Join Friends of the Earth at the ALP Conference in Melbourne : Say NO to the TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership) and YES to Renewable Energy.

The ALP National Conference is in town and there is a lot at stake. We need strong alternatives to the Abbott Government, we need the Australian Labor Party (ALP) to map out how they will stand for environmental and social justice. That is why FoE will be rallying this Friday and Saturday at the ALP National Conference to say NO to the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) and YES to safe jobs from renewable energy. Please keep an eye out at both events and rally with us under the Friends of the Earth banner (and bring your own placards too). RALLY: Say NO to the TPP! Organised by the TPP Unions & Community Roundtable Coalition, this is a "welcome" rally outside the conference asking ALP delegates to support the unions' and communities' call to release the secretive Trans-Pacific Partnership text and remove Investor State Dispute Settlement from any proposed trade agreements. Unless these very reasonable conditions are met by the government we ask for ALP delegates to call for an immediate withdrawal from negotiations. Event details:When: 8am - 9am, Friday 24 July. Where: Outside the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (enter off Clarendon Street and head towards South Wharf – near the Polly Woodside). Speakers: Dr Pat Ranald (AFTINET) Ged Kearney (ACTU President) Dr Deborah Gleeson (Public Health, La Trobe University) Kelvin Thompson (ALP MP for Wills and deputy chairperson on the Joint Standing Committee On Treaties) Fran Murrell (MADGE) Erin McCallum ( GETUP Political Director) Facilitator: Sam Castro (Friends of the Earth) Come listen to the speeches and help us hand out badges and fliers to the delegates. They will be holding the formal debate on trade around midday and it is going to be hotly contested. Let's show that we care! How to get there: enter off Clarendon Street and head towards South Wharf (near the Polly Woodside). We will be starting on time as delegates need to be in the conference by 9am. Say NO to the TPP and RSVP NOW on Facebook RALLY: Say YES to Renewable Energy! The Abbott government is sabotaging Australia’s renewable energy future. Not content with its savage 20% cut to the national Renewable Energy Target, the government has dictated to the Clean Energy Finance Corporation that it can no longer invest in wind farms and rooftop solar power. The Abbott government’s attack threatens thousands of jobs, sets up barriers for communities who want to go renewables, and makes it more difficult to tackle global warming. Friends of the Earth will join other organisations and a push by rank-and-file Labor party members calling on the Opposition to commit to a national Renewable Energy Target of at least 50% by 2030. Will you join FoE, clean energy workers, community leaders, and thousands of voters, to show the ALP Australia is ready for leadership on clean renewable power? Event Details: When: 11am - 12pm, Saturday 25 July. Where: Melbourne Convention Centre, 1 Convention Centre Place South Wharf, Melbourne, Victoria 3006, Australia (Google map and directions). The ALP must step up to provide the necessary vision and policy settings to put Australia on a path to a cleaner, fairer economy that tackles the challenge of climate change. RSVP here to join us on Saturday at the rally. We can't wait to see you there - and don't forget to come find us rallying together under the FoE banner! Friends of the Earth Melbourne http://www.melbourne.foe.org.au/ Friends of the Earth Melbourne · 312 Smith St, Collingwood , VIC 3066, Australia This email was sent to misseaglesnetwork@gmail.com. To stop receiving emails, click here.

Dale Hess Calendar 13-10-21

Tuesday 22 October, 7 pm sharp: Climate Change vs. Nukes: Screening Climate of Hope andWomen of Fukushima. Discussion with Jim Green, Friends of the Earth. Free event. Venue: Longplay Bar and Cinema, 318 St Georges Road, North Fitzroy. Full program and more details at the Facebook event here.

Wednesday 23 October, 9.30 am – 11.30 am: Linking Asylum Seekers with Volunteering Opportunities. MORELAND CITY COUNCIL, 90 Bell Street, Coburg ( Concert Hall, entry from Council foyer) parking off Urquhart St. - Mel ref: 17 J12. Contact: Anne Gedye, Community Strengthening Officer, Moreland City Council, agedye@moreland.vic.gov.au or phone: 9240 2367

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From Fear to Freedom - Ending Violence Against Women from Deb Bergeron on Vimeo.

