At the August Gecko Talk, Robbie Porter from OzFish delivered a passionate talk on the forgotten shellfish reefs of Queensland to over 50 community members, including divers, fishers, water lovers, and curious listeners. He walked us through some of the many projects OzFish is involved in, including riparian restoration, safe Read more
Koala conservation in Burleigh: challenges, solutions and the community’s role Endangered koalas in Burleigh were the focus of a Gecko interactive community evening with four experts providing a range of insights about how we can continue to protect and conserve this resilient urban population, and Uncle John Graham joining us Read more
A recent Yarning about the Waters of Gondwana was held by Hinze Dam, featuri3ng diverse speakers sharing personal and local tales to positively re-imagine the management of water. This yarning brought together voices of encounters with nature, of regeneration, of solutions and cultural ways of being and knowing, all toward Read more
Photograph: Hinze Dam, by Phill Cullen Water is life – foundational to healthy ecosystems and their services that in turn support our healthy society, economy, cultures, and way of life. So how is our water managed? The Gold Coast Water Plan was developed almost twenty years ago and is currently Read more
Homes for all – Save our iconic wildlife Join us for conversations about protecting native forests and wildlife in the SEQ Regional Plan update 2023. The draft plan update for our region is out and the clock is ticking down to be a voice for our environment. We recognise that Read more
Most governments have been slow to make the necessary policy and action changes to effectively reduced emissions and hold the global temperature to 1.5C by 2050.
Personal Actions for Climate Change You can make a big difference to climate change in your own personal life. Not only can you make an actual impact on how much carbon is emitted, your actions are particularly influential on the people who know you first hand. Best of all, taking Read more
Will 2019 be the year Australia takes on its responsibilities in effective action on climate change?
Our Federal Government continues to fail to put into practice any meaningful policy on tackling climate change, apparently held hostage to the small group of right wing climate change deniers within the LNP
The October IPCC Special Report report finds that limiting global warming to 1.5°C would require “rapid and far-reaching” transitions in land, energy, industry, buildings, transport, and cities. The jobs of the future are in renewables and sustainability, not coal, so Gecko wonders why our Federal Government that purports to support innovation and industry and creation of jobs is not backing the growth industries
The elections for a new Queensland Government will take place next Saturday 25th November.
Whether you will be pre-poling or will vote on the day, now is the time for you to have a close look at the positions of the various political parties, particularly in relation to their environmental policies.
Gecko has compared the publicly available policies of the major parties on environmental and locally important issues (Local Government reform/ ban developer donations, action on excessive bush clearing-death to wildlife, a Spit Master Plan -3 storey height limit, a second M1 motorway through koala habitat, action on airport contamination, Climate Change action/ renewables) reflected in the scorecard below. Please consider the environment when casting your vote.