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Jimmy Cocking @JimmyCocking

Living in Mparntwe-Alice Springs, CEO Desert Knowledge Australia, father, partner, brother, son, focused on people centred possibilities. Own views.

Joined December 2011
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Vicki Treadell@VickiTreadell
20 Jun 2024
12/14 #AliceSprings #Mparntwe Fasninating briefing & tour of the #DesertKnowledgePrecinct, a 73 hectare campus on #Arrernte land, by @JimmyCocking CEO @dka_connect. #indigenous knowledge & collaboration & future opportunities like #solarenergy The battery is made by @RollsRoyce.
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DKA@dka_connect
24 Apr 2024
Alice Springs Future Grid featured in this ABC Rural story outlining the findings of the Roadmap to 2030 report. "Grid security is going to be an issue across the world as we transition to renewables — everyone's going to be facing the same challenge," abc.net.au/news/rural/2024-0…

Why plans to power this outback town with renewable energy are 'ahead of the game'

A new report has outlined four pathways to help power Alice Springs by 50 per cent renewable energy within six years, providing a roadmap to put the town years ahead of Darwin, Katherine, and the...

abc.net.au
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DKA@dka_connect
25 Mar 2024
Thanks RenewEconomy for covering the #AliceSprings #Roadmap #2030 release and explaining the complexity and importance of the report. #renewables #transition #collaboration reneweconomy.com.au/a-town-l…

A town like Alice. How a complex, isolated solar grid could provide blueprint for rest of Australia

Alice Springs' complex isolated grid could provide roadmap on how to manage system and regulatory change as well as technology in the transition to renewables.

reneweconomy.com.au
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Ex #TCMegan visits #Mparntwe
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Congratulations to the Alice Springs Future Grid team for researching, consulting, compiling and completing this groundbreaking report.
DKA@dka_connect
22 Mar 2024
#AliceSprings can lead on #renewable #energy #transformation, but urgent investment needed: 2030 Roadmap Report Download report here: alicespringsfuturegrid.com.a… #connecting #people #desert #knowledge #opportunities
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Essential work #waterislife
Goyder Institute@goyderinstitute
13 Feb 2024
National forum identifies key actions for better water in remote First Nations communities, see the key actions identified @dka_connect #knowledgeinaction @DCCEEW @wsaa_water @CentralLandCncl @NLC_74 @envirosanews @DWER_WA @NSWDCCEEW_Water @vanweydeveld
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Jimmy Cocking retweeted
Rob Baillieu@rebaillieu
18 Oct 2023
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And it's #Yes for #Australia. youtube.com/watch?v=br8dB_0z…
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Made it to #Desert Tracks on ABC #AliceSprings. Shared some of my story so far. abc.net.au/alicesprings/prog…
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Friday afternoon/weekend listening: This fantastic podcast by @CroakeyVoices featuring @DrVMatthews, @SotirisVard, Prof Anne Poelina, Karrina Nolan, @ThomasLongden3 and @JimmyCocking about #cleanenergy and #climatechange croakey.org/croakey-voices-p…

Croakey Voices podcasts

Croakey Voices podcasts Check out the podcast from Croakey News – journalist Cate Carrigan takes you behind some of the

croakey.org
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#gaslighting word of the year 2022 in US Dictionary. Thanks to the Australian voters in making sure we are only being gaslit by one or two in the Opposition now rather than the Prime Minister, front and backbench. May the slide away from the radical right continue.
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Indigenous desert rangers gather in force - around 400 people gathering to share knowledge and strengthen connections across the arid third of the continent. #IDA2022Conference #Uluru
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Desert mob punch above our weight #IDA2022Conference #Uluru #Desert #Rangers
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Charles III proclaimed King of Australia....brings up a range of feelings and reflections on issues of State. abc.net.au/news/2022-09-11/k…

Charles III proclaimed King of Australia

King Charles III is officially proclaimed as the ruling monarch of Australia by Governor-General David Hurley.

abc.net.au
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Freedom Day Festival is a celebration of Vincent Lingiari and the men, women and children who led the Wave Hill Walk Off. This birthed the land rights movement and shifted this country to recognise First Nations People. #fromlittlethingsbigthingsgrow
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Hmmm.... #yestorepublic abc.net.au/news/2022-04-08/g…
Closing the Gap 'Water for People and Communities'. I am proud to have played a role in amplifying the voices from Central Australian communities that I met and spoke with earlier this year. wsaa.asn.au/publication/prel…
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Personally, feeling a little less enthusiastic about the 43% reduction target than I did about the #cleanenergyfuture legislation in 2011. Nonetheless, a step forward in a world with a billion more people and a growing awareness of what the #ClimateEmergency feels like.
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Jimmy Cocking retweeted
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory@MAG_NT
22 Jul 2022
A huge moment at #alcoota2022 with the very first articulated -Dromornis stirtoni- leg excavated from Classy Corner. Thankyou @Phoebyornis for scale! #fossilfriday @fupalaeosoc @FlindersPalaeo
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Thanks @MAG_NT for the great open day and tour of the #Alcoota2022 dig. Finally got to see where the #megafauna fossils came from. #paleontologistsatwork
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