Rising Tide Australia

Sydney Town Hall

The NSW Labor government must embrace clean renewable energy.

Rally outside State Labor Conference
Saturday 10th June 11am
Sydney Town Hall

Join us outside the Labor conference to demand:

• A legislated renewable energy target of 15% by 2012 in NSW
• A stop to Anvil Hill coal mine
• Investment in public transport in NSW
• No more uranium mines and no nuclear power

For more information please call the Nature Conservation Council on 92792522 or email mcook@nccnsw.org.au

Parading from Civic Park to Pacific Park, Newcastle

 
Winter Solstice 2006.
"Stroll against Coal!"
 
 
Protest Parade against Climate Change.
 
The Winter Solstice, Wednesday 21st June.
Meet at Civic Park, 3:30pm.  Parade to Pacific Park.
 
You are invited to protest against coal dependency and climate change.  Come and parade through the streets of Newcastle with your furry friends, family, bikes, skates and flamboyant costumes relating to climate change, the coal industry and renewable energy.  The parade will be followed by some renewable energy-powered entertainment in Pacific Park.
 
Why? Climate change is the biggest threat to Earth and its inhabitants that we have ever seen. The planet is warming at an alarming rate and this is having devastating effects. We only have to see the rise in natural disasters such as Hurricane Katrina and recently Cyclone Monica and Cyclone Larry to realise that time for change is running out fast. As the need to cut global greenhouse pollution reaches crisis point, and awareness of the problem grows stronger than ever, the Hunter coal industry pushes on recklessly. Newcastle is the WORLDS largest coal exporter, pumping out 80 million tonnes of coal per year, equivalent to approximately 208 million tonnes of CO2 emissions every year. Yet the federal government is preparing to increase the exports from Newcastle, committing to a $150 million dollars over 5 years to assist the multi-national coal corporations increase Newcastle's export capacity by 70%. This translates to 140 million tonnes of coal exported, and about 364 million tonnes of carbon dioxide entering the atmosphere and destabilising the earth's climate.
 
Without consumer demands there wouldn't be the need to increase our Coal exports. First world countries such as Australia need to take responsibility for Climate change and demand a better alternative. We need to turn to green power and turn to public transport because the lives of billions and the future of Earth are depending on us.
 
When and Where?
 

Joy Cummings Centre, Newcastle East

A new residents group is forming in Newcastle to pressure governments to take real action against climate change - Climate Action Newcastle.The meeting is open to all who would like to become involved in the campaign in Newcastle. The meeting will feature a few speakers, and audience discussion. Speakers are:
Dr. Glenn Albrecht, University of Newcastle
Ben Pearson, Greenpeace
Georgina Woods, Hunter Community Environment Centre and Rising Tide Newcastle
The meeting goes from 6:30 to 8:30pm, and will be held at the Joy Cummings Centre, corner of Scott and Pacific Streets, Newcastle East.
Bring a friend!

Pacific Park to Civic Park, Newcastle

Anti-nuclear march marking the anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima. Rising Tide Newcastle will be speaking on why nuclear power is no solution to climate change. Meet at Pacific Park Newcastle at 11am. Program as follows:

Pacific Park:
11am - 11-10 Sharon Grierson (ALP)
11.10- 11-20 Gary Kennedy Hunter Peace Forum NTHC
11.20- 11.30 NUSA- speaker TBA
11.30- 11.40 Lawrie Short (Emeritus Prof., Aust-Japan Socy)
11.40- 11.45 David Rovic's song "Hiroshima"

20 minutes march. Drummers- "Repercussion"; Terry Leahy et al

Civic Park

12.05- 12.15 The Greens- speaker TBA
12.15- 12.25 Rising Tide- Steve Phillips
12.25- 12.35 Wilderness Society- Lisette Salkavich
12.35- 12.45 Soc. Alliance- speaker TBA
12.45- 12.55 Quakers- Annie Rook-Frizell Chernobyl community dance
12.55- 1.05 Close with music from Terry Leahy

Enmore Theatre, Newtown

Anvil Hill Project watch Association Inc have secured the assistance of Dr David Suzuki in our efforts to combat the Anvil Hill Mine proposal.

He is appearing at a fundraiser for the Anvil Hill Project Watch Association group.

The name of the evening is "The Challenge of the 21st century: Putting the World Back Together".

Tickets will be on sale through Ticketek agencies from Monday 31 July.

