A kitchen table discussion, during Victoria's 2020 Covid-19 lockdown, resulted in the design and construction of the first Frankenstein-like "Power-Droid" by former film and television stuntman, Purven Pather, aided by his business partner and wife, Jessica Gower.

The arrival of the Power-Droid was followed by the creation of the company, Equoria, which is about "Powering your production with portable, renewable power sources".

The Power-Droid, a mobile box of just over 80 kilograms, looking smart in its new finery and remote from its Frankenstein-like elder, was on show at the recent "Australian Cleantech Showcase 2025."

The City of Greater Shepparton followed the earlier lead of other municipalities, declaring a "climate emergency" in 2020, passing the motion on the casting vote of the then mayor, Cr Seema Adullah.

Shepparton climate activists are concerned that the new council, elected last year and whose climate credentials are unknown, will move to see that 2020 reversed, just as has been the case at Mornington: "Mornington Peninsula council scraps climate emergency plan".

On April 22, the organisation that has been set up by journalists for journalists, "Covering Climate Now", organised and staged a webinar with a panel of three, moderated by the Audience Editor from Covering Climate Now, Theresa Riley, which discussed "The Future of Climate Activism".

A poem from Ashanti Kunene stunned the audience with her act of provacation and the opening of the "Systemic Investing Summit 2025".

Former U.S. Vice President, Al Gore, ignited the San Francisco "Climate Week Conference" when he compared some Trump administration actions to those of Nazi Germany.

And The Guardian covered the same issue: "Al Gore draws parallels between Trump 2.0 and early Nazi Germany in speech".

From The Washington Post: "For Earth Day 2025, here are simple planet-friendly activities that people can incorporate into their lives, starting with their morning shower."

Again from The Washington Post: "This Earth Day, there are some reasons to be hopeful about the climate".

Rob Bakes from Vote Climate One, which includes the Traffic Light Election Guide, says, "The only thing we've got left is one another; we can't rely on government."

He also says, "When you look at the science, we are in real troubles, We're buggered".

Rob, whose passion is as wide as it is deep, finds comfort in talking with Geelong's Mik Aidt, who runs the bay City's "The Sustainable Hour".

The Traffic Light Election Guide has already proved its worth, and Rob has urged people to take the advice it offers and make certain that, come Saturday, May 3, Australia will have a minority government.