04: How can we make leaders listen?

For collective action to succeed, we need to influence the influential. Who should we be targeting here, and how do we communicate about climate change in a way that actually makes a difference? We hear inspiring stories of everyday people making big changes through their words, voices and stories, meet friends in the Pacific who’ve been fighting this fight for decades, and work out how we’re going to change course to a heaps better future, together. 

Download the Heaps Better action plan from our website for a step-by-step guide to getting out of your floaties and speaking up to the people in power: http://www.greenpeace.org.au/heapsbetter

Check out the work of the Pacific Climate Warriors and 350.org here: https://world.350.org/pacificwarriors/ 

And the City of Sydney’s citizens jury here: https://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/advisory-panels/sydney-2050-citizens-jury

90% of Australians want action on climate change: https://www.governanceinstitute.com.au/news-media/media-releases/2019/nov/annual-ethics-index-released-today-sends-a-tough-message-to-canberra-on-climate-change/ 

Annie Leonard and the Story of Stuff: https://www.storyofstuff.org/ 

Heaps Better is a podcast made by Ash Berdebes and Jess Hamilton, with Greenpeace Australia Pacific and Audiocraft. Our EP is Kate Montague, mixing engineer is Adam Connelly and the Creative Lead at Greenpeace Australia Pacific is Ella Colley. Podcast artwork by Lotte Alexis Smith. This episode featured the track Kyoto Krows by HC Clifford. Special thanks to Fenton Lutunatabua, Joe Moeno-Kolio, Jess Scully, Rebecca Huntley and Annie Leonard.

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