Supporting artists  are the African Tribal Drum Group "Karifi -The African Experience" and "Les Saxby of Yidaki Didj and Dance"

Newcastle

The newly formed Climate Action Newcastle (www.climateaction.org.au) present Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth

GALA SCREENING

Greater Union Cinemas, King Street, Newcastle

MONDAY 18 SEPTEMBER

Nibblies 5.30 PM
Screening 6:30PM

$15 at the door, $12 concession.

Newcastle, NSW

 
Go to: http://www.hcec.org.au/ for a full program and updates
or http://earthling.thisisnotart.org 
 
This year's This Is Not Art Festival will include the inaugural "Earthling National Environmental Activist Forum" Earthling hopes to synthesise the artistic expression of the national festivals flourishing as part of the annual This Is Not Art Festival (TINA) held on the October long weekend in Newcastle NSW, with a nationally focused broad environmental debate. 
 

Newcastle, NSW

 
Go to: http://www.hcec.org.au/ for a full program and updates
or http://earthling.thisisnotart.org 
 
This year's This Is Not Art Festival will include the inaugural "Earthling National Environmental Activist Forum" Earthling hopes to synthesise the artistic expression of the national festivals flourishing as part of the annual This Is Not Art Festival (TINA) held on the October long weekend in Newcastle NSW, with a nationally focused broad environmental debate. 
 

Near the proposed site of the Anvil Hill mine, at Wybong near Denman in the Upper Hunter Valley.

Anvil Hill Direct Action Camp
4-8 October, 2006
http://anvilhillactioncamp.blogspot.com/

The port of Newcastle is already the world's largest coal exporter. The proposed new coal mine at Anvil Hill will add another 9 million tonnes of coal each year - driving the world ever closer to catastrophic climate change. It is time to draw a line in the sand. This camp is being organised for and by people who care deeply about our future, and who want to take effective action to prevent dangerous climate change.

Near the proposed site of the Anvil Hill mine, at Wybong near Denman in the Upper Hunter Valley.

Anvil Hill Direct Action Camp
4-8 October, 2006
http://anvilhillactioncamp.blogspot.com/

The port of Newcastle is already the world's largest coal exporter. The proposed new coal mine at Anvil Hill will add another 9 million tonnes of coal each year - driving the world ever closer to catastrophic climate change. It is time to draw a line in the sand. This camp is being organised for and by people who care deeply about our future, and who want to take effective action to prevent dangerous climate change.

Near the proposed site of the Anvil Hill mine, at Wybong near Denman in the Upper Hunter Valley.

Anvil Hill Direct Action Camp
4-8 October, 2006
http://anvilhillactioncamp.blogspot.com/

The port of Newcastle is already the world's largest coal exporter. The proposed new coal mine at Anvil Hill will add another 9 million tonnes of coal each year - driving the world ever closer to catastrophic climate change. It is time to draw a line in the sand. This camp is being organised for and by people who care deeply about our future, and who want to take effective action to prevent dangerous climate change.

Near the proposed site of the Anvil Hill mine, at Wybong near Denman in the Upper Hunter Valley.

Anvil Hill Direct Action Camp
4-8 October, 2006
http://anvilhillactioncamp.blogspot.com/

The port of Newcastle is already the world's largest coal exporter. The proposed new coal mine at Anvil Hill will add another 9 million tonnes of coal each year - driving the world ever closer to catastrophic climate change. It is time to draw a line in the sand. This camp is being organised for and by people who care deeply about our future, and who want to take effective action to prevent dangerous climate change.

Near the proposed site of the Anvil Hill mine, at Wybong near Denman in the Upper Hunter Valley.

Anvil Hill Direct Action Camp
4-8 October, 2006
http://anvilhillactioncamp.blogspot.com/

The port of Newcastle is already the world's largest coal exporter. The proposed new coal mine at Anvil Hill will add another 9 million tonnes of coal each year - driving the world ever closer to catastrophic climate change. It is time to draw a line in the sand. This camp is being organised for and by people who care deeply about our future, and who want to take effective action to prevent dangerous climate change.

The Hunter Community Environment Centre.
81 King St. Newcastle.
ph. 49261641

For those who feel that they have wanted to get involved in Rising Tide activities, but haven't known how, we are now holding open meetings once a month.
The first will be held on Friday the 3rd November, at 10am at the HCEC.
Please give us a call for further information: 49261641

The world, including Newcastle and Maitland.

International Day of Action on Climate Change

Saturday Nov 4, 2006

Newcastle action:
1pm Nobby's Beach
With human bodies, spelling out the words

BEYOND COAL . . . RENEWABLE ENERGY!

organised by Climate Action Newcastle: www.climateaction.org.au

Level 2, 301 Kent Street, Sydney