Thursday 24 October, 5.30 pm for 6 pm start: Film screening of 'From Fear to Freedom: Ending Violence Against Women'. The film will be followed by a public forum on how to address this global epidemic. Panelists: Stephen Fontana, Assistant Commissioner, Victoria Police; Roscel Diego, Gender Advisor, International Programs, World Vision; Murray McInnis, Director and Lead Ambassador (Legal Sector), White Ribbon; Fran O’Toole, Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Director of Services, Berry Street; Facilitator: Professor Jacqui True, Professor of Politics & International Relations, Associate Dean Research, Faculty of Arts, Monash University. Deakin Edge, Federation Square, Melbourne. Free event. RSVP essential. REGISTER ONLINE NOW

Friday 25 October, 2 pm – 3 pm: Wurundjeri Stories Event. Reconciliation and landcare supporters, as well as local residents, community groups, churches and schools are warmly invited to join the Wurundjeri Elders at a very special ceremonial event at the Bukkertilibul Dreaming Site at Wittons Reserve in Wonga Park. The site is known as a sacred women's space and ancient dreaming site, and is possibly the most significant Aboriginal site in the area. The ceremony will involve a welcome to Country and Smoking Ceremony, and a cleansing ceremony, dance and song performed by the Wurundjeri women, who will share their connection to this sacred space to help build knowledge and future care for this sacred site, 'Bukkertilibul'. Please join us to support and celebrate our unique Wurundjeri cultural heritage at Wittons Reserve, Reserve Road, Wonga Park. This is a free event, no bookings required.

Monday 28 October, 7 pm – 8 pm:  Webinar on Renewables. Things are unfolding fast in the renewables campaigning world, and it is high time we got together for an update on the priorities for 100% and Solar Citizens. Low down from 100% Renewable National Director,Lindsay Soutar, and update on next steps for 100% and Solar Citizens. Register:https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/5266473034304243969 

Friday 1 November, 6.30 pm – 8.30 pm: ICAN film screening: FALLOUT. FALLOUT is the documentary that explores the iconic filming of Nevil Shute's novel 'On The Beach' in Melbourne in the late 50s. Shute’s novel depicts the last huddle of humanity preparing to die as a cloud of nuclear fallout drifts towards Australia. World leaders instructed each other to read it, and Hollywood liberal Stanley Kramer headed to Melbourne to make a star-studded film of it which staring Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Fred Astaire and Anthony Perkins. Cinema Nova, 380 Lygon Street, Carlton.

Sunday 3 November, 6.30 pm: Premier of film: Mary Meets Mohammad. This film follows the arrival of Tasmania’s first detention centre through the eyes of local Christian woman and knitting club member Mary and Muslim Afghan Hazara asylum seeker Mohammad, who is detained inside the centre, as they connect through the gift of a knitted beanie. Venue: Kino at45 Collins Street with a filmmaker Q&A after the screening. On Thursday 7 November, 7 pm: Special Q&A after; screening with film composer David Bridie & Filmmaker. On Friday 8November, 7 pm: Q&A after screening with QC Julian Burnside & filmmaker. Please book, limited seats, & encourages more sessions to be scheduled! Phone (03) 9650 2100 to book tickets or go online here:
http://www.palacecinemas.com.au/movies/marymeetsmohammad/

 

Tuesday 12 November, 7 pm sharp: 17,300 Nuclear Weapons: Screening Maralinga Pieces, Genie in a bottle: Unleashed and The War Game. Discussion with Dimity Hawkins, Tim Wright (International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons) and Gisela Gardener. Free event. Venue: Longplay Bar and Cinema, 318 St Georges Road, North Fitzroy. Full program and more details at the Facebook eventhere.

Wednesday 13 November, 6.30 pm - 8.30 pm: Human Rights Under Threat in Australia? Spirit of Eureka (Melbourne) together with Rob Stary & Associates are organising a public forum. Speakers so far include: Ged Kearney, ACTU President; David Manne, Human Rights Lawyer, Refugee and Immigration Legal Centre; Humphrey McQueen, activist historian. Invitations to speak have also been sent to Julian Burnside and Robert Richter. The forum will be chaired by Rob Stary, democratic rights lawyer. The forum has been endorsed by Liberty Victoria, IPAN, and several other community organisations. The Wheeler Centre, 176 Little Lonsdale Street, Melbourne. Further info:Shirley 0417 456 001.

