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Environment Victoria News MOBILISING PEOPLE TO SAFEGUARD OUR ENVIRONMENT Issue 33 Autumn 2020 Building resilience in a time of climate crisis
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
Environment Victoria News
Issue 33, Autumn 2020
Design Ciara Denham
Print Neo
Contributing writers
States act 3 Bushfire 4
Jono La Nauze, Greg Foyster, Heather while Canberra survivors call for
Bruer, Lena Herrera Piekarski, Tyler fumbles climate action
Rotche, Alex Merory, Sawsan Alfayadh,
Victor Komarovsky
Editors Greg Foyster & Alex Merory
(03) 9341 8125
Renewables to
7 How the 7
editor@environmentvictoria.org.au bushfire crisis
the rescue!
Subeditor Jenny Lee impacts our rivers
Membership and supporter enquiries
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Media enquiries
Building our
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Editorial
It is vital that we do everything we can Of course there is no guarantee
Jono La Nauze, toward the global climate challenge. Premier Andrews will make the right
Chief Executive Officer We can only solve the problem by call, and even if he does there will be
acting together, and the pathway to another campaign we have to move
global cooperation involves leading by on and fight, and another, and another.
example. Victoria is already on the way The truth is that ultimately leadership
As dusk settles on the last night of each
to proving that a thriving society does comes from the people, and political
year, a group of us gather in the bush
not need fossil fuels. power comes from organised people
and feast at a long table beneath the
working together. Whatever Premier
open sky. This year, as we reflected on Far from being afraid of the transition, Andrews’ decision, we need to keep
2019 and shared our hopes and fears our community is demanding more working together to push our elected
for 2020, the scent of bushfire stained urgent change, and there are signs the representatives step up on climate,
the air. By morning, the smoke was major parties are catching up. Since the while we still have time.
thick, and in the coming days the horror fires, the Victorian Liberals and now the
of the fires became clear. Nationals have distanced themselves As Environment Victoria News was
from the federal Coalition’s reckless heading to print, the COVID-19 crisis
Horror in the death and sickness
climate policies. Our work together to hit Australia. The ramifications are
caused by the fires, and horror in
shift the politics on climate is having an huge and frightening but we will get
the knowledge that this is just the
impact. through this together.
beginning. This is what 1.1 degree of
warming looks like, but 1.1 degrees isn’t By the time you read this edition of Over the weeks and months
where we’re headed. Unless we change Environment Victoria News Premier ahead we will have to reassess our
course, we will pass 3 degrees and Andrews will have decided how much strategies and how we work together.
multiple tipping points. faster his government is willing to drive Most importantly we need to stay
the transition to a clean economy, in connected and protect the most
And yet amid all of this there is hope.
setting emissions reduction targets for vulnerable in our community. We have
We’re inspired by the courage and
the next five and ten years. These are included some initial advice on how
generosity of people across our
the targets that matter – by 2050 it will to stay engaged from home on page 9
movement, particularly those worst hit
be too late. He has a mandate to drive along with links to resources that we’ll
by the fires.
real climate action and the political continue to update. We hope you stay
This edition of Environment Victoria barriers are dissolving before his eyes. safe through this difficult time.
News shares some of their stories. He would be mad not to take the mantle
of climate leadership.
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Construction of Ararat wind farm.
Photo credit: RES group
States act while
Canberra fumbles
Victoria’s Opposition Leader and NSW’s The states have shown they won’t keep
Jono La Nauze, Climate and Energy Minister. Every waiting for Canberra to deliver. This
Chief Executive Officer single state and territory in the country year Victoria and NSW have confirmed
has now set a goal of net zero emissions they will lock in 2030 emissions
by 2050 – a target the Prime Minister cuts that are higher than the federal
has so far rejected. Of course, the government’s inadequate targets.
