiful possibility, and the kind of future Avaaz was born to create. Facing this challenge will take heart, and hope, and also all the smarts we have. Here’s the plan:

    1. Maintain Momentum — The People’s Climate March our community spearheaded was a massive game-changer in political momentum. It was magical, and we’ve seen concrete results in national policies. But the oil companies are gearing up, and we need to be ready.
    2. Make Hollande a Hero — French President Francois Hollande will chair the Paris summit — a powerful position. We need him to push for a high ambition agreement. Already, both he and much of his cabinet have met with Avaaz and he’s offered to name the Paris agreement after a young Avaaz member who delivered our petition to him! We need to make sure he doesn’t back down when things heat up.
    3. Take it to the Next Level — The scale of this crisis demands action that goes beyond regular campaigning. It’s time for powerful, direct, non-violent action, to capture imagination, convey moral urgency, and inspire people to act. Our climate march was step one. For step two, think Occupy.
    4. 
Out the Spoilers — Billionaires like the Koch brothers and their oil companies are the major spoilers in climate change – funding junk science to confuse us and spending millions on misleading PR, while buying politicians wholesale. With investigative journalism and more, we need to expose and counter their horrifically irresponsible actions.
    5. Define the Deal — Even in the face of planetary catastrophe, 195 governments in a room can be just incompetent. Amidst the thicket of complex policy talk, we need to define the red lines of the agreement and organize the press and politics around them. Our top focus – a clear commitment to a world without carbon, powered by 100% clean energy. That is what will put the fossil fuel industry on notice, and shift private investment massively into renewable energy.

    We need tens of thousands of us to pledge small donations to blast out of the starting gate on this plan. The amount doesn’t matter as much as the choice — to hope, and to act:

    YES, I’LL PLEDGE $3

    YES, I’LL PLEDGE $6

    YES, I’LL PLEDGE $12

    YES, I’LL PLEDGE $24

    YES, I’LL PLEDGE $48

    To give an amount other than the ones listed above, click here.

    At the last major climate summit in Copenhagen 2009, we played a pivotal role in German and Japanese ‘climate’ elections, in shifting Brazilian policy, and in helping win a major global deal on financing, with rich countries promising $100 billion per year to poor countries to help them address climate change. Back then, Avaaz was 3 million people. After Copenhagen, we reflected that we needed to be a lot bigger to meet the challenge posed by climate change. Now, we’re 40 million, and rising fast.

    Climate change is the ultimate global collective action problem, requiring cooperation from every government in the world. And Avaaz is the ultimate collective action solution, with millions of us united in common vision across every nation. This is our time, to build a world for our children whose beauty matches our dreams. Let’s get started.

    With hope and appreciation for this amazing community,

    Ricken and the entire Avaaz team

    MORE INFORMATION:

    2014 was the hottest year on record (Bloomberg)
    http://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2014-hottest-year-on-record/

    “Vast methane plumes escaping from the seafloor” discovered in Siberian Arctic Sea (Daily Kos)
    http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/07/28/1317252/–Vast-methane-plumes-escaping-from-the-seafloor-discovered-in-Siberian-Arctic-Sea#

    Five Reasons We Need a New Global Agreement on Climate Change by 2015 (Switchboard NRDC)
    http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/jschmidt/five_reasons_we_need_a_new_glo.html

    10 Signs the stars are aligning for a climate deal in Paris (The Guardian)
    http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/jan/21/10-signs-stars-are-aligning-for-climate-deal-paris

    The Arctic Ice “Death Spiral” (Slate)
    http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2013/05/28/arctic_sea_ice_global_warming_is_melting_more_ice_every_year.html


    Avaaz.org is a 40-million-person global campaign network     that works to ensure that the views and values of the world’s people shape global decision-making. (“Avaaz” means “voice” or “song” in many languages.) Avaaz members live in every nation of the world; our team is spread across 18 countries on 6 continents and operates in 17 languages. Learn about some of Avaaz’s biggest campaigns here, or follow us on Facebook or Twitter.

  • Single Crystal Perovskites — Emerging Family Of Solar-Absorbing Materials Paves Way Towards More-Efficient & Potentially Cheaper Solar Cells

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    February 2nd, 2015 by James Ayre

    While perovskites have been a mainstay of solar energy research for some time now, the purest form of the material — perfect single crystals of perovskite — had never been investigated very deeply.

    That’s changed now, though, with the release of new research findings from the University of Toronto + the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology.

    Perovskites single perfect crystals

    The new research utilized a “new technique” to grow rather large, pure crystals of perovskite — and then studied the way that electrons move through the material as electricity is created from the light.

