Events
Students of Sustainability (SOS), now in its 17th year, is the biggest youth led environment conference in Australia. It is a five day conference for anyone interested in creating a more ecologically and socially sustainable world.
SoS '08 will be held at the University of Newcastle from the 5th to the 9th of July, with camping on campus. Students, community and Indigenous activists, academics, public intellectuals, environmental educators, social change agents of all stripes and from all over Australia will come and participate in a range of forums and workshops.
SOS is about imparting the inspiration, tools, motivation and education required for participants to inspire and educate others when they return to their own communities.
Students of Sustainability (SOS), now in its 17th year, is the biggest youth led environment conference in Australia. It is a five day conference for anyone interested in creating a more ecologically and socially sustainable world.
SoS '08 will be held at the University of Newcastle from the 5th to the 9th of July, with camping on campus. Students, community and Indigenous activists, academics, public intellectuals, environmental educators, social change agents of all stripes and from all over Australia will come and participate in a range of forums and workshops.
SOS is about imparting the inspiration, tools, motivation and education required for participants to inspire and educate others when they return to their own communities.
Students of Sustainability (SOS), now in its 17th year, is the biggest youth led environment conference in Australia. It is a five day conference for anyone interested in creating a more ecologically and socially sustainable world.
SoS '08 will be held at the University of Newcastle from the 5th to the 9th of July, with camping on campus. Students, community and Indigenous activists, academics, public intellectuals, environmental educators, social change agents of all stripes and from all over Australia will come and participate in a range of forums and workshops.
SOS is about imparting the inspiration, tools, motivation and education required for participants to inspire and educate others when they return to their own communities.
Students of Sustainability (SOS), now in its 17th year, is the biggest youth led environment conference in Australia. It is a five day conference for anyone interested in creating a more ecologically and socially sustainable world.
SoS '08 will be held at the University of Newcastle from the 5th to the 9th of July, with camping on campus. Students, community and Indigenous activists, academics, public intellectuals, environmental educators, social change agents of all stripes and from all over Australia will come and participate in a range of forums and workshops.
SOS is about imparting the inspiration, tools, motivation and education required for participants to inspire and educate others when they return to their own communities.
Students of Sustainability (SOS), now in its 17th year, is the biggest youth led environment conference in Australia. It is a five day conference for anyone interested in creating a more ecologically and socially sustainable world.
SoS '08 will be held at the University of Newcastle from the 5th to the 9th of July, with camping on campus. Students, community and Indigenous activists, academics, public intellectuals, environmental educators, social change agents of all stripes and from all over Australia will come and participate in a range of forums and workshops.
SOS is about imparting the inspiration, tools, motivation and education required for participants to inspire and educate others when they return to their own communities.
Where: Main marquee, Climate Camp!
Scores of grassroots climate action groups have sprung up across Australia over the past couple of years. They're diverse in membership and approach but they all exist to spearhead community initiatives and action to address climate change. To date there have been several cooperative initiatives undertaken by many of the groups, such as The Climate Protection Bill campaign and Walk against Warming events. In this forum we will hear from organisers and participants from different groups, learn from each other and seed some ideas for future collaboration.
Groups will give short presentations on their approach and activities, followed by small group discussion on opportunities for collaboration, and facilitated feedback time and resolutions.
Confirmed groups so far include:
- Climate Action Newcastle - facilitating
- Climate Action Coogee
- Clean Energy for Eternity, Bega
- Lismore Climate Action Group
- Ballina Climate Action Network
email info[at]climatecamp.org.au if you'd like your group to be involved
“Now or never” – Join the giant Human Sign at Climate Camp
- 9am, Saturday 12th July
- Wickham Park, Newcastle
- A huge ticking clock, and the words “Cut Carbon – Now or Never”
Part of the Camp for Climate Action – 6 days of inspiring workshops and grassroots direct action against climate change, in the world's biggest coal port: Newcastle.
Time is running out for societies around the world to make the major changes needed to avoid runaway climate change. Greenhouse pollution must stop rising, and start falling. New coal-fired power stations must be banned, and existing ones phased out.
The nations of the world meet in Poland this December, and Denmark the year after, to agree on the climate change protocol that will replace Kyoto. If they get it wrong, and global emissions continue to rise, the world will have missed its last chance to avoid catastrophic climate change.
The Climate Camp main action will take place on Sunday 13th July, involving up to a thousand people engaging in peaceful direct action, aiming to stop coal exports for the day.
There will be a special part of the protest undertaken by the children. Please get in touch with the climate camp kids activities organisers if you are bringing children to the big protest day but can't make it to the rest of the camp so they can take part.
When: 10am Sunday 13th July, 2008
Where: Start at Islington Park, Newcastle, march to protest.
What to bring: Bring water to drink. Banners and placards are enccouraged.
See here for more details.
See you there.
