WALK WITH THE PEOPLE. NOT THE BIG POLLUTERS.
We’re doing our bit. It’s time to make our government do theirs.
In 2010 ET worked collaboratively with members Climate Action Hobart and The Wilderness Society to organise Walk Against Warming. Well over 1000 people participated in Hobart and Launceston and marched under the slogan "Walk with the people, not the big polluters".
The annual walk was held in cities and regional centres around Australia, to highlight the urgent need for climate action and the abysmal lack of positive policies from the major parties over the course of Federal election campaign.
In Tasmania it is clear that the greatest single contribution we can make in combating climate change is to protect our native forests and we are hopeful this can happen soon.
The Walks called on our political leaders to:
- Protect forests to secure carbon stores
- Make the polluters pay by putting a price on carbon
- Replace our most polluting power stations with clean energy
- Create new clean jobs and industries
- Guarantee to cut pollution over the next term of government
- Support poor and vulnerable countries to tackle the impacts of climate change
- Invest in sustainable development.
In Hobart people met at Parliament House and speakers included Christine Milne - Greens Senator, James Risbey - Climate Scientist, Peter Boyer – Climate Change commentator and Mel Barnes – Socialist Alliance. In Launceston people met at Civic Square and speakers included Sandy Murray - Al Gore trained climate campaigner, Paulene Hutton - Australian Democrats candidate, Ros Lewis – OXFAM and Act on Climate Change and Peter Whish-Wilson - Australian Greens.
The Launceston Walk: Picture, Garry Stannus.