Simon Holmes à Court has stood at the intersection of community, climate action and politics since May 2007, when he attended the meeting of a community group setting out to build Australia’s first community-owned wind farm. Fifteen years later to the month, at the May 2022 federal election, one of this former Silicon Valley dotcom engineer’s startups, Climate 200, harnessed community, climate action and politics to play a major role in shaking up Australia’s tired old political order.
Simon is an energy analyst, clean-tech investor, climate philanthropist, and director of the Smart Energy Council and the Australian Environmental Grantmakers Network. He was co-founder of the Australian Wind Alliance and inaugural chair of the Melbourne Energy Institute’s Advisory Board. He is a respected commentator on the economic, political and engineering aspects of Australia’s energy transition.
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Book Launch: From Convict Printers to Book Arcade
Melbourne Athenaeum Library
Level 1, 188 Collins Street, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Join us for the launch of From Convict Printers to Book Arcade A History of the Book in Australia, Volume I: 1788 to 1890 Edited by Wallace Kirsop, Elizabeth Webby...
See our authors at Adelaide Writers’ Week
Pioneer Women's Memorial Garden
King William Street, Adelaide, South Australia
See Kim Carr, Gareth Evans, John Lyons and Richard Denniss at Adelaide Writers’ Week.
See our authors at the Manly Writers’ Festival
Darley Smith Building
Corner of 1 Darley Road and The Corso, Manly, NSW
Join our authors Kim Carr, Lauren Samuelsson, Sarah Arachchi, Tracey Kirkland and Gavin Fang at the Manly Writers' Festival.
Book Launch: From Convict Printers to Book Arcade
Melbourne Athenaeum Library Level 1, 188 Collins Street, Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaJoin us for the launch of From Convict Printers to Book Arcade A History of the Book in Australia, Volume I: 1788 to 1890 Edited by Wallace Kirsop, Elizabeth Webby...
See our authors at Adelaide Writers’ Week
Pioneer Women's Memorial Garden King William Street, Adelaide, South AustraliaSee Kim Carr, Gareth Evans, John Lyons and Richard Denniss at Adelaide Writers’ Week.
See our authors at the Manly Writers’ Festival
Darley Smith Building Corner of 1 Darley Road and The Corso, Manly, NSWJoin our authors Kim Carr, Lauren Samuelsson, Sarah Arachchi, Tracey Kirkland and Gavin Fang at the Manly Writers' Festival.
