Global Climate Change Action

To be handed to Peruvian Consul General next week:

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/protestperuindigenous/

Wording:
"We call upon the Government of Peru and President Alan Garcia to respect the inalienable rights of the indigenous peoples of the Amazon to their ancestral land. We urge President Garcia to ensure that decrees 1090 and 1064 are repealed and not just suspended. We call for the reopening of community radio in Bagua, the assistance to residents of Bagua who are suffering a social crisis due to the unrest in Peru.
We call on the Peruvian Government to stop the harrassment and arrests of indigenous leaders, specifically leaders from the AIDESEP, the union of indigenous organisations who are leading the fight for indigenous land rights in Peru.
We support peace and unity in Peru."

The Greens leader, Bob Brown put a motion to the Senate today calling on the Australian government to support the rights of Indigenous peoples of the Amazon to protest the exploitation of their lands. The motion also condemned police violence in breaking up protests which led injuries and deaths of protesters and police officers.

The motion was passed by the Senate and reads as follows:

"444. Leader of the Australian Greens (Senator Bob Brown): To move—That the Senate—
(a) supports the rights of Indigenous peoples living in the Peruvian Amazon to protest against the exploitation of their ancestral lands by oil, logging and mining companies; and
(b) condemns the violence that occurred when police tried to break-up protests and resulted in injuries and deaths of protesters and police officers."

This message from the Australian Senate and collected signatures on this petition will be given to the Peruvian Consul-General by Christine Donayre (Greens Councillor, Burwood) next week.

Don't forget to sign the petition:
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/protestperuindigenous/index.html

It takes less than 5 seconds. Please sign now.

____________________________________________

____________________________________________

____________________________________________

____________________________________________

____________________________________________

____________________________________________
Thanks and acknowledgement for these pictures to Peter Campbell :-)
Thanks and acknowledgement to all who participated :-)
"friend me" on Facebook (link lower left hand side) to see video of rally in Sydney by Zakaria Haroone, currently unable to share here.

See http://greensmps.org.au/

Reminder of Australia wide rallies this weekend... - visit http://www.climaterally.org to find details of a rally near you [DETAILS]

For details of a rally near you see:
http://www.climaterally.org/

http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/solar-rebate-to-end-within...
snip...
"Households wanting to lock in a generous government rebate for solar panels have just hours to do so.

Federal environment minister Peter Garrett announced applications for the $8,000 rebate were set to close on Tuesday."

LATEST: "Perhaps the $240,000 payment could be put to a good public conservation cause by Forestry Tasmania," Senator Brown said.
http://bob-brown.greensmps.org.au/content/media-release/forestry-tasmani...

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/06/11/2594942.htm "Public donations pay Brown's legal bill"

For those wishing to contribute to the outrageous court costs awarded against Bob Brown following his legal challenge against Forestry Tasmania (destroyer of old growth), the details are:

Name of account: Bob Brown Forest Account
BSB No. 633 000
A/C No. 125 133 793
Name of person donating to be placed in the reference

Or - Cheque made payable to Bob Brown Forest Account GPO Box 404, Hobart, 7001.

→_→ "CLIMATE CHANGE: Twilight of the Fossil Fuel Era?" ( http://bit.ly/4kFLC ) http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=47108

snip "Achim Steiner, United Nations Environment Program's executive director, says that "2008 was the first year where there was more investment in non-carbon energy sources than in high carbon and nuclear energy."

http://www.greenpeace.org/australia/news-and-events/events/austmusexhib-...

SATURDAY, JUNE 6, 2009, 1PM

"Greenpeace and the Australian Museum present two inspiring talks in conjunction with the "Climate Change: Our Future, Our Choice" exhibition.

Two of our Climate Change and Energy campaigners, John Hepburn and Julien Vincent, will give talks on the opportunities and challenges presented by climate change."

I was recently made aware of an extensive list of Scientists who refute Global Warming/Climate Change as a man made phenomena. These scientists do not dispute that Climate Change is happening, they argue that it is a natural cycle. They go on to ask governments to steer taxes into disaster preparation and continued growth to tackle the problem. The link is here:
http://www.rense.com/general79/d3m.htm

I have replied to them below:

I am not a scientist and my first glimmer of climate change came in 1998 when there was a really big heat wave. The shallow waters of Picnic Bay on Magnetic Island was too hot to walk into without burning your feet. I lived in the tropics of Qld, Australia, on an island surrounded by incredibly beautiful and diverse inshore coral reefs. Over the next two years many of these inshore reefs began to bleach and crumble. Then algae took hold. What was left (particularly in the shallower waters) was quickly suffocated by a forest of seaweed and turned into a muddy slush when the seaweed that fed off it ran out of fuel and was washed away by a minor cyclone. Said seaweed was then washed ashore and protected the trees roots (before it was cleaned up) which were badly exposed by the disappearing sand lines.