    “Our work identifies the bar for the ultimate solar energy-harvesting potential of perovskites,” stated Riccardo Comin, a post-doctoral fellow with the Sargent Group. “With these materials it’s been a race to try to get record efficiencies, and our results indicate that progress is slated to continue without slowing down.”

    Here’s an explanation of the work via a recent press release:

    The team used a combination of laser-based techniques to measure selected properties of the perovskite crystals. By tracking down the rapid motion of electrons in the material, they have been able to determine the diffusion length — how far electrons can travel without getting trapped by imperfections in the material — as well as mobility — how fast the electrons can move through the material.

    In recent years, perovskite efficiency has soared to certified efficiencies of just over 20%, beginning to approach the present-day performance of commercial-grade silicon-based solar panels mounted in Spanish deserts and on Californian roofs.

    “In their efficiency, perovskites are closely approaching conventional materials that have already been commercialized,” explained Valerio Adinolfi, a PhD candidate in the Sargent Group and co-first author on the paper. “They have the potential to offer further progress on reducing the cost of solar electricity in light of their convenient manufacturability from a liquid chemical precursor.”

    Beyond solar energy applications, the new research has potential implications for the field of lighting solutions. The applications in lighting would be essentially just the opposite of this one in solar energy — send electrons through a slab of perovskite crystals, and enjoy the light released, rather than the other way around. This application will depend upon it being demonstrated as being economical of course, something that certainly isn’t a guarantee.

    Associated/complementary work being done through the Sargent Group is focusing on colloidal quantum dots.

    “Perovskites are great visible-light harvesters, and quantum dots are great for infrared,” stated lead researcher Professor Ted Sargent, of The Edward S Rogers Sr Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at the University of Toronto. “The materials are highly complementary in solar energy harvesting in view of the sun’s broad visible and infrared power spectrum.”

    “In future, we will explore the opportunities for stacking together complementary absorbent materials,” chimed in Dr Comin. “There are very promising prospects for combining perovskite work and quantum dot work for further boosting the efficiency.”

    The new findings were recently published in the journal Science.

    Image Credit: University of Toronto Engineering

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    James Ayre ‘s background is predominantly in geopolitics and history, but he has an obsessive interest in pretty much everything. After an early life spent in the Imperial Free City of Dortmund, James followed the river Ruhr to Cofbuokheim, where he attended the University of Astnide. And where he also briefly considered entering the coal mining business. He currently writes for a living, on a broad variety of subjects, ranging from science, to politics, to military history, to renewable energy. You can follow his work on Google+.

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  • I bet you’re sick of hearing all the spin about climate change. We are too. ACF
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    Hi NEVILLE

    I bet you’re sick of hearing all the spin about climate change. We are too.

    Shock jocks on soap boxes. Government doublespeak. Big polluting companies funding ad campaigns and sweet-talking politicians at expensive dinners.

    It doesn’t stop. And this year, with a global climate meeting in Paris, there will be more spin than ever.

    But 2015 feels different. There’s new momentum. Charged by people power, countries around the world are finally taking steps to tackle climate change.

    Just last year 51,720 amazing people took action with ACF on climate change to hold the government and big polluters to account. Thanks for being one of them.

    We have a strong campaign planned for Paris and beyond. Stay tuned – we’re hosting events around the country to discuss this year’s strategy on how together, we can turn this around.

    Will you share this graphic on social media to start spreading the word?

    In Paris in November, world leaders will meet to make decisions about cutting pollution and tackling climate change. Each and every country must take action.

    But right now, the Abbott government is taking us backwards. In just one year, Australia has:

    • Slid from 11th to 39th for clean energy investment
    • Killed the law that made polluters pay
    • Tried to take climate change off the global G20 agenda

    We want a government that stands up for our communities, not one that is the puppet of the big polluting companies.

    This year, we’ll show our politicians we want a clean and safe – not dirty and dangerous – energy future. And we’ll do whatever it takes to make it happen. Together, with you and hundreds of thousands of other Australians, our voice can be louder and more powerful than any ad campaign.

    We’ll organise in our towns, suburbs, workplaces, schools and communities to work together to build the pressure for politicians to put our communities and our future first.

    We’ll demonstrate that even if our political decision makers aren’t ready to lead, we are. And we expect that leadership from the people we vote for.

    It’s time for action.

    Will you share this image on social media to spread the word?