Tuesday 26 November, 7 pm sharp: Muckaty and Radioactive Waste: Screening Muckaty Voicesand Into Eternity. Discussion with Dave Sweeney, Australian Conservation Foundation. Free event. Venue: Longplay Bar and Cinema, 318 St Georges Road, North Fitzroy. Full program and more details at the Facebook event here.

Environmental campaigning has provided a divided nation. Renters: The have and the have-nots of renewable energy

A new environment-related organisation has been formed, Solar Citizens, relating to solar energy.  However, Miss Eagle is completely underwhelmed.    

Now you might think I would be right behind such an organisation. Ordinarily, I would be - but I believe that all these panels on roof-tops and the way they have got there has built inequity - gross inequity - into the renewable energy game.

Churlish of me, you might think?  I have written to Geoff Evans who leads this campaign this morning in reply to his letter to me.  It is published below.  I would welcome hearing from others who feel that they have been kept on the outer of solar renewables because they rent.

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Dear Geoff,

Would love to sign up to your solar citizens campaign - but, boy, have you missed the boat.  I can't get over how much "energy renewables" people have missed the boat. They just don't get it.

You don't seem to understand that, because of your lack of understanding, you have assisted in making this nation one of energy haves and energy have-nots.

We see lots of solar panels on rooves and that is great.  Most of it has been government funded in some way.  

My sister, who is in a very senior position at a rather important Australian university, boasts of the profit she makes on her energy bills - in short, getting her energy for free.  

I am an aged pensioner who rents. Until ten years ago, I had been a home-owner all my life.  I won't go into the roller-coaster of life which now sees me renting.  I have had solar energy in the past - not cells, but solar hot water.  I would like to go solar. 

However, there was nothing in the government program/s which encouraged or co-erced the owners of rental premises to install solar panels.  

I would love to have renewable energy instead of the gas and electricity I chew in very cold Ballarat.  But how do I do this?  My story is repeated across the country.  I am sure there are millions who, like me, are dependent solely on social security yet would love not to pay electricity bills like my sister - particularly those who have just had their Newstart or parenting payments lowered or done away with.  

But no! We have a middle class - who would never join you, Geoff, in an activist campaign (and I am an environmental activist) - who have become the energy haves of Australia.  At the same time as we have encouraged this, we have left the poor, the low-income people to the seemingly eternal depredations of energy companies - especially the dirty energy companies of Victoria.

Some might use the old adage that "a rising tide lifts all boats".  Current energy campaigns by environmentalists other than me and by the self-congratulating government do not acknowledge the paucity of rental accommodation with solar energy.  The huge number of renters lacking renewable energy - and unable to access renewable energy - prove the lie of this proverb.

So, this morning, I will resort to my blog, Facebook, and Twitter to air this latest inadequate campaign.  You will get some coverage for your campaign - but not, perhaps, the sort you would like to have.

Sincerely
Brigid O'Carroll Walsh
aka
Miss Eagle

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Are you are renter? Do you long to have solar energy? Read this & be in touch, please. fb.me/C5rjvJxV
— Miss Eagle (@misseagle) May 13, 2013

Please note:  HootSuite was up the creek with its times.

AEST was Tuesday May 14 around 10am

Kerry's post came on Facebook came about 10.10am

An excellent idea. Developing systems that are transferrable.

That would certainly be good news for renters.

GJB's post came at about 11.25am Tuesday 14 May

Show you care for the ecosystem that cares for you - walk in solidarity for solar in Ballarat to-morrow

Picture above from here

Do something for your ecosystem to-morrow.

Walk in solidarity for solar to-morrow.

We are doing it in Ballarat.

It is happening in other places too.

For more information see here

Sign here please .... for viable baseload solar power stations - URGENTLY

BABY BOOMERS FOR CLIMATE CHANGE ACTION 

HAVE LAUNCHED A PETITION: 

ASKING GOVERNMENT TO KICKSTART SOLAR 

BY FUNDING LARGE BASELOAD SOLAR POWER STATIONS.

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It would mean a lot to us if you took a moment to add your name because:

•           Unless CO2 emissions drop dramatically in the next few years, the planet is likely to heat up by 4°C by the end of the century, making parts of it  uninhabitable for most species, including ourselves.  

•           Australia is on track to becoming the world’s fourth largest greenhouse gas emitter, and one of the planet’s biggest contributors to climate change.

