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Yep, and have a good supply of "spares" hidden in the greenhouse...You can always give them to friends if your first lot survive!

Well done ozzies!
Maybe it’s not too late after all?

Australia Cuts 80% of Plastic Bag Use in 3 Short Months Despite a few hiccups, Australia's plastic bag consumption has dropped drastically. 😏

The unfortunate truth...

She tells it like it is.

In Sweden, 15-year-old Greta Thunberg has been protesting inaction on climate change since August, going on strike from school every Friday to sit outside her country's parliament. Greta writes for the Guardian Australia about why she believes Australian students should join her: "The adults have failed us. And since most of them, including the press and the politicians, keep ignoring the situation, we must take action into our own hands, starting today."

full Guardian story: https://gu.com/p/a274h/au

Greta at Extinction Rebellion (Oct, 2018)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8prVarP-rQ

Excellent Sustainable Hour interview with Greta:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3poPEkiEeqI

Greta's school strike speech (Swedish, English subs)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrGp56ViaJs

New Internationalist interview with Greta (English subtitles)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmM9gmbx4tk

"In general Greta prefers action to conversation. In undertaking her school strike, she was inspired by the protests staged by American high-school students in response to the Parkland shooting this year—Thunberg’s sit-in is also a walkout." (from the New Yorker): https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/the-fifteen-year-old-climate-activist-who-is-demanding-a-new-kind-of-politics

On November 30th, thousands of Australian students left school to protest climate change inaction by their government. One of the organizers, Milou Albrecht, said she had been inspired by Greta's activism. See full story (NY Times): https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/30/world/australia/student-strike-climate-change.html

What about the garden next to you?

Urban Farming Growing in Popularity SEOUL, Sept. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of urban farms and farmers is increasing, with many making use of idle garden space. …