On Sunday September 13, 2009 people from across Victoria, and Australia, will come together for a day of peaceful community mass civil disobedience and walk on to Switch off Hazelwood and Switch of Coal - taking action for renewable energy.
Switch off Hazelwood- Switch off Coal is a day of fun, creative, inspiring direct community action at one of the main causes of climate change - coal burning power stations – specifically Hazelwood coal power station.
Hazelwood coal power station is one of the dirtiest coal stations in the industrialised world, spewing an average of 17 million tonnes of CO2 into the atmosphere every year. Hazelwood was scheduled to be shut down in 2005, however it was given a life-line by the ALP state government to keep operation until 2031. We need to remove that lifeline and extend it to climate protection and renewable energy.
This polluter of the past has to be switched off to allow us to switch on renewable energy for the future.
We are all affected by climate change and it is time for us to remove the social licence for polluting dinosaur like Hazelwood to go on causing climate change.
Join us for a peaceful day of community protest and mass civil disobedience. Be creative, be inspired and be there!
There are many opportunities for people to get involved in making this event happen from joining the creative collective, media team, community outreach group or even helping with our fundraising trivia night on August 15.
We are organising activist skilshare/traiing sessions where you can find out more about your legal rights and responsibilities, how to take part in a the walkon at Hazelwood and meet other people who will be taking action to Switch off Hazelwood. More information on dates and locatiosn of these trainings can be found at www.switchoffhazelwood.org
If you would like to know more about the event, or how to get involved email us at info@switchoffhazelwood.org or come along to our weekly organising meetings every Thursday, 6pm at the Climate Action Centre, 5th Floor, New Building, Victorian Trades Hall, Cnr Victoria and Lygon Sts, Carlton South.
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Re: Switch off Hazelwood - Civil disobedience action
This is time, dear fellow human beings, to take a stand, and to take action in a meaningful way. Letters and petitions are great and can be a powerful way of communicating dissatisfaction in how our world is run. But this is an emergency, and perhaps in such times a louder voice is needed.