After the Adnyamathanha campout there will be a rally at Hawker
Meet at Blue Butt Memorial Park
Sunday Oct 9
12pm
Hawker
Speak Out Say No
to a nuclear waste dump
on Adnyamathanha land
Wallaberdina
Flinders Ranges
near Hawker
For more information: 0421 955 066
Camp Out at Cotabena!
Friday 7th – Sunday 9th October 2016
Come and meet the ancient land. Experience Adnyamathanha culture: past and present, for a nuclear free future.
Sleep under the stars, hear the stories and support the campaign to say no to a radioactive waste dump on Adnyamathanha land at Barndioota / Wallerberdina.
Venue and Logistics
Cotabena
Half an hour’s drive from Hawker
Flinders Ranges
South Australia
Detailed directions will be provided, and signs will guide the way.
We’ll do big meat and vegan cook-ups for Friday and Saturday night dinners, and lunch on Saturday all together. Please bring your own breakfast and snack food.
There will be one cooking fire and another hang-out fire.
Please bring your own swag/tent, torch, sun protection, fly protection, water (we’ll supply some but stay on the safe side and bring extra). More info will be coming soon to your email inbox.
Please respect camp protocol, which will be explained on site. This event is drug and alcohol free.
Let’s come together to experience and celebrate the land and Adnyamathanha culture!
Contact Details:
campoutcotabena@gmail.com
Regina McKenzie – 0432 483 440
Gem Romuld – 0421 955 066 / gemromuld@gmail.com
And on Sunday
Rally at Hawker
Meet at Blue Butt Memorial Park
12pm
Speak Out Say No to a nuclear waste dump on Adnyamathanha land, Wallaberdina, Flinders Ranges, near Hawker
For more information: 0421 955 066
FOE members are invited to meet with Market Forces presenter Jack Bertolus at 5pm prior to the event.
Is your money making the world a better place? Or is it supporting the continuation of fossil fuel and other industries that contribute to climate change?
Sustainable Communities and Market Forces event
Wednesday 5 October
6-8:30pm
The Joinery
111 Franklin St Adelaide
Did you know that banks lend our money to large coal, oil and gas companies and projects, and super funds and insurance companies invest customers’ money in these industries.
Come along to learn more about how you can exert influence and make a positive change for sustainability by making sure your money is working for good. Divesting your money from fossil fuels is a powerful thing to do. It is the opposite of investment – it’s taking your money away from damaging industries and businesses that threaten our future.
Our speaker is Jack Bertolus from Market Forces, a Melbourne-based organisation that works with the community to prevent investment in projects that harm the environment and drive global warming.
A simple meal will be provided from 6pm, prior to the talk – we suggest a donation of $5 per person to help cover costs.
This is a DIVESTMENT DAY event. Saturday 8 October 2016 is Divestment Day. Meet at 11am in Hindmarsh Square to join with others to deliver a message to banks about their obligations regarding compliance the Paris Agreement to keep global warming to below two degrees.
Please book for this free event via Eventbrite to help with catering.
adelaide.office@foe.org.au
Adnyamathanha Traditional Owners raise objections to underground coal gasification plans at Leigh Creek.
Excerpt from their Media Release: Community concerns of possible damage to Aboriginal Sites at Leigh Creekcommunity
“We raise concerns as a collective voice for those people who want to exercise their right to protect Adnyamathanha cultural heritage on the Leigh Creek Coalfield and prioritise the public safety of residents in nearby communities such as Copley. We are aware that Queensland has banned the use of USG technology because it is deemed too risky to the environment and to public health. We want the same ban to apply here in South Australia.”
Full Media Release: mr-community-concerns-of-possible-damage-to-aboriginal-site-at-leigh-creek
Last weekend, President Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping officially signed onto the Paris Agreement on climate. Yet, President Obama is simultaneously pushing a trade agenda that directly undermines the U.S.’s ability to address climate change.
A new report from the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy finds that the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) involving the U.S. and eleven Pacific Rim countries, totaling nearly 40 percent of the global economy, would benefit high greenhouse emitting industries like energy and agriculture, while restricting national and local policies that respond to climate change.
The report, The Climate Cost of Free Trade: How the TPP and other trade deals undermine the Paris climate agreement, finds that existing trade agreements and proposed new rules in the TPP would impact countries’ climate goals committed to as part of the global Paris Climate Agreement.
“There is a real blindspot for the climate within trade agreements, and particularly the TPP,” says Ben Lilliston, IATP’s Director of Climate Strategies and the report’s author. “Trade deals are driving a form of corporate-led globalization that is highly extractive of natural resources and completely ignores the damage it does to the climate. If we don’t reform our trade agreements and reject the TPP, it will be nearly impossible to reach our climate goals agreed to in Paris.”
National commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, covering sectors like energy, agriculture, and forestry, are at the heart of the Paris climate agreement. All TPP participating countries have submitted a climate plan as part of the Paris deal. Yet, the IATP report found that the TPP expands the reach of past trade deals that have struck down renewable energy programs supporting green jobs, provided agribusiness more opportunities to challenge regulations that protect farmers and consumers, and limited the ability of countries to regulate dirty energy production like coal mining, fracking, and off-shore drilling.… Read more >>