Submitted by Anonymous on 5 March 2010 - 8:20am.
Newsletter March 2010
Climate Action Newcastle meetings
CAN meets every 1st & 3rd Wednesday of the month from 6:30pm at Hamilton PublicSchool (ground floor, eastern building), corner Steel & Tudor Streets,Hamilton.
CAN has recently made some changes to our meeting schedule. Meetings on the first Wednesday of the month will continue as usual as whole group meetings. Meetings on the third Wednesday, we will still meet at the same time and place but will break up into working groups based on particular campaigns and projects. This is an opportunity for members to get directly involved in CAN’s work. Working groups will include media liaison, community wind farm project and more to be decided you!
Everyone is invited to attend meetings, bring ideas along and get involved. For moreinformation visit www.climateaction.org.au
Climate Action Newcastle event
When will we stop pretending Global Warming is not going to happen?
A talk by Clive Hamilton
7pm Tuesday 23rd March
City Hall, Newcastle
Entry by gold coindonation
Clive Hamilton is an author and publicintellectual and has written extensively about climate change. His booksinclude Growth Fetish (2003), Scorcher: The dirty politics of climatechange (2007) and Requiem for a Species (2010).
Can you help promote this event?
Your assistance in spreading the news willmake a big difference to the success of this major CAN annual event.
We ask you to do one (or all) of the following:
- Print out the black and white poster/ flyer attached and take it along toyour workplace, sports club, fitness centre, favourite cafe, communitygroup and local shop to put on their noticeboard
- Ask your local school to put up aflyer and put a note in the newsletter
- Send an email to out to friends andyour email lists
Other events
13th-15thMarch – Climate Action Summit
Australian National University, Canberra
Our governments are not providing realclimate solutions. Whether it is Rudd or Abbott's plan or Copenhagen we deservebetter. This three-day conference will look at strategy, policy and actions forthe grassroots climate movement.
www.climatesummit.org.au
The Last Coal Train fundraiser
7pm Wednesday 17th March
Lock Up Exercise Yard, 90 Hunter Street, Newcastle
In December, in the wake of the failure of the Copenhagen summit, 23 people stopped a coal train in Newcastle. For theireffort, they got over 8 hours in the cell and over $10,000 worth of fines.
On the 17th March we're going to reclaim the jailhouse and sing the blues. CashSavage and Steve Smyth will tear your hearts out with blues tunes.
For more information and ticket pre-saletickets contact Greer 0439 475 695.
People’s Blockade of the World’s Biggest Coal Port
10am onwards Sunday 28th March
Horseshoe Beach Newcastle
Join hundreds of other people in a fun,peaceful, and effective action against Australia's single biggest contributionto climate change.
www.risingtide.org.au
More information and events at www.climateaction.org.au