    

•           This is because of the massive amount of coal we export for coal-fired power stations, as well as our own domestic use.  And our coal exports are rising rapidly.

•           Australia therefore needs to take urgent action to switch to renewable energy and break our dependence on fossil fuels.  

•           A plan for Australia to make a complete change to renewable energy by 2020 has been designed and costed by Beyond Zero Emissions, using technology which is now available.  This plan includes Baseload Solar Power Stations, which can store energy.  The designers of the BZE plan suggest NSW, SA and Queensland as the most suitable locations for the initial three power stations. All Members of Parliament have been presented with the BZE plan.

•           The switch to renewable energy is possible but needs full government support to get started and encourage investment.  The cost of three Baseload Solar Power Stations is estimated at approx. 1 billion dollars.

•           The Carbon Tax introduced in 2011 was a good start but will not have an effect on investment in renewables for around 15 years, which is too late. 

•           We believe the government needs to take the hard decisions to fund large baseload solar power stations and make them viable as a matter of urgency.

http://www.communityrun...org/petitions/fund-construction-and-development-of-of-three-baseload-solar-power-stations  

After you've signed the petition please also take a moment to share it with others.  Together we can reach heaps of people and help create change around this important issue.

Thank you!

Naomi and the BBCCA group

Dale Hess - Calendar - 20120327 to 20120720

Tuesday 27 March, 6.30 pm: Public Meeting: Behind the Anti-People Smuggling Rhetoric.Refugee Action Collective challenges the dominant anti-people smuggling rhetoric, arguing that the criminalisation of people smuggling, combined with the militarisation of Australia¡¯s borders and the impounding and destruction of boats intercepted, makes the boat journey to Australia needlessly dangerous. Speakers: Arnold Zable (award-winning writer and refugee advocate); Sarah Hanson Young (Greens senator); lawyer for Indonesian fishermen; Peter Farrago (Refugee Action Collective member and former people-smuggler); Nockie Le (Vietnamese refugee). 6:30pm. Multicultural Hub, 506 Elizabeth St, City (opposite Victoria Market). For more info visit www.rac-vic.org/

Wednesday 28 March, 7.30 pm:  Ridding the World of Landmines and Cluster Bombs:Cambodia Needs Our Help. Speaker: Professor Jeffrey V. Rosenfeld AM, leading Australian neurosurgeon; he treated landmine victims in Rwanda and Iraq. Venue: Melbourne City Conference Centre, 333 Swanston Street (near Melbourne Central Station, Tram stop 8, car parking at QV. General admission (including light supper) $25, Seniors/pensioners $20, Students $15. Payment:  1. Direct debit BSB 063-142 Account Number 10176145 Please leave name. 2. Send cheque/postal order to: S.I. Deakin Inc., R. Surridge, 107 Lwr. Heidelberg Rd., Ivanhoe 3079 with n/o. tickets, + stamped addressed envelope for return tickets. All funds go to Cambodia Research Project. Sponsored by Soroptimist International.  Contact 94971017. 

Friday 30 March, 6 pm-8 pm: Occupy Friday. Protest federal parliament's approval of the Muckaty Waste dump legislation. Two weeks ago the senate passed the controversial National Radioactive Waste Management Bill. The bill cements Muckaty, in the NT, as the chosen site for Australia's first national radioactive waste dump, despite strong community opposition and a federal court challenge.Come down to Occupy Friday this week at 6pm to hear from members of the ACE (FoE's Anti-nuclear and Clean Energy) Collective give updates on the fight against the waste dump. Also hear about the big Lizard's Revenge protest happening in July against BHP's proposed largest uranium mine in the world in the SA desert. We may also have a mock radioactive waste spill inMelbourne's CBD. Program: 6 pm - Info Workshop on Muckaty Waste dump and Lizard's Revenge with Ace Collective members; 7 pm - Films and photos projected onto Ziggy the huge blow-up anti-nukes elephant in city square! Featuring: - Muckaty Voices ¨C 10 min short film about fight against Muckaty dump; - Kylie Sambo- 16 yr old from Muckaty rapping against the dump; get down there and support people in Muckaty! www.acecollective.org
www.occupymelbourne.org

Saturday 14 April-Sunday 15 April. Workshop on Alternatives to Violence.  A Basic Alternatives to Violence Project workshop will be held at the Augustine Centre in Hawthorn.  Cost is $100 (waged) and $50 (unwaged). Places still available and enquiries welcome. Emailbevpolzin@optusnet.com.au.