In the past few months, a clear reality is that emissions cut in the next They do so with the knowledge that
path to real action on climate five and ten years will count the most. this means phasing out our ageing and
change has emerged. State increasingly unreliable coal power
That’s why it’s critical that premiers stations and replacing them with
and territory governments are such as Gladys Berejiklian and Daniel cleaner sources.
aligning on the need for strong Andrews seize this moment to work
with their fellow premiers on a national The Andrews government is weighing
climate policy. climate change strategy. up emissions targets for 20205 and
If the states act decisively and 2030, and it will need to make its
This is not without precedent. In 2004, decisions by the end of March this year.
act together on setting emissions despairing at the lack of federal action,
targets they can reduce pollution via The crucial test is whether state targets
states and territories came together to can put Australia back on track to do its
an alternative route. Let’s call it the establish a national emissions trading
Princes Highway to climate action fair share towards the objectives of the
scheme. Paris Climate Agreement.
because, like the famous road, it passes
through the eastern capitals and Surrounded by pressure and with Kevin This is a critical moment that could shift
deliberately avoids Canberra. Rudd rising in the polls, John Howard the national debate. If Victoria adopts
agreed. emissions targets in line with the Paris
The biggest barrier to action has been
a lack of political will and outright Ultimately it was Julia Gillard who Agreement, it is possible for other
climate denialism in Federal Parliament, implemented the scheme before states to follow suit, passing similar
mainly from the Liberal and National Tony Abbott came to office and legislation and creating a de-facto
parties. The Prime Minister has tried withdrew bipartisan support, leading to national climate change strategy –
to deflect attentions from his party’s Canberra’s wasted decade of “climate whether Scott Morrison decided to help
failure by focusing the debate on wars”. out or not.
how we can “adapt” to a hotter, more But the lesson here is that states and
chaotic climate, rather than cutting the territories sparked a national process, This article originally appeared as an
pollution that causes it. and can do so again to bring about opinion piece in The Age. It has been
But at the state level, things have significant cuts to pollution. While edited.
been different. After the bushfires, the federal government holds overall
senior Liberals have been speaking responsibility for climate policy as
out about the need to cut pollution and it relates to Australia’s international
have called for strong climate policy – obligations, state governments have
including the South Australian Premier, many of the levers needed to cut
the outgoing Tasmanian premiers, emissions from the most polluting
sectors – electricity, transport and
agriculture.
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BUSHFIRE
CRISIS Bushfire Survivors c
We’ve been supporting Ian Cane is a third generation Beekeeper in East Gippsland.
bushfire survivors to call for Environment Victoria helped him share his story with the ABC,
climate action in the media, local papers and online.
and their efforts have been
heroic.
“So help me. Tell your story . . . Do it for
those in the flames right now, and those
who are getting ready for the flames,
because come tomorrow we may no
longer be able to speak.” When bushfire
survivor Jo Dodd wrote this in January,
her words spurred us into action.
With fires burning through the wet
forests of East Gippsland, including
areas like the Errinundra Plateau,
which we’ve fought long and hard to
protect, we urgently needed to alert the
public to this devastating event and its
underlying cause.
So we embarked on a new project –
helping people in fire-affected areas burned beyond recognition. To all of them, we say thank you.
tell their stories. More than 50 people This moment of crisis has shown the
have done so, and their stories have They’re dealing with shock, grief, the qualities of Victoria’s environmental
been covered in the Herald Sun, The daily struggle of life without power community – people who stand up for
Age, the ABC, Channel 10, 3AW and or running water, and the prospect of nature even at the most difficult times.
even the New York Times. rebuilding from scratch. Despite this, Your work documenting this crisis and
they gave their time because it was too calling on governments to act has been
Many of these people lost their homes important to stay silent about the need incredibly powerful.
or loved ones in the fires and are deeply for unprecedented action on climate
connected with the forests and rivers change.
THANK YOU!
A huge thank you to everyone who shared their stories, donated to
make this possible or funded the next stage - a tour of affected areas,
producing news stories and short films.
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call for climate action
Retired teacher Kate Jackson and her partner Phil have
set up a makeshift library for fire victims in Mallacoota.
Message from
Mallacoota to Canberra:
this is climate change
Kate Jackson reflects on services that came to help Mallacoota. taken away the wet forest, including the
You are all wonderful, and I wish you animal refuge areas.
the impacts of bushfires were running the country, because
in her town and delivers a it feels like there is a complete Human intervention has made
it difficult, but I hope nature will
sharp message to our federal lack of leadership from our federal
regenerate something of these once-
government. government.
magnificent forests.
