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Climate Parents Podcast
March 12, 2025
Back in April 2023, we featured a brand new Parent Powered Podcast - Now What Now created by climate Mums Mei and Rosa. Two years later the podcast is still going strong with Rosa continuing to regularly add new inspiring parent stories. When it...
Read MoreClimate Action Parent Style
March 11, 2025
Our March National Month of Action is well underway. It’s awesome to see parents, grandparents and families across the country stepping into climate action in a variety of ways through attending and hosting community events; engaging with MPs and candidates; starting local action groups;...
Read More2.3 million days of lost learning due to ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred: Parents call for action on school safety
March 11, 2025
Case studies available Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred, made more intense and damaging due to climate pollution, has caused 2.3 million days of lost learning across Queensland and New South Wales, says advocacy group Parents for Climate. “Unnatural weather extremes, worsened by burning coal and gas,...
Read MoreThis Election, Use Your Voice for Your Kids’ Future
March 11, 2025
As a parent, I don’t need to be a climate scientist to know that the world my kids are growing up in is changing. I see it in the rising cost of groceries, in the summers that stretch longer and hotter, and in the...
Read MoreClassrooms Closing Due to Extreme Weather: Parents Call for Action on School Safety
February 17, 2025
As extreme weather forces hundreds of schools to close, advocacy group Parents for Climate is calling on state and federal governments to protect students by installing solar-powered air-conditioning and considering a shift in school term dates. Nic Seton, Parents for Climate CEO, said our...
Read MoreThe Making of ‘Later is Too Late’ – More Than Just an Ad
February 12, 2025
Two weeks before Christmas, at the busiest time of the year, we put out a call. 🎟️ We asked parents, kids - even a puppy - to come together to help create something powerful: a message straight from the heart, reminding Australians that later...
Read MoreEV touring: What happened when we ran our BYD Atto 3 battery down to zero
February 11, 2025
Fresh from a 4,550 km, three state, two week family road trip in an electric vehicle, David McEwen Iv reports back on his experience, including the good, the bad, the future, and a special mention. Imagine you’re on a regional highway and have run...
Read MoreBook Review: Glimpses of Utopia by Jess Scully
February 10, 2025
It’s easy to feel disheartened—sometimes even despondent—about the state of the world. News cycles amplify problems rather than solutions, deepening the sense of division and hopelessness. That’s why we need books like Glimpses of Utopia by Jess Scully.
Read MoreFamilies welcome bill-busting household electrification push
January 28, 2025
Parents for Climate welcomes the federal government’s support for homes in all states and territories to access bill-busting clean energy solutions. The government has announced today that it has asked the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to consider funding for more community electrification...
Read MoreThurs Feb 13: Learn how to engage MPs and election candidates
January 13, 2025
Join us on Thursday February 13 to learn how best to engage your local MP and election candidates! There are two options: Lunchtime session: 12:30pm AEDT; 12pm ACDT; 11:30am AEST; 11am ACST; 9:30am AWST Evening session: 8pm AEDT; 7:30pm ACDT; 7pm AEST; 6:30pm ACST; 5pm...
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