News | The Zeitgeist Movement Australian Chapter

Call to Coordinators

We are currently seeking volunteers within the movement to organise local events on a state/city level. In addition to this, we would also like you to be a local contact for new member’s. So far monthly movie meetups & occasional social dinners have proven successful in developing an outlet for like minds to discuss TZM [...]

Letter to Julia from a Sustainability Advocate

The following is a letter from a Sustainability Showcase supporter to Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard: Dear Julia I am writing to you because you are the leader of the nation of which I am a citizen. Though the matter about which I write is essentially a global issue, the inability at this point for [...]

Sustainability Showcase: Catalyzing a Confluence for Sustainability

It is no secret that we are living in interesting and challenging times, and collaborative strategies for sustainability are what we need if we are to address our planetary emergency head-on.

The Twin Sides of the Fossil Fuel Coin

Award winning conservation biologist and professor emeritus Guy MacPherson tells us about looming global ecological collapse and the Economical Collapse and how these 2 aspects are related with each other." A must see!

Protect Global Internet Freedom

On December 3rd, the world’s governments will meet to update a key treaty of a UN agency called the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Some governments are proposing to extend ITU authority to Internet governance in ways that could threaten Internet openness and innovation, increase access costs, and erode human rights online. Please sign this important petition!

Take that, debt collectors!

Why should the 1% get all the bailouts? Now, an Occupy Wall Street offshoot has launched an exciting project called Rolling Jubilee that lets you turn a little cash into a helping hand for folks who deserve it a lot more than Bank of America does.

US taxpayers are funding the killing in Gaza

Given the billions of US dollars poured into the Israeli army's coffers, it's little wonder the tragic Israeli-Palestinian conflict has gone on so long. But the real winner isn't Israel, which continues to suffer attacks as well as launch them. It's the US defence industry.

Nobel Laureates salute Bradley Manning

Last week, PFC Bradley Manning offered to accept responsibility for releasing classified documents as an act of conscience – not as charged by the US military. As people who have worked for decades against the increased militarization of societies and for international cooperation to end war, we are deeply dismayed by the treatment of Pfc. Bradley Manning. The

UN urges global move to meat and dairy-free diet

Lesser consumption of animal products is necessary to save the world from the worst impacts of climate change, UN report says. Lesser consumption of animal products is necessary to save the world from the worst impacts of climate change, UN report says.

Scotland ups green energy ante

Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond told a renewable energy conference in Glasgow that the government had set a new renewables target. Scotland set a goal of achieving 100 percent of its electricity needs through renewable energy projects by 2020, one of the most ambitious benchmarks in the world.