My partner Phil and I defended our Everyone I talk to is shell-shocked,
angry and bewildered as to why our On our way home we played classical
property on Tuesday December 31, music loudly in the car with the windows
and did so again on Saturday January Prime Minister shows no leadership on
this issue. He is on top of everyone’s down, a symphony for the blackened
4. We are grateful to still have our forest. Some attempt at apology, of love
home; many of our friends lost theirs. blame-list down here, ahead of lack of
fuel reduction, drought, underfunded and grief for what we have caused.
Some were away from town, some
down at the water or out in boats, but state and national parks and emergency We are all changed by this experience
all of us chose our fire plans against services. Our local catch cry to and holding each other together. We
unknowable conditions. Canberra is now too little, too late. feel like climate refugees.
How can anyone know how a fire Only once have I been down to see Community is most important, and
thinks? All I know is that at 7.23am on the skeletons of our beautiful bush we are grateful that the emergency
New Years eve I was standing under beaches, now bare and black. Even the services are listening to us and
a red sky in complete darkness with ocean has ash. facilitating what is needed. But we need
a solar torch and a hose, protective After the fires, Phil and I drove north to the forest and all its inhabitants back
clothing, mask and goggles, listening Eden to witness the burn throughout again.
to the deafening roar of the fire, not the forest. We could see how well a Part of the grief of living through these
knowing which way it would go, and clear-felled forest regrowth burns fires is the anger at the government’s
thinking, ‘This is it. I am standing in – a whole lot of black monoculture lack of action on climate change. We all
climate change.’ matchsticks. The older forest areas know that things could have been very
I must thank the CFA for their have burnt a little less, and maybe some different.
comprehensive fire plan leaflet, and of the magnificent angophoras will
ultimately all the Victorian emergency survive, but logging and drought have
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BUSHFIRE
CRISIS “ Why I came to
Victorian Parliament ”
In February, bushfire survivor No-one should have to go through I didn’t know what I was going to wear
what we’re going through. But that’s to Parliament. I lost my entire wardrobe
Jann Gilbert travelled from exactly the problem. Everything the in the fire. These past few weeks have
Mallacoota to Melbourne with climate scientists are telling us – have been such a struggle, but they have left
a message to Premier Andrews been warning us for years – is clearly me determined to focus on the most
– set strong targets to cut pointing to our fire seasons getting important lesson from these awful fires.
longer and worse. We must stop burning the coal, gas and
emissions. oil that is fuelling climate change.
This happened to my town after only 1.1
I lost my home when the fires ripped degree of global warming. We cannot I believe governments are meant
through Mallacoota in January. We allow climate change to take us all even to do everything in their power to
should have been celebrating a New further into this hell. keep people safe. We were not safe
Year but instead we were huddled on when the sky turned red-orange and
the wharf under a constant shower of That’s why in February I made the those frightening fires hit Mallacoota.
smoke, ash and embers. journey from East Gippsland all the way Climate change impacts will keep
to Spring Street, Melbourne. When I posing enormous and growing risks to
That day I saw first hand the impacts realised that the Victorian government
of climate change and it’s almost our safety unless we drastically stop
was on the brink of making the most fuelling it via more and more pollution.
impossible to describe the terror I felt. important decision on climate change
With over 150 houses in Mallacoota for the next ten years I knew I couldn’t
gone, our community is still shell- keep quiet. We just don’t have time to
shocked. One of Victoria’s most muck around.
pristine areas of bush has been utterly
devastated.
Our ads in The Age!
THANK YOU to everyone who donated to get our ad in
the newspaper, featuring a message to Premier Andrews from
bushfire survivor Mark McCord. “I'm so glad Environment Victoria
is connecting the dots to climate change and getting our stories
into the media and advertising,” Mark told us. “We need much
more of this to convince the public and pressure politicians.”
We followed this two weeks later with an open letter also
published in The Age calling on Premier Andrews to set strong
climate targets. The letter was signed by 285 businesses and
organisations across Victoria, a list so impressive it garnered
media coverage. Thank you to everyone who signed on!
