As we watch the climate crisis accelerate around us Lismore-based resilience practitioner Dr Jean Renouf and Murwillumbah academic Professor Richard Hil will be joining former Byron Shire councillor Cate Coorey in conversation on Friday, 30 October at the Mullumbimby Ex-Services club.
Hil and Renouf recently launched their new book Unspeakable: Facing up to the climate catastrophe and its consequences in Australia in Murwillumbah which draws on the authors’ own roles in the community response. It argues that the catastrophe is already here, that trusted institutions are under strain and that the most effective responses are coming from communities.
‘The hardest thing about the climate catastrophe is often to say, in an ordinary voice, that it is already here,’ Dr Renouf said. ‘The book offers people concrete things they can do now.’
The event will be followed by a hands-on community resilience workshop on Saturday, 31 October from 10am to 1pm.
Dr Renouf will lead a practical workshop that will explore local risks, start a household preparedness plan using a take-home workbook, and more. No prior knowledge is needed.
Book online for Friday’s conversation at: events.humanitix.com/book-launch-unspeakable-mullumbimby or the workshop at: events.humanitix.com/community-resilience-workshop-mullumbimby. Both events require a $5 booking fee.
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