Global Climate Change Action

Did you know it takes 90 years to grow a box of Kleenex?

Teach Kimberly Clark a Real Lesson: Special Invitation to Parents, Teachers and Students

Every time you blow your nose with Kleenex tissue, you're blowing away an ancient forest. And every time you buy Scott or Cottonelle at the store, you're flushing old growth trees down the toilet.

Most of the pulp Kimberly-Clark uses for its disposable tissue products comes from unsustainable sources. This includes wood from ancient forests like the Canadian Boreal Forest.

*Climate change | Social change conference*, -
April 11-13, 2008 Sydney

The need for social change has become an urgent part of preventing
catastrophic climate change. Can the market fix the problem? What is
the real record of carbon trading? How can we build a social movement
capable of averting this disaster? What models and experiences can offer
real solutions? [Further details: Climate Change Action Group]

PICKET FRIDAY 8.30am - NO TO NUCLEAR: SOLIDARITY WITH NT INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES

Please come along to this very important picket as the election approaches, the intervention intensifies and very serious preparations for a nuclear industry in Australia are begining. We need to let both Howard and Rudd know that Indigenous justice and a nuclear-free Australia are serious election issues and we demand that genuine committments are made to each. Great speakers as listed below. Leaflet attached - please distribute widely.

PICKET OF AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE
FRIDAY OCTOBER 19th 8.30AM
280 PITT ST SYDNEY

NO TO NUCLEAR: HOWARD MUST GO!!!

SOLIDARITY WITH NT INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES

LAND RIGHTS NOT MILITARY LAND GRAB

CLEAN COUNTRY & STRONG CULTURE, NOT URANIUM MINING

Speakers include:
Darren Bloomfield - Aboriginal Tent Embassy
Kerry Nettle - Australian Greens Senator
Jessica Morrison - International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons
Michaela Stubbs - Nuclear-Free Campaigner of Friends of the Earth

Australian Political Parties Policies Analysis
Summary and conclusions:

This anaysis is biased towards the necessity to provide positive outcomes for myself, my children and our planet with the use of my taxes.

Our democratic right to vote gives us the freedom to elect political parties with solid policies. Political policies which (hopefully) positively represent the needs and wishes of the people. Elected political parties are placed into positions of power and control over our money.

Election promises or "Election Policies" are often political/media ploys to gain undecided voters.

Political Party Policies are not vote grabbing empty promises, short term propaganda or more 'hot air'. Party Policies are what each party stands for (or against).

My family and I wish to live on a planet where the many and varied species of life (not only human) are able to co-habit and co-exist in safety and security. A planet not yet completely contaminated with human created poisons and pollutions. A planet where we, the human species, can finally evolve into the incredible species we are.

Climate Change is an issue that needs tackling immediately. We need global leaders prepared to race humanity (and our precious taxes) with us, towards sustainable energy supplies and living systems. Our leaders must ensure that all polluting energy supplies are phased out and CLEAN energy is supplied.

Where ever we may live, there are ways that our taxes can immediately be put to good use by providing us with clean energy and energy efficient transportation. By solar/wind/geothermal/tidal/wave powered energy supply and by dramatic improvements in the public transport sector.

Therefore, I have analysed Australian Political Parties Policies based on the following personal requirements:

I wish to vote for a party which Understands that Nuclear Energy is not a short or long term answer or a "climate friendly" choice when considering expediture of our precious energy funds.

I wish to vote for a party that understands that burning of (finite resources) of coal and other fossil fuels must be phased out.

I wish to vote for a party which understands that commercial energy supplies must be replaced with sustainable (non long-term CO2 emitting energy sources) eg. geothermal, tidal, wave, solar, wind and that further "research" funding is not needed on these technologies. The above listed energy technologies can be installed immediately all over our country.

I wish to vote for a party that understands that large dams on our river systems add to our current climate disaster. There must be no further large dams for hydro-electrical generation.

I wish to vote for a party that understands that public transport should be well funded and improved to be of high energy efficiency.

I wish to vote for a party which understands that a national carbon trading scheme should be immediately implemented ensuring that existing native forests are retained and protected as carbon "sinks". Destruction of existing carbon sinks adds to our current climate disaster.

