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I spoke to ‘minimalists’ to find out why they are giving up their personal possessions

 NaksomritStudio / shutterstockI recently spoke to a man named Adam who told me that every object he owns could fit in one of Ikea’s...

Sunday essay: how many climate crisis books will it take to save the planet?

Image: Ben White/Unsplash, CC BY It’s that time of the year again. Brochures and emails spruik a bumper crop of new books about the climate...

Let’s fix Australia’s environment with any pandemic recovery aid – the Kiwis are doing it

Picture: Leah Anne Thompson/Shutterstock The COVID-19 pandemic is causing significant economic challenges for Australia. With April figures showing more than 800,000 people unemployed and last month 1.6 million on JobSeeker payments,...

Snowy 2.0 threatens to pollute our rivers and wipe out native fish

Picture:Schopier/Wikimedia The federal government’s Snowy 2.0 energy venture is controversial for many reasons, but one has largely escaped public attention. The project threatens to devastate...

5 big environment stories you probably missed while you’ve been watching coronavirus

Picture: Shuttlestock Good news: COVID-19 is not the only thing going on right now!Bad news: while we’ve all been deep in the corona-hole, the climate...

Coronavirus is a wake-up call: our war with the environment is leading to pandemics

Picture: AAP Image/Joel Carrett The COVID-19 pandemic sweeping across the world is a crisis of our own making.That’s the message from infectious disease and environmental...

BlackRock is the canary in the coalmine. Its decision to dump coal signals what’s next

BlackRock matters because it is big. Its decision raises questions about the soundness of smaller firms that remain   committed to coal. JUSTIN LANE/EPA The announcement...

What employers need to know: the legal risk of asking staff to work in smokey air

Canberra streets, January 5, 2020. Employers can’t ask employees to employees to turn up for work as normal without first asking some questions. Picture:...

Feeling flight shame? Try quitting air travel and catch a sail boat

Regina Maris, the ship activists will sail to a climate conference in Chile. Sail to the COP If you’ve caught a long haul flight recently,...

Ignoring young people’s climate change fears is a recipe for anxiety

School students took to the streets in Melbourne and other Australian cities back in March as part of a global rally on climate...
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Mick Pacholli

Mick created TAGG - The Alternative Gig Guide in 1979 with Helmut Katterl, the world's first real Street Magazine. He had been involved with his fathers publishing business, Toorak Times and associated publications since 1972. Mick was also involved in Melbourne's music scene for a number of years opening venues, discovering and managing bands and providing information and support for the industry.Mick has also created a number of local festivals and is involved in not for profit and supporting local charities.