"Sailing the Waves on Our Own"
the story of a people not defeated in the front line of Climate Change
When:
Tuesday 5 October at 6.30pm for a 7pm start
Where:
RMIT Research Lounge,
RMIT University Building 8, Level 5,
Swanston St, Melbourne
Cost:
$20 (wine and cheese included)
Natalie Lowery writes:
Dear Friends,
If you are in Melbourne please make the effort to hear my dear friend Ursula Rakova speak and support her organisation, Tulele Peisa (“sailing the waves on our own”) in the relocation of her people from the Cateret Islands to Bougainville.
Ursula will share her moving and inspiring stories of a people not defeated by the tough challenges of climate change in a country where the Government is too weak to respond to any crisis.
Comedian Rod Quantock will entertain you with his good humour consistent with the spirit of the Pacific islanders in the face of adversity.
The Carteret communities live a low-carbon lifestyle and yet they are bearing the full force of climate change. Coral atolls are geologically dynamic, but extreme weather events consistent with climate change have been creating havoc.
The story of the Carterets is one of hardships, courage and inspiration. They have progressed slowly but steadily despite not having received a single cent of the billions dollars worth of official climate change adaptation funds floating around the system so far.
Proceeds go to Tulele Peisa, the NGO set up to facilitate an ecologically and culturally sensitive relocation and resettlement program as well as for their advocacy work to call for an international CO2 emission reduction target of 350 parts per million, the safe limit for humanity according to scientists.
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If you are unable to book online,
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Hi Brigid
ReplyDeleteI am sure this talk will touch your heart.
But I went to see Rod Quantock speak at Milton (near Ulladulla) (90 minute drive each way) to speak about Global Warming. He was very good. Funny, of course, and scatter-brained, but excellent and totally involving.
Clive Hamilton was better on the science, but less "involving".
Well worth the long drive.
Didn't get back till 12:30 am. A bit scary on dark night, in my little car, but no Wombats or Wallabies (the main driving hazard for me) seen in Kangaroo Valley.
I'm sure you will enjoy the talk.
Quantock should stand for the Greens. He would shoe it in - anywhere.
Denis
Ia Quantock a Green? I thought he might be a bit further left than the Greens. And he's not getting any younger. And, with his talent, he may think he can make an equivalent or better contribution.
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