Thursday 19 April, 5.45 pm-7 pm: Sexual Violence in War. Professor Karen Engle directs a Human Rights Centre at the University of Texas law school. Since 1999, the UN Security Council has passed at least seventeen resolutions on protection of civilians, children and women in war. Professor Engle  will discuss the role of the international women¡¯s rights movement, and argue that calls for gendered analysis of war and peace have led to a nearly exclusive focus on the harm of rape and sexual violence. She will also consider the UN¡¯s use of celebrity diplomacy. Melbourne LawSchool, Theatre G08, 185 Pelham Street, Carlton
www.law.unimelb.edu.au/melbourne-law-school/news-and-events/news-and-events-details/diaryid/5834

Saturday 21 April, 12 pm-8 pm:  Renewables Street Party. Meet Edinburgh Gardens, proceed to secret location. A roaming street party with multiple sound systems! Stop traffic and turn heads, get down with some nourishing beats, demand the state government change their policy on renewable energy. http://www.facebook.com/events/177734852343505

Monday 23 April-Saturday 28 April: Putting an End to War. How to turn permanent war into permanent peace for this and future generations? The peace-making masters who have gone before us - Buddha, Jesus, Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jnr, the Berrigans and the rest - have given us the tools, and shown us the way to put an end to war. We are called to act with courage, to walk in their footsteps, to walk in faith, to walk in the light, right through this long dark night of war-making.Join us for a week of discussion, theory and practice in the arts of faith-based nonviolent direct action. Further information and to register, contact Helen Bayes, director Silver Wattle Quaker Centre, 02 6238 0588; or helenbayes@me.com. The charges are for 4 nights only: Full board with Shared room: $264; Full board with Single room $308; Full board with camping $220; Self-catered camping $88. http://tiny.cc/enubt

Tuesday 24 April: Anzac Eve commemoration: An Evening with Michael Leunig and Peter Cundall. Favourite gardener Peter Cundall has recently released a CD of war poems which he will read for us to mark the occasion. Peter will be joined by Michael Leunig who will speak about the occasion.  We're just finalising the venue, so block out the early evening in your diary now.

Saturday 28 April, 4 pm-11 pm: Lizard Rising Rundraiser. Music fundraiser to raise money for July action planned at Olympic Dam. Lots of different bands at Irene Warehouse, 5 Pitt StreetBrunswick. Details: www.facebook.com/events/287408194659274/

Sunday 1 July-Wednesday 4 July: Jewish-Christian-Muslim Conference: The Prophet Motif - Meeting the Divine Challenge Today. This conference will explore the historical, social and spiritual dimensions of prophets and how we might hear God's voice and meet the divine challenge for our own times in a variety of different ways and with the unique JCMA mix of studying, discussing, praying, eating and sharing as we get to meet each other as people of faith in Australia. Venue: Conference Centre, Pallotti College, 80 McNamaras Rd, Millgrove (Melways: Map 289 A2).  Single room: $365 per person; Single sharing: $335 per person; Couple: $660 per couple Sunday Taster: $50 per person. Further information: 9650 3294; www.jcma.org.au;registrations@jcma.org.au.

Saturday 14 July-Friday 20 July: The Lizard's Revenge - Olympic Dam expansion music/art/festival/protest. ... Sleeping underneath the ground there is an old lizard, Kalta the sleepy lizard. The lizard ain't so sleepy anymore. BHP is mining right into that Lizards body. The government has just approved an expansion of the Olympic Dam uranium mine, making it the biggest uranium mine in the world. Kalta is angry and wants revenge. Arabana elder Kevin Buzzacott is calling the people of the world to help the lizard shut down the mine. He is calling for people to come and heal the land in the name of peace and justice for the next 10,000 generations to come. The land is being irreversibly poisoned in and around Roxby Downs by the tailings dam causing dust and ground water contamination, and contamination of its workers. Party in a Dangerous Planet with Theatre, Cabaret and Art installations. Over 20 musical acts. Solar Powered sound system extravaganza and wind powered cinema. Location: Olympic Dam, Roxby Downs gates of hell - South Australia. Contact Email: izzybrown@live.com. Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/224524544273924. Hosted by the DLF - Desert Liberation Front in response to the governments decision to expand Olympic Dam mine.