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tCA news - april 2009
what's on top
This last month Jason and Sam had the privilege of working with the South East Queensland Traditional Owners Alliance and members of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community who are currently making their submission to the regional planning process.
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In other news - tCA's Anthony Kelly was interviewed by 3CR community radio this month as the Melbourne Rainforest Action Group celebrated its 20th anniversary. During the late 1980s, RAG's campaign saw protestors blockading ships carrying rainforest timbers leading to a nosedive in tropical timber imports.
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upcoming learning opportunities
Our online calendar has details of many more events and programmes. Contact us if you have something to add to the calendar.
We're seeking volunteers to host "Meet tCA" events in cities around Australia - contact us if you can help.
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climate support network
Support activities for climate activists are popping up around the country. Let us know if you have events to add, or if you would like to discuss options for getting something started in your town.
Check out these opportunities for sustenance as well as the article below - and the full collection of events and resources on the climate support network page. NB - most of these events are not limited to climate activists.
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 | EarthWorks: Canberra - A unique opportunity to take a deep breath and re-establish connection with the living planet, our community and with ourselves.
| | EarthWorks 2 - An advanced workshop open to anyone who has attended an Earthworks weekend retreat previously.
| | Leading with the Heart - Strengthen your resilience to face up to global ecological challenges at this three day OzGreen retreat.
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great online resources
Our web links this month include two recent articles by Jenny Pickerill and her associates based on their two year social movement research project into the state of the British anti-war movement, involving 60 interviews with activists around the UK. The project will soon be published as a book: 'Anti-War Activism: New Media and Protest in the Information Age'.
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 | Learning from Obama - A six part series examining aspects of the Obama election campaign, with particular focus on online communications.
| | Collective book on collective process - A handbook on group process for egalitarian collectives. Its focus is on the often unrecognised negative dynamics that can occur when people try to work collectively. it is a collaborative work-in-progress, and everybody is invited to contribute.
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articles
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averting the climate emergency: getting from here to there
What steps do you anticipate along the path to averting the climate emergency?
tCA is developing a tool for climate change activists and welcome your input. We plan to identify the 50-100 key outcomes (social and political changes) that climate movement activists consider essential steps from... 
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pioneers, prospectors and settlers
This month, Chris Rose has uploaded to his excellent Campaign Strategy website a short presentation showing how to use the social values map and its ‘wheel of motivations’ to create campaigns that reach outside the narrow reach of the usual...
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activists vs organisers: round 2
Oliver MacColl, Manager of Offline Strategy at GetUp!, offers this opinion piece as a follow up to the article on activism and organising in tCA's...
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sustaining activism: our hearts in transition
Holly reviews The Transition Handbook by Rob Hopkins – with emphasis on its insights around psychological adjustment to challenging...
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Printable version
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