Sunday, September 21, 12:00 PMSpeers Point Park, Speers Point, Lake Macquarie
The Esplanade and Creek Reserve Road
Speers Point, 2284, Australia
Action on Climate Change: Where is the Government Leadership?
On Sunday 21st of September, a gathering will be held beside Lake Macquarie to support GLOBAL ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE.
RSVP via this link
RSVP via this link
Where: Speers Point Park, Lake Macquarie at the Shelter Shed near the lakes’ edge and jetty.
When: Sunday 21st September from 12.00 pm. Speakers from 1.00 pm
How do I get there? Come on the train, arriving as near as possible to midday (Check times with Cityrail). Get off at Teralba Station and walk across Five Islands Bridge. Or travel from Warners Bay by bus (dep.12.43 arr. 12.47) Or ride a bike. Or paddle a canoe to the jetty nearby. Try to avoid using fossil fuels to travel unless riding on public transport.)
What do I bring? As many friends as you can. A picnic lunch without any processed food and no plastic containers. Bring your water in a glass bottle. Bring a groundsheet to sit on and maybe a cushion.
What do I wear? A tee shirt from Get Up or Greenpeace or The Greens or Climate Action Newcastle or any group that spreads knowledge of the effects of climate change. Bring a hat and sunscreen or an umbrella. Choose a hat with an appropriate logo if possible. Carry a banner or a poster on a stick.
Offer your help with organisation and make a contribution to the hire of the area of the park($125 charged by Council)
How long do I stay? Please stay for at least an hour, preferably two. Eat your picnic lunch and mingle, chat and exchange ideas about how we can make our leaders(?) see sense and recognise that climate change is happening NOW. Make new friends with like-minded people. Speakers starting at 1.00 pm. How do we convince the wider community that action is urgently overdue?
How do we convince our polititians that climate change is not a religion – there is no question of ‘believing’ or not believing. Climate Change is a FACT and it is HERE.
Let your ideas be heard. Please come with ideas for future action to spur those in charge to act. Be prepared to stand up and speak or tell those ideas to someone who will stand up and speak.
There's less than a week to go until millions of people around the world – from New Delhi to New York – hit the streets like never before for a massive, inspiring, and truly global day of climate action.
Australia will be the first to ring in September 21st – which means we need to put on a really good show if we're to set the foundation for the biggest coordinated demonstration of people power the world has ever seen.
Sounds ambitious? It is. But thanks to more than 3,000 generous GetUp members who've already chipped in, the People's Climate March, and the on-the-ground campaigns it will kickstart and sustain, will soon become a reality. It's all happening. Now it's up to all of us to make it unforgettable.
How? Watch this video to get inspired and hear the plan:
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