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If you leave, don’t look back? Thoughts on my 10 Year High School Reunion
Angeline, Jess, me, Jackie, Tilly There’s nothing much more awkward than walking in to your high school reunion and seeing all your old classmates sitting at a long table, deep in various...
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What I’m Doing for the Next Six Weeks
Yesterday I had a conversation with a friend about how to create a bigger pool of people taking action to make the world a better place. ‘What makes a person move from wanting action on one issue, to...
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Goodbye Tonsils… I Won’t Miss You
Tomorrow at 10am, I’m checking in to the hospital down the road and getting my tonsils out. For those of you who know me well, you’ll recognise the enormity of this occasion. Why? Because tonsillitis...
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After my depressing blog post a few hours ago, I started to clean the house. And I found these two fortune cookie messages I’d saved. Thanks, Chinese restaurant down the street! Yes, we will solve...
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A MAP for When Things Feel Overwhelming
At my birthday party the other night, one of my best friends was talking about the difference between ‘real activism’ and communications-centred campaigning (especially online organising) that doesn’t...
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Talking to Australia About Climate Change
Nick Minchin, Professor Richard Muller and I at the University of Berkeley, San Francisco Tomorrow, I’m co-starring in a climate change documentary aiming to reach those Australians who still have...
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A Big Morning and a Chance to Reflect
Early mornings are ripe with mixed emotions for the reflective climate campaigner, especially today since my husband Simon’s decision to move on from GetUp after four years in the role is making...
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Troll Alert: Standing Strong Through Online Abuse
It’s Monday and I’m on a supposedly laptop-free holiday. But I can’t stop thinking about what happened on Wednesday night. As Jamila Rizvi from MamaMia put it, a line was crossed that night when...
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“I believe in people power”– Introducing Amelia Telford
I first knew I had to meet Amelia Telford when I walked into a tea shop in the northern rivers of NSW last year during a holiday with my husband. I was soon chatting with the shop owner about the...
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Join me in a bigger dream for 2013?
This is the text from an ad placed by Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton one hundred years ago. Rumour has it that Shackleton received 5000 applications. What is it that drives people to rise to a...
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