[Oz-envirolink] Walk Against Warming

[hugh spencer]

Dear all,

Its on again.  On 11th November, the Sunday two weeks before the 2007
federal election, a coalition of environment groups across Australia are
organising Walk Against Warming. Walks will be held in all states, major
cities and many regional centres.

Check out http://www.walkagainstwarming.org.au for a Walk near you.  The
ones closest to most recipients of this email are:

    * Sydney - 1pm in the Domain - Contact Marnie Kikken,
      mkikken at nccnsw.org.au, <mailto:mkikken at nccnsw.org.au>02 9279 2466
      for more info
    * Brisbane - 1pm in Queens Park (next to the Casino) - Contact Emma
      Giles, admin at qccqld.org.au, <mailto:admin at qccqld.org.au>07 3221
      0188 for more info
    * Canberra - 2pm at City Walk (near the Fountain) - Contact
      Genevieve Wauchope, campaign at consact.org.au,
      <mailto:campaign at consact.org.au>02 6229 3208 for more info

The Brisbane event will be a colourful umbrella parade featuring circus
performers, break dancers and stilt walkers. It will start at 1pm at
Queens Park on George St and proceed to Musgrave Park where there will
be musical entertainment from two upbeat local bands, poets and circus
performers. The event will be wrapped up by 3.30pm.

Resources such as postcards, flyers an web banners are available at
http://www.walkagainstwarming.org/?page=resources.php&s=2
<http://www.walkagainstwarming.org/?page=resources.php&s=2>

??Since 2005 the walk against warming has been bringing together
Australians across the country for a community day of action on climate
change.??  In 2005, around 20 000 people walked in 17 locations
nationwide. This quintupled last year with almost 100 000 people taking
to the streets in 28 locations across Australia!?? This year, this
extraordinary momentum will continue. Join hundreds of thousands of
other Aussies at Walk Against Warming to send a clear message to our
political leaders -- that the community wants bolder and more effective
government action on climate change! And we want it now!

****** The international day is 8th December 2007 - ask your overseas friends
to check out http://www.globalclimatecampaign.org/.

Cheers,

Brooke


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"As we peer into society's future, we - you and I, and our government -
must avoid the impulse to live only for today, plundering, for our own ease
and convenience, the precious resources of tomorrow. We cannot mortgage the
material assets of our grandchildren without asking the loss also of their
political and spiritual heritage. We want democracy to survive for all
generations to come, not to become the insolvent phantom of tomorrow".


   Dwight Eisenhower Farewell Address, January 1961
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Dr. Hugh Spencer    Director of Research  |
Cape Tribulation Tropical Research Station |   Phone/Fax (61)07 4098 0063

Australian Tropical Research Foundation    | http://www.austrop.org.au/

"The Bat-House", Environment Centre.       |
PMB 5 Cape Tribulation via Mossman         |     Hugh at austrop.org.au

Queensland 4873 Australia                  |
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