IMPORTANT- PLEASE NOTE:
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 This old website has now been replaced by a new active site: www.climateactionhobart.org which is updated regularly with informative and interactive content.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.
Get involved with your local climate
action group:
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. Our next meeting dates are as follows: Tuesday 20th October, 2009
Tuesday 3rd November, 2009 Tuesday 17th November, 2009 Tuesday 1st December, 2009 Tuesday 15th December, 2009 To join our email list and find out about climate events in Hobart, please email us at: climateactionhobart@gmail.com
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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.
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