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Renewables to the rescue!
could take weeks or months. Some renewable energy as essential for
Greg Foyster, towns might switch to renewable community resilience. While the fires
Communications microgrids, saying goodbye to legacy have laid bare our vulnerability to the
poles and wires forever. climate crisis, they’ve also highlighted
Manager that the solutions are ready to be rolled
Aryana’s story is just one of many we’ve out – fast.
heard from East Gippsland. More and
As injured animals escaped the fires, more households are starting to see
wildlife carer Aryana Row faced a
dilemma – where was she going to
shelter all these poor creatures? A
joey, nicknamed Ruby, needed regular
milk. How could she store it with the
electricity grid down and no way to
power a fridge?
The answer is one many people in
remote bushfire-affected communities
have been turning to in recent months –
renewable energy.
Aryana got in touch with local company
Gippsland Solar, they rallied their
suppliers, and now the Bruthen Bat and
Roo Wildlife Shelter has a solar system
complete with Tesla Powerwall.
“We’re just completely blown away by
the support,” says Aryana.
It all happened very quickly, and that’s
the point. Solar and battery systems
can be set up in remote areas in a
Photo credit Scott Portelli
matter of days, while repairing the grid
How the bushfire crisis impacts
our rivers
land. For catchments hurting from There is not a simple engineering
Tyler Rotche, drought and bushfires, the rain was solution. We can begin by looking at our
Healthy Rivers tragic. own watersheds, how they are hurting
Campaigner and where they need communities to
It fell on the forests, carrying ash and heal.
mud into the streams. Nutrients in the
ash increase bacteria, which robs the To find out more, go to
Australia’s rivers have been known water of oxygen. Soil smothers the envict.org/evnews-rivers
to withstand bushfire and drought. stream beds and eliminates habitat. Or
Their resilience was supported by the it can fill the river almost completely.
communities around them. But how After the rain, locals described the
we live around the river has changed. Macleay river in New South Wales as a
When we look at the damage wrought “runny cake mix”.
in this summer’s bushfire crisis, we
can see years of compounding harm Further inland, Mannus Creek was
revealed in an instant. turned to “a river of black porridge,”
with crayfish and mayfly larvae seen
Too much water has been taken from crawling out. The creek’s Macquarie
our rivers. The flows have been altered perch, the last population in the Murray
to suit the interests of a few corporate catchment, were all but wiped out.
irrigators. Developers have taken over
the floodplains, clearing and eroding Fresh flows can help dilute some of the
the land. black water. Sediment barriers might
block some runoff in areas that can be
The recent rains, which answered reached. But we cannot stop the rain.
prayers for so many, fell on damaged We need to change how we care for the Photo credit Doug Gimesy
catchment year-round.
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BUSHFIRE
Photo credit Doug Gimesy
CRISIS
Building our inner
climate change
resilience
But according to Psychology for Signs that we are struggling with
Heather Bruer, a Safe Climate (PSC) – a group of ecoanxiety are feeling tired or frenzied,
Fundraising Officer Australian psychologists supporting less motivated to look after ourselves
people to engage with climate change or struggling at work or in relationships.
– accepting these uncomfortable That means it’s time to stop and tend
feelings can help empower us to take to our needs. It might involve changing
After the summer’s horrific action. what we do temporarily, evaluating our
self-care, and sharing the load with
bushfire season, ecoanxiety is PSC say acceptance of how we feel, others.
on the rise. So how do we pick even when it is painful, is the first
step to finding a way through. The Remember that when you have a break,
ourselves up and keep working alternatives - fighting our feelings, someone else, somewhere in the world,
together for a safe climate? actively avoiding them or dwelling on will be ramping up their action.
them alone - can be exhausting and
This summer felt like a glimpse into a
ultimately paralysing.
dystopian future. My Christmas was
spent anxiously watching as towns The next step is responding to our
were evacuated in the path of a fire that feelings with understanding and
was heading directly towards our farm. empathy. This might include saying to
Patients in critical care at the local ourselves “this hurts”, “other people
hospital were wheeled onto the local feel this way – I’m not alone” or “may
oval. I give myself the compassion that I
need”. The key is to be gentle with
While grief and distress about the
yourself.
