Melbourne

No Impact Man documentary screening

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 05/04/2010 - 11:31am
Date and Time: 
Thu, 22/04/2010 - 6:30pm
Location: 
Donkey Wheel House 673 Bourke Street, City Melbourne
Contact Name: 
Cate Lawrence
Contact Phone: 
0433584889
Contact Email: 
contact@greenrenters.org
Website: 
www.greenrenters.org

A guilty liberal finally snaps, swears off plastic, goes organic, becomes a bicycle nut, turns off his power and generally becomes a tree-hugging lunatic who tries to save the polar bears and the rest of the planet from environmental catastrophe while dragging his baby daughter and Prada-wearing, Four Seasons-loving wife along for the ride. And that’s just the beginning.

Geography: 
Melbourne

It's Time for a New people's Bank Rally

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 31/03/2010 - 4:25pm
Date and Time: 
Wed, 12/05/2010 -
11:30am to 1:00pm
Location: 
State Library corner Swanston and La Trobe Streets Melbourne City
Contact Name: 
Dr Joe Toscano
Contact Phone: 
0439 395 489
Contact Email: 
people@wednesdayactiongroup.com
Website: 
www.wednesdayactiongroup.com

Allowing private banks to monopolise the financial sector makes us all hostages to the privately owned banks. Institutions that are too important to fail should not be owned by the private sector. Why should the banking sector be bailed out by the public every time they run into trouble because they are too big and too important to fail. The big four banks continued to make record profits during the global financial crisis because they were backed by government guarantees and refused to lend money to business at reasonable interest rates because of the higher risks associated with business.

Geography: 
Melbourne

MUA-ILWU SOLIDARITY vs Rio Tinto

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 31/03/2010 - 4:11pm
Date and Time: 
Thu, 22/04/2010 -
9:30am to 11:30am
Location: 
Rio Tinto 25 Collins Street Melbourne City
Contact Name: 
Kevin Bracken
Contact Phone: 
0400 077 563
Contact Email: 
muavic@mua.org.au
Website: 
http://www.mua.org.au/news/rally-against-rio/F

MUA-ILWU solidarity April 22nd - Rio Tinto lockout of 600 miners Boron, California

MELBOURNE April 22nd @ 9.30am

Rio Tinto 25 Collins Street

MUA-ILWU solidarity event

Maritime Union of Australia 6-54 Ireland Street, West Melbourne, Victoria, 3003 Ph 03 9329 5477 Email muavic@mua.org.au

Media contact: Kevin Bracken,

MUA Victoria Branch Secretary Tel: 0400 077 563

WA workers rally against Rio 26 Mar 2010 Solidarity with locked out ILWU miners in the USA http://www.mua.org.au/news/wa-workers-rally-in-against-rio/

Geography: 
Melbourne

Comedy Debate: "The End of the World will be Good for Business"

Submitted by Flowerpower on Wed, 31/03/2010 - 1:59pm
Date and Time: 
Sat, 10/04/2010 -
7:30pm to 9:30pm
Location: 
Federation of Education Unions Building 120 Clarendon St, Southbank
Contact Phone: 
9662 374
Contact Email: 
nibs@nibs.org. au

A New International Bookshop Fundraiser

The Comedy Festival is in full swing and, not to be outdone, the New Internationalist Bookstore gearing up for its own Comedy Debate spectacular.

Geography: 
Melbourne

Climate activists picket Peter Batchelor calling for climate jobs not new coal

Submitted by takver on Mon, 29/03/2010 - 11:59pm

Climate activists held a picket outside the ministerial offices of Peter Batchelor, Victorian Minister for Energy and Resources, at 1 Spring Street, highlighting his attendance at a $3000 a head Victorian Coal and Energy Conference meeting at Taralgon in the La Trobe Valley and the Brumby Government's continued in-action on climate change and support for the coal and fossil fuel industry at the expense of developing the renewable energy industry. See Photos and speech transcripts

Related: Protest to meet brown coal Industry heavyweights in Latrobe Valley | Coal power up: Victoria fails to diversify electricty generation | Climate activists Disrupt Coal Conference
Youtube Videos of speakers: Brian Walters, Chris Breen, Damien Lawson, Madeline Hudson, Peter Marshal

Geography: 
Melbourne
Keywords: 
climate change
protest
coal
Hazelwood

Coal power up: Victoria fails to diversify electricty generation

Submitted by takver on Sat, 27/03/2010 - 7:01pm

Victoria's reliance on coal fired electricity has increased in the last decade, with both electricity generation and greenhouse pollution from coal increasing by over 9% since 2000, according to a report commissioned by Environment Victoria - Victoria’s Energy Mix 2000-2009 (Download PDF). The increase is despite the exponential growth in the wind sector, which has barely replaced the decline of hydro power due to drought conditions and climate change.

Geography: 
Melbourne
Victoria
Keywords: 
coal
Hazelwood
CO2
electricity

Picket Peter Batchelor - Climate jobs Not New Coal!

Submitted by Flowerpower on Wed, 24/03/2010 - 8:14pm
Date and Time: 
Mon, 29/03/2010 -
1:00pm to 2:00pm
Location: 
Peter Batchelor’s Office 1 Spring St, CBD Lots of speakers!
Website: 
http://www.melbourne.foe.org.au/?q=node/703

Peter Batchelor, Minister for Energy and Resources Victoria, is attending the Victorian Coal and Energy Conference on the 30th of March. He'll be there to discuss the business-as-usual approach to climate change—Rudd's CPRS and the construction of a new coal-fired power station in the La Trobe Valley. This is just one of 12 new coal-fired powers stations proposed across Australia.

Geography: 
Melbourne

Eyewitness account West Bank and Gaza

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 24/03/2010 - 5:09pm
Date and Time: 
Wed, 31/03/2010 -
6:30pm to 8:00pm
Location: 
New International Bookshop – Trades Hall 54 Victoria Street, Carlton South Victoria, 3053, Australia
Contact Name: 
Ginny Adams
Contact Phone: 
0425 357 715
Contact Email: 
ginnyoz@hotmail.com
Website: 
http://apheda.wordpress.com/

Ginny Adams - just returned from APHEDA’s Middle East Study Tour - will be giving an eyewitness account of her experiences.

Describing the event as ‘informal discussion of her experience in Palestine’- Ginny hopes to share, inspire and suggest different ways people in Australia can get involved to help the people of Palestine.

Geography: 
Melbourne

Show Me The Change Conference

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 24/03/2010 - 1:58pm
Date and Time: 
Tue, 04/05/2010 - 8:30am to Thu, 06/05/2010 - 5:00pm
Location: 
Abbotsford Convent 1 St Heliers Street Abbotsford VIC 3067
Contact Name: 
Martin Pritchard
Contact Phone: 
92101290
Contact Email: 
mpritchard@swin.edu.au
Website: 
http://www.showmethechange.net.au/

Show Me The Change is a National Conference on 'Evaluation of Behaviour Change' for Sustainability.

We all know that behaviour change is complex. How do we show what’s working and how do we evaluate it? You are invited to participate in Show Me The Change converence which utilises an Open Space approach and explore what matters most to you.

Show me the Change: complexity and the art of evaluation is a conference where the participants can all share their experiences, knowledge and ask the questions that matter to them most.

Geography: 
Melbourne