These sand lines continue to disappear on every beach I have visited in Qld over the last ten years or so. I don’t know where the sand is going, but it is rather amusing to watch the bulldozers attempt to put it all back year after year while the tides continue to grow higher and ever higher…

I watch this happening with my own eyes and try and understand why it is happening. It is very sad to witness first hand. It is not confined to any one particular beach but all of the beaches I have visited (even the ones with no continual human occupation).

I began to learn back in 1998 about global warming and climate change. Now, I do not dispute it. I just hope that there is time left for humanity to make the changes needed in order to survive as a species. Many have already lost their lives. I feel great sadness for their loss. Many more will perish in the not too distant future, particularly if we continue to deny what is happening before our very eyes.
see: http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,25555143-1702,00.html

I want a future for my children. I would like to ask those who remain in denial, what harm is there to TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION NOW? Disaster mitigation strategies must be put into place to protect those most vulnerable.

Natural or man made...does it matter?

What harm (apart from loss of income to multi-national corporations) will become this planet we all share, if we move AWAY from polluting industries and INTO a clean energy future? Whether the climate change/global warming scientists "preachers" are all full of hot air, or the others are “big industry” paid liars, there will be A LOT LESS HARM DONE to humanity and the home we all share if we clean up our act now.

Might I add that it is also ignorant and foolish to ignore the impact of multi-national corporations on our planet. Their retrenched employees (often paid off with the minimum possible) which has been ... to date... to ensure their shareholders get a nice, fat, continual return on investment and control of market share, is ensured by the fattest and most heartless.

Take a look now at what is happening to those very same shareholders... their retirement funds not up in smoke but lining the pockets of a small handful of CEO's and crooked politicians.

Time is here and now to get out of bed with multi-nationals, crooked politicians and their reckless behaviours of despoiling our planet for a quick buck ... it just makes the thin starve and fat obese... whilst continuously ignoring the fate of our children's futures.

No matter who or what you believe, cleaning up our act and getting out of bed with multinational despoilers can do us no harm.

Write to Peter Garrett via the ink below
http://www.reborn.org.au/
Write to your State EPA via this link:
http://www.environment.gov.au/about/library/govtdepts.html#qld

suggestion for letter:

Suggestions for a cleaner greener state:
(1) Geothermal Power plants for base load publicly owned clean green energy supply.
(2) Community organic food gardens on public spaces.
(3) State wide reuse and recycling of e-waste
(4) Greater public spending on public transport infrastructure and renewable energy such as localised solar and wind technology for households... less on "clean coal"
(5) wasting our time is wasting your future too.

The Global Green Plan Foundation

The Global Green Plan Foundation is a DGR status not-for-profit organisation established by Hal and Don Hewett in 2004 to implement the Global Green Plan. The Foundation’s mission is to provide an effective national and international response to climate change through whole-of-community engagement.

Website: www.globalgreenplan.org;
email dhew...@globalgreenplan.net

The Global Green Plan is based on the following principles of community engagement and its new and urgent nexus with climate change action:

Thanks and acknowledgement to http://www.aerofoto.com.au

Full set of images from http://www.live.org.au/

____________________________________________

contact: i...@climateactioncentre.org

If you have thought of taking action on climate change, now is the time. Drought, bush fires, floods and rising seas are already hitting hard. It's an emergency and we need emergency action.

We can tackle the recession and climate change together. Direct investment in renewable energy will create jobs, stimulate the economy and begin to create the carbon-free economy of the future.

Rally demands:
--100% renewable energy by 2020--
Australia must make the shift from fossil fuels to 100% renewable energy from wind, solar and other available technologies.

--Green collar jobs not job cuts--
We can renew our economy by creating hundreds of thousands of 'green jobs' and supporting workers to make a fair and just transition to sustainable industries.

-- Don't pass the Carbon Pollution law--
We need climate policies that make the big polluters pay and not allow big companies to go on polluting. The CPRS won't reduce Australia's greenhouse pollution.

--Protect Australia's Forests--
Logging and clearing vegetation are major contributors to climate change as forests and woodlands are important carbon stores.

Only a strong and growing movement for change will make a difference.

Come with your friends and family to the Rally on June 13th. Help promote the rally in your community

For more information:
http://www.climaterally.org/

To download the poster (to email/print):
http://www.climateactioncentre.org/sites/default/files/MelbRallyJune13.p...

To donate to rally organising costs:
http://foe.org.au/donate/product_info.php?products_id=49&osCsid=mg8uj2f1...