I wish to vote for a party that understands that the increased production of ethanol (or biofuels) for transporation fuel produces a negative energy output (particularly when land clearing/ploughing/planting/ irrigation/fertilisation/production/transportation and supply costs are taken into the energy cost of the equasion).

With the above thoughts in mind I have come to the Conclusion that the Australian Greens (AG) will have my first (or second) vote in both houses, dependent on where the Candidates preferences flow.
See their policies:
http://www.greens.org.au/about/policy/

Second (or first) place the Socialist Alliance (SA) dependent on where the candidates preferences flow.
See their Climate Policies:
http://greenleft.wikispaces.com/charter
General policies page:
http://www.socialist-alliance.org/page.php?page=190

The Australian Democrats (AD) score third (or fourth) place, dependent on where the candidate preferences flow.
See their policies:
http://www.democrats.org.au/policies/

Fourth (or fifth) place going to the Australian Labor Party (ALP) dependent on where the candidates preferences flow.
see their policies:
http://www.alp.org.au/policy/index.php

I will place all political parties who preference the Liberal (LP) or National Parties (NP) below the ALP with further preferences to be decided dependent on where Political Parties/Independents/Candidates send their preferences.

See National Party Policies:
http://www.nationals.org.au/About/Policies/default.asp

Liberal Party Policies:
I looked for the LP policies, but could only find "Election Policies"..? I presume that these words mean that after the election these policies are no longer valid?
Have a look at the attached glossy "Research & Development Plan" to see how our elected reps have been spending our taxes, sounds fantastic, yes..?
More detailed figures are available online here, cut the gloss, these are OUR taxes!
http://www.greenhouse.gov.au/agriculture/rdplan.html

See all political parties not listed above:
http://www.aph.gov.au/library/intguide/pol/polparti.htm. Further, investigate the Climate Change Coalition; http://www.climatechangecoalition.com.au who will be fielding a number of candidates in the forthcoming election, if this parties preferences flow to the Greens/SA/ALP rather than the LP/NP Coalition I will be placing them above the ALP.

I suggest that scrutineering on the Election day to be a very productive method of ensuring all votes are counted fairly and honestly. If ever there was a time to get positively ACTIVE, for a better future for us all, then election day is it!

For more information visit: AEC Scrutineering
http://www.aec.gov.au/Parties_and_Representatives/Candidate/Handbook/scr...

MANY HONEST VOLUNTARY SCRUTINEERS
ARE NEEDED ON ELECTION DAY

- to ensure EVERY vote is counted as the voter intended
- and to ensure that EVERY vote sees the light of day.

Please consider volunteering to scrutineer at your local polling booth on election night.

Anne Goddard
Wednesday September 26, 2007
http://globalclimatechangeaction.org

Cycle for clean energy or Cycle Against the Nuclear Cycle (CANC) - Anne Goddard added an entry about Stop the nuclear industry:

A GLOBAL PEACE MOVEMENT IS IN MOTION
Bruce K. Gagnon
Coordinator
Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space

Last Sunday, in Trento, Italy, Prime Minister Romano Prodi was speaking at an economics conference when protesters began demonstrating outside and inside the event. They were protesting plans to dramatically expand the U.S. military base called Vicenza in their community.

maleney peace convergence presents:

peace is the way

films poetry song food discussion

Friday 1st of June 6pm

featuring:

• 'Hard Rain', Australian Uranium Truths Uncovered, David Bradburry, Mike Rubbo, 35 mins.
• 'Vieques', Worth every bit of Struggle Puerto Rico, 55 mins.
• Zane
• Irish Jo
• Tommy Leonard
• Sweet Chillies

Maleney Community Centre

$10/$8 concession, $25 family, under 15 free

Dinner 6pm - Film 7pm sharp - Licenced Bar - Refreshments/Chai

Contact 5499 9990 for details/program

http://www.peaceconvergence.com.au/

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- by Anja Light

"John Hill" wrote:

I thought this news item might be of interest to list members - it would be good to encourage some young Australians and/or people from this group to get involved.