Author: POW Australia
Introducing the POWcast
Mountains on Fire: A People-Based Solution to an Existential Problem
Protect Our Winters Australia is calling on the Victorian State Government to establish a volunteer remote area firefighting force in order to save our mountain forests. This would be a practical approach to tackle climate-driven bushfires, which have become too common for our high country to handle.
READ MOREPOW EOY Wrap 2023
Well, what a year! It has been full of many highs for Protect Our Winters Australia (POW), and some lows for our beloved Aussie winter.
Starting with the good stuff, it has been a joy to welcome over 25 new volunteers and ambassadors to the POW Australia team.
Update: Save Our Snow Climate Data
For those who have been following POW’s campaign asking Snowy Hydro to return to regular measurements at Spencers Creek, great news!
Thanks to your response to our ‘Save our Snow Climate Data’ Campaign, and a wonderful article by Cosmos, Snowy Hydro has committed to increasing the frequency of their measurements!
How increased CO2 is affecting our mountain environment
While we may lose ski days to the warming climate, it is the plants and animals living in the High Country that are hit the hardest. As the flora and fauna have evolved to live in a very specific environment, slight changes will have big impacts.
READ MOREThe Australian Alps: What plant is that?
Australia’s Alpine ecosystem is incredibly rare as one of Australia’s smallest bioregions. Here we explore just a few of the plants that call this area home and learn how they survive.
READ MOREWelcome To Our Alpine Environment
The Australian alpine environment makes up such a small physical space on our continent. A cold and often harsh space has seen species evolve interesting adaptations to allow them to survive and flourish.
READ MOREThe Aussie Snow Gum: An Icon In Trouble
Any visitor to the Australian Alps would be no stranger to the snow gum. Its rainbow bark and twisted trunk are synonymous with the high country itself. “They are the iconic tree of the mountains”, says Cam Walker of Mountain Journal fame and Friends of the Earth.
Tragically, Cam says, because of climate change, the trees are “facing the prospect of ecological collapse”
Our merch collab with @ClimateChangeBowl just dropped
Snowboarder, artist and climate change policy advisor… meet MJ, the person behind POW’s 2023 merch designs. Discover her passion for the natural world, snowboarding and using art as a powerful tool for climate activism.
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