    Thank you,

    Victoria

    Victoria McKenzie-McHarg
    Climate change campaign manager
    Australian Conservation Foundation

  • You stand up. You win. GET UP

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    Dear NEVILLE,

    When Campbell Newman called the Queensland election with just three weeks notice it didn’t leave our movement with much time to react. But in true GetUp style, more than 600 people stepped up, and by the time polls opened in Queensland on Saturday we couldn’t have been more ready.

    So much was at stake.

    Campbell Newman’s neo-liberal agenda was stark: sell off public assets to fund infrastructure for Indian mining magnate Gautam Adani’s plans to build a mega coal mine; bulldoze next to a turtle breeding wetland; and start industrial dredging in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area.

    By Friday we had 150,000 ‘How-to-Vote for the Reef’ cards based on each party’s commitments, ready to be handed out by a staggering 600 GetUp member volunteers.

    Due to the strength of our numbers, Labor responded with solid Reef protection policies. And we’ll be holding them to those commitments.

    The LNP responded with a dirty and desperate attempt to silence us and cling to power: a Supreme Court injunction against our ‘How-to-Vote’ cards. In record time GetUp members funded a crack team of lawyers to fight back, and the Judge effectively threw the LNP’s claims out of court, saying there was “no serious question to be tried”.

    What we’ve shown each other is that when we believe in our ability to create real change, against the odds, we can win. And it doesn’t end in Queensland.

    The election result means the Federal Government is left trying to fast-track a plan Queensland no longer wants. Today, they’ve put their approval of Abbot Point on hold, pending talks with Queensland.

    But Adani have already claimed that their plans for Abbot Point will be going ahead, regardless of who’s in power.

    Are you ready to take this on? Our movement achieves amazing things when we get prepared, work together, and engage expert support from lawyers, strategists and creatives.

    Can you become a Core Member by making a small regular weekly donation, so we’re prepared for the next big fight?

    In it’s first term, the QLD LNP passed new voter ID laws to make it harder for people to vote, crippled the anti-corruption watchdog and weakened donations laws to facilitate large anonymous political donations, including from mining companies. It was clear they were willing to do anything to retain their hold on power.

    But GetUp is a grassroots movement, funded by people like you and over 32,000 people like you. That’s where our power comes from. Each other.

    When we pull together by turning up on weekend to volunteer, share hard hitting messages with our friends and family online, or make small donations, we have massive impact.

    What does that look like?

      • People Power. 600 volunteers present at 74 polling booths in 9 marginal electorates on the day of the election. Thousands of members chipped in for a series of TV ads exposing the Newman Government’s terrible track record on Reef protection. These ads aired on prime-time in key marginal electorates in the run up to the election. They were so powerful The Australian ran a panicked attack-piece against us.
      • Voting Rights. The Newman government passed ‘voter id’ laws despite there being no real evidence of voter fraud in Australia. The laws would likely prevent many Indigenous Australians, new immigrants, young and elderly people from voting. GetUp teamed up with a group of lawyers and set up a Voter ID Hotline for voters who were turned away at the ballot box for not having ID, or had any trouble voting to ensure every Australian has the right to cast their vote.
      • Solar Power. Working with our friends at the Australian Solar Council and Solar Citizens we supported events and activity across seats in inner city Brisbane and regional Queensland. We also supported two ‘Save Solar’ forums with local and national MPs and candidates.
      • Renewable Energy. Our Renewable Energy Target video screened at highlighting the economic opportunities from renewables and was strongly received by local families, solar workers and business owners hit by the Newman government’s attacks on solar and the Renewable Energy Target.
      • Exposing Broken Promises. In collaboration with The Wilderness Society, other environment groups and unions we supported the TV ad campaign of Chris Davis, an ex-LNP member who quit parliament in protest at his government’s “betrayal” of Queenslanders last year.
    • Exposing False Job Claims. Working with Environmental Justice Australia and The Australia Institute, we challenged Adani and Premier Newman’s oft repeated false jobs claims for the Carmichael mine and Abbot Point development, resulting in media stories in the Herald Sun, Courier Mail, Advertiser, Daily Telegraph and elsewhere.

    If we can achieve this much at a state level with such short notice, imagine the amazing things we could achieve at a Federal level by 2016 and beyond.

    We’ve got a plan to harness the power of GetUp’s 800,000 members, starting sooner and going bigger than either of the major parties. But to make it happen, we’ll need to double the number of Core Members who chip in a small amount each week to help GetUp build power for the long term.

    Become a Core Member to help us achieve our shared vision of a more progressive Australia.

    Once more, for being a part of this. Thank you. What we’ve achieved together is truly extraordinary.

    To the future,
    Darren and the whole GetUp team.