Green Route Australia

24/12/2023

No one is going to be reading this but what would the year be without a look back? Finally, we have the acknowledgment from COP28 that we’ve been demanding all along: fossil fuels must be phased out (rapidly) if we are to stay within 1.5 degrees of global warming. So what does that mean for you and me? Given that governments have proved themselves to be woefully inadequate for the task at hand I reckon it’s up to us. We can stop eating meat, travel less, and say no to international travel.






Eco with Em

more please, no meat

19/12/2023

It was a baking sort of day. I took a bowl, a knife, a chopping board, and a baking tray for my stollen-making morning to Kyoko’s house. Gina from Muizenberg showed us how to make Dresdner stollen, it’s what she makes every December, a reminder of home.

baking break, recipes and killing weeds

23/11/2023

The award for the most pointless product of the year goes to Kim Kardashian’s ni**le bra. In a double down on greenwashing that’s hard to grasp a percentage of the profit from sales of the nip-bra will go to saving the planet. The fake nips are made from plastic which is made from oil. KK’s ni**le bra idea should have been nipped in the bud. Save the planet, save the ni**le!

saving a shirt

18/10/2023

Watching Alone on Netflix I often think about how long I would last if I was dropped into the frozen Arctic with a tarpaulin, a knife, and a sleeping bag. Not long.

one room at a time

11/09/2023

How can communities define and control their own food systems, with local principles and knowledge? How can we reduce exploitation, regenerate nature and produce our own renewable energy? Here’s 9 principles to prioritise people and nature instead of corporate profits and fossil fuel extraction.

10/09/2023

Welcome back Eco with Em

Why I took an 8 month break

10/09/2023

My first lesson in permaculture was a basic one-day introductory workshop. I didn’t know what was going on until the workshop leader had us all stand up holding pieces of long string. The crisscrossing of the string we held was an ‘Aha!’ moment for all of us. It was a clear illustration of the interconnectedness of things and as the word permaculture was broken down for us (permanent cultivation) the simplicity and brilliance of the design philosophy was clear.

pretty in pink permaculture

14/06/2023

Waste not, want not

13/06/2023

How do we shift from gobbling up the earth's resources to caring for her?

I'm a Substack explorer, looking for a more eco-conscious path

22/03/2023

https://mygreenroute.wordpress.com/2023/03/21/whats-your-vision-of-a-better-future-for-all/

09/12/2022

As the nations of the world come together to define the future of biodiversity at the United Nations Biodiversity Conference ( ), we'd like to present our perspective and priorities - drawing on three decades of experience delivering effective conservation and restoring wildlife in one of the world’s megadiverse countries. 🌏👇

As the nations of the world come together at COP15, AWC would like to present our perspective and priorities, drawing on three decades of experience delivering effective conservation and restoring wildlife in one of the world’s megadiverse countries.

09/12/2022

Climate protests are specifically intended to give a small, controlled taste of the major disruptions that climate change is already causing, and will cause on a much larger scale in future.

The performative protests are meant to spur action now to avoid the worst of the real-life scenarios to come.

Occupying parks with placards may be more palatable to a portion of the public, but that's also why activists don't choose that strategy — no-one, including the media, takes any notice.

In introducing laws that target disruption — in particular the blocking of roads — New South Wales has, intentionally or otherwise, specifically targeted climate activism.
Extinction Rebellion Australia

If New South Wales wants to stop climate protests, they'd be better off ramping down fossil fuel production and lifting climate targets than jailing protesters.

09/12/2022

To all the plants out there, we believe in you ✊

10/11/2022

15/10/2022

Medicinal use of cannabis is now legal nationwide. Is it just a matter of time before recreational pot-smoking follows suit?

20/09/2022

South Australia closer to becoming first gigawatt scale grid in the world to run without any local fossil fuel or synchronous generation, a major milestone in transition to renewables.

29/07/2022

See it if you can

A force of nature indeed. I Am Greta premieres on November 13.ABOUT I AM GRETAThe story of teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg is told through compelling...