Melbourne

Invitation to Rio+20 Canberra action first organising meeting on Saturday March 17th

To climate activists:

In a breakout at the recent Victorian Climate Action Convergence (and subsequently endorsed by the final assembly) a group of activists discussed a grassroots mobilisation organised loosely around the Rio+20 meeting on June 20th.

Rita Widiadana is Senior Journalist and Editor at Indonesia's 'The Jakarta Post' and has over 20 years experience covering issues such as agriculture, forestry, biodiversity and climate change. Rita covered The Ministerial Conference on Biodiversity, Food Security and Climate Change in Bali in 2011 which brought together experts from 127 countries.
She will share how Indonesians cope with rocketing food prices, climate change and why the government struggles to create a pro-farming policy and effective food security policy.

Rita will join us via Skype video conference.

The “July 14″ movement started when a group of young Israelis camped at the heart of Rothschild Boulevard in Tel Aviv, in protest of the rising housing costs. Tent camps then appeared in every major city in Israel. J14 is made of many Israeli Palestinian citizens who protest for equality and social justice.