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.
Image credit: Kristoffer Paulsen.
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Book launch: Somewhere Here the Future’s Hid by Jeff Sparrow (Readings, Carlton)
Readings Carlton
Woiworung Country, 309 Lygon St, Carlton, VIC, Australia
We are delighted to host the launch of Jeff Sparrow's latest work, Somewhere Here the Future’s Hid: The Extraordinary Life of Lesbia Harford. Barely known in her lifetime, Lesbia Harford...
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Book Launch: Australian Girls (Melbourne Museum)
Melbourne Museum
11 Nicholson Street, Carlton, VIC, Australia
Join us to celebrate Catherine Gay's new book Australian Girls: Growing Up in the Nineteenth Century (Monash University Publishing). Launched by Senior Curator Deborah Tout-Smith (Museums Victoria), Professor Andrew May...
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Brisbane Writers Festival: Thom Woodroofe: Power, Prosperity & Planet
Brisbane Powerhouse - Underground Theatre
19 Lamington St, New Farm, VIC
Climate change affects all of us – but what about climate action? In this cogent and clear-eyed book, Thom Woodroofe argues that Australia’s energy transition offers us a vital opportunity to secure economic...
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Mount Beauty Writers Festival
Mount Beauty Community Centre
Kiewa Cres, Mount Beauty, VIC, Australia
Mount Beauty Writers Festival ABOUT Everyone has a story ... Come and enjoy the stories of award winning authors in the picturesque Alpine setting of Mount Beauty, awarded Tourism Victoria's...
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Richard King at Totally Lit (WA)
Fremantle Prison
Enter via Main Gatehouse, 1 The Terrace, Fremantle, WA
How is technology shaping the crime and law enforcement landscape? Best-selling crime fiction author Alan Carter and Assistant Police Commissioner Arlene Mavratsou share the stage with writer and academic Richard...
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Book launch: Somewhere Here the Future’s Hid by Jeff Sparrow (Readings, Carlton)
Readings Carlton Woiworung Country, 309 Lygon St, Carlton, VIC, AustraliaWe are delighted to host the launch of Jeff Sparrow's latest work, Somewhere Here the Future’s Hid: The Extraordinary Life of Lesbia Harford. Barely known in her lifetime, Lesbia Harford...
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Book Launch: Australian Girls (Melbourne Museum)
Melbourne Museum 11 Nicholson Street, Carlton, VIC, AustraliaJoin us to celebrate Catherine Gay's new book Australian Girls: Growing Up in the Nineteenth Century (Monash University Publishing). Launched by Senior Curator Deborah Tout-Smith (Museums Victoria), Professor Andrew May...
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Brisbane Writers Festival: Thom Woodroofe: Power, Prosperity & Planet
Brisbane Powerhouse - Underground Theatre 19 Lamington St, New Farm, VICClimate change affects all of us – but what about climate action? In this cogent and clear-eyed book, Thom Woodroofe argues that Australia’s energy transition offers us a vital opportunity to secure economic...
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Mount Beauty Writers Festival
Mount Beauty Community Centre Kiewa Cres, Mount Beauty, VIC, AustraliaMount Beauty Writers Festival ABOUT Everyone has a story ... Come and enjoy the stories of award winning authors in the picturesque Alpine setting of Mount Beauty, awarded Tourism Victoria's...
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Richard King at Totally Lit (WA)
Fremantle Prison Enter via Main Gatehouse, 1 The Terrace, Fremantle, WAHow is technology shaping the crime and law enforcement landscape? Best-selling crime fiction author Alan Carter and Assistant Police Commissioner Arlene Mavratsou share the stage with writer and academic Richard...