state of our environment is nothing
new, according to psychologists, Expressing our feelings to those we
‘ecoanxiety’ or ‘climate anxiety’ is on trust can also be helpful. Being heard,
the rise. This represents a very real and knowing others have similar
threat to both our wellbeing, and our concerns helps legitimise our feelings.
ability to respond to the climate crisis. Taking the next step and engaging in
meaningful action on the climate crisis
At its most severe, ecoanxiety
can then channel our feelings into Credit: Jess Harwood, @jessharwoodart
manifests as despair. But even feelings
something useful.
like fear, worry, grief, guilt and anger
can be overwhelming. After all, the When practiced together, these
scale of the climate crisis is terrifying, methods of coping foster psychological
and the lack of concerted political flexibility, helping ensure our response
action to stop it, outrageous. to climate change is sustainable.
To get involved in Environment Victoria campaigns go to
environmentvictoria.org.au/get-involved/volunteer/
For more information on coping For immediate help please
with climate change distress, call Lifeline 13 11 14 or
visit envict.org/how-to-cope Beyond Blue 1300 22 4636
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Getting active from home
How to stay engaged in creating change while we need to
physically distance ourselves.
Once again we’re in the midst of a Make your voice heard Keep building communities
crisis that renders our lives almost
unrecognisable. At the time of writing Even now, it’s hugely important that If there has ever been a time to look
this article, public events large and we keep talking about environment, out for one another, it’s now. We need
small are being cancelled and health climate and justice issues and continue strong communities more than ever
care workers are bracing for an influx of to hold decision-makers to account. and we’ll need them in the future. Go to
patients. By the time you read this, the environmentvictoria.org.au/active-
Write letters to the editor for any from-home to find a mutual aid group
situation will likely be very different. papers you subscribe to. Stay tuned in your area.
One thing that won’t change is our and call or text talkback radio. We have
determination to work together for a a Whatsapp group you can join to be Our society is shaped partly by the
just society, our natural environments notified of key media moments. You can stories we tell about ourselves, so
and a safe climate. For our own safety sign up at environmentvictoria.org. help tell the story of what resilient
and that of people in our communities au/rapid-response communities look like. If you see stories
at highest risk of being impacted by of people supporting each other,
Get active in the comments section of using their skills, knowledge, time or
COVID-19, we can no longer gather in your decision-maker’s Facebook or
person to discuss, protest and pressure effort to build connections, develop
Twitter accounts, and let them know solutions and make life a little easier for
decision makers. So let’s do it from what you think.
home. Here’s how you can get started ... the people around them, please share
them.
Skill up to take effective online
action
Most social change and environment Many organisations are
organisations are shifting their events producing excellent resources
online. Is now the time to sharpen some with how-tos, trainings and ideas
of your skills, so you can participate? for how you can engage from
home.
First, get familiar with joining online
meetings or webinars. Zoom is a
popular tool which makes online To find out more and get
meetings easy. If you haven’t used it the latest resources, go to
before, sign up to attend a training at environmentvictoria.org.au/
environmentvictoria.org.au/zoom active-from-home
Take action from home
We can use creative means to make
issues visible.
Hang a banner or put up a yard sign
outside your home
Call your friends and family and talk
to them about the campaign you’re
working on. Ask them if they can create
a sign, banner or yard sign.
If you’re part of a local group, you can
try a ‘virtual rally’ where people gather
online at the same time, but in different
places. Take a photo of everyone (if you
fit in one screen) or make a collage of
everyone’s photo. Post on social media
and make sure you tag your target.
Above: Westernport Bay locals showing their opposition to AGL’s proposed gas import
terminal. People printed the sign and uploaded pictures of themselves to social media.
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Xanthorrhoea australis (grass trees)
have a lifespan of up to 600 years.
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discovered Victoria later in life. Some places we love is powered by acts of Green Community by leaving a gift in
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PROGRAMS Communications Key Relationships numerous to mention.
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