Repower Anglesea – Switch off Coal June 5, 2009

One of the slogans of the campaign

Representatives of various climate action groups met with banners, surf boards and placards at Parliament House to promote the campaign to replace Angelsea’s coal-fired power station with renewable energy sources.

On the steps of Parliament House

As far as one can can tell, no major event is planned for World Environment Day in Melbourne this year, but there is to be a Climate Emergency Rally on Saturday 13 June – details on http://www.climateactioncentre.org/junerally

Today’s event comes a day before the launch of the Repower Anglesea campaign in Angelsea itself – see http://www.climateactioncentre.org/anglesealaunch#attachments, which includes a report from today.

Two more links:

http://mc2.vicnet.net.au/home/sustang/web/coal.html
http://www.climateactioncentre.org/anglesea

Walk Against Warming in Melbourne, 11 November November 11, 2007

Melbourne once again put on a spectacular event to mark the annual Walk Against Warming, with numbers quite comparable to last year’s, and the added urgency of the upcoming election much in evidence. This time organisers chose to start at the State Library, which was better suited for the purpose than the Town Hall as last year, and the walk ended in the Alexandra Gardens, which was obviously a popular choice. Tim Costello of World Vision was the main speaker, and the banners, placards and other props spoke for themselves.

Link: http://www.walkagainstwarming.org/
Some reports in the mainstream media:
http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/thousands-march-for-climate-change/
2007/11/11/1194749385057.html
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/11/11/2087608.htm
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22739694-12377,00.html
http://uk.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUKSYD14882320071111

There is some video footage on:
EngageMedia:http://www.engagemedia.org/Members/pc/videos/waw-11nov07-engage.avi/view

and a report with photos on:
http://radicalcrossstitch.com/2007/11/11/walk-against-warming/#more-892

Sydney Indymedia carries reports from Melbourne and elsewhere, with links to photos on other sites:
http://sydney.indymedia.org.au/story/thousands-march-action-climate-change