Climate Action Hobart - CLIMATE ACTION HOBART

This website is the original site for Climate Action Hobart, providing information about past events and will no longer be updated. This old website has now been replaced by a new active site: www.climateactionhobart.org which is updated regularly with informative and interactive content.

Please visit our new website for information regarding Climate Action Hobart and our 10 Steps for a Safe Climate.

Climate Action Hobart is a group of individual Tasmanians who are dedicated to ensuring a safe climate for all peoples and nature.

We meet on the first and third Tuesday of every month at 5:30pm in the community meeting space at Sustainable Living Tasmania, 1st Floor, 71 Murray Street in Hobart (above Eco-Haven). Our meetings are open to all individuals who want to take action on climate change.

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Saturday 24th October: “350” events on the International Day of Climate Change Action. Tasmanian events to create “350” images to be posted as a global visual petition on the 350 global website: www.350.org

(350-1) Hobart: Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens: From 17 October, RTBG visitors are invited to add supplied plant material to help to create a “350” collage on the lawn near the Floral Clock, to emphasise that time is running out for effective action on climate change. Email Lorraine Perrins <lorraine_perrins@hotmail.com> for further information.

(350-2) Devonport: Tasmanian Arboretum: Plants affect all life, and climate affects all plants. Visit the Arboretum (46 Old Tramway Road, Eugenana) any day before 24 October and help make a 350 collage from waste plant materials collected nearby. More information: tel. 64272690.

(350-3) Hobart: “Losing Tasmania — A procession of precious things”. From 7.30-8.00pm on the International Day of Climate Action, 350 people needed for a short procession around the Hobart waterfront, in which each participant carries a symbol of what is precious to them in their lives. Register by emailing Hobart-350 Project <hobart350project@gmail.com>. More information from Neil Cameron <neilcameron@netspace.net.au>.

(350-4) Launceston: "Windmill" picnic 1-4pm, Royal Park. The aim of this family event is to make paper windmills and plant them in the ground to form a massive “350”. More information from 350.org <http://www.350.org/node/8700>.

(350-5) Launceston: 350 Day Picnic at The Gorge. Contact Amy 0424626427 or email <22tyler@gmail.com>.

(350-6) Styx Valley: Human 350 sign. 12 noon, Styx Valley (2 hours from Hobart). A visual reminder of the role of our forests in stabilising greenhouse gas concentrations in our atmosphere. Go to <http://www.350.org> for more information.

(350-7) St Helens: Get on your Bike. A bike ride ending at St Helens Wharf at 2pm for a 350 photo. Go to <http://www.350.org> for more information.

(350-8) Ulverstone: Family “Green-Blue” Barbecue. 12 noon at Otto's Grotto picnic area, Shropshire Park, Dial Street, Ulverstone (just past the Ulverstone Yacht Club, near the playground), for a family-friendly community picnic lunch, games, guest speakers and music. Wear an item of blue or green clothing.