Join the campaign against climate change
Climate Action Newtown is a local community organisation based in Newtown NSW. Our aim is to persuade our governments to take meaningful action against global warming. New active members are always welcome.
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Our goal is to create awareness among the local community that we are faced with a real climate emergency, and create pressure on our elected representatives to take strong action against climate change. We believe Australia needs to take urgent steps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and transition our economy to a low carbon future based on 100% renewable energy.
Our members are local residents from the inner-west of Sydney. We have strong links with other groups in our community including environmental organisations, local student organisations, bike groups and the local food coop. All member of Climate Action Newtown are volunteers and the group is politically unaligned.
Join us! On your own it is hard to take action against climate change, but together we can make a difference. If you live in Newtown, Redfern, Marrickville, Glebe, Leichhardt or any other part of Sydney’s inner west, email Lindsay at climate.action.newtown@gmail.com to find out more.
We meet every second Wednesday, 6:30pm in Newtown. Membership is free. Come along, new members are always welcome!
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Vigil for survival – Friday 11th December, 6-7pm
In addition to our weekly vigils, come to Sydney’s Town Hall steps and join us for this special silent vigil on Friday 11th Dec at 6-7pm. It’s in the middle of the Copenhagen talks and coincides with over 330 other vigils planned across the globe.
Stop and join us for as long or as little as you can to call for world leaders to actively reduce carbon dioxide in the atmosphere to below 350 parts per million. More on the events page. And join the facebook event here!
Walk Against Warming – Saturday 12th December
Whilst world leaders are meeting in Copenhagen to discuss the fate of our climate, join in a family-friendly global day of action for the Walk Against Warming. Sydney people: meet at Martin Place at 1pm and walk to Tarpeian Precinct, Royal Botanical Gardens. There are walks and events all over the country, visit http://www.walkagainstwarming.org/ to find one near you. More on the events page
Enough talk. It’s time for action. Come and join the silent vigil
calling for world leaders to actively reduce carbon dioxide in the
atmosphere. We need fair, ambitious and binding targets at Copenhagen. We all deserve a safe climate future. Join us every Monday until Dec 14th, 6pm-7pm on Sydney’s Town Hall Steps. More on the events page.
STOP PRESS At the recent Nature Conservation Council of NSW World Environment Day Conservation Awards 2009, Climate Action Newtown won the Climate Movement Award for the most inspiring climate action initiative by a climate change community group. We’re stoked to be recognised by NCC and Climate Movement for all the work we’ve been doing over the last year in the community to raise awareness about climate change.
350 day
See more photos from Climate Action Newtown’s action as part of the international day of action 350.org. Or watch a time-lapse of the iceberg construction on YouTube.
We engaged Newtown’s community creatively and sent a visual a message about 350ppm and the need for urgent action on climate change to our Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. Read about us in the Inner West Courier.
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