
Climate change is one of the most important social and environmental issues of our generation. That’s why ASEN is focusing on climate justice. We aim to build a diverse movement that can confront the root causes of climate change in an ethical way. We are building links and supporting community groups such as Rivers SoS, fighting the banks that fund climate destruction, mobilising students for TARA and Climate Camp 2011 and turning our attention to our university campuses to campaign for clean energy.
At ASEN camp in January 2011, a wicked bunch of ASEN folks put our heads together and came up a calendar of climate change related events that we’re keen to help out with over the year.
In 2010 many campuses in Australia embarked on 100% renewable energy campaigns to get out universities to make the switch to green power. Some succeeded! Others continue to fight.
Contacts
Renewables on campus organising, contact the most excellent…
- Sally from NSW: sstu0505 [at] usyd.edu.au
- Loki from VIC: lachlan.campbell.type [at] gmail.com
To talk all things dirty coal, contact these ones…
- Steve from QLD: steveskitmore [at] gmail.com
- Gem from NSW: gemromuld [at] gmail.com
- Phil from WA: philvlachou [at] hotmail.com
Resources
Readings about Climate change – brief summaries of books and online resources about climate change
Climate Broadsheet (O-week 08)
Renewable Energy Scorecard
Last year a bunch of ASEN members approached several Universities across Australia to find out exactly what they’re doing for Climate Change. The results of this can be viewed in the Renewable Energy Scorecard. The database is not entirely finalised and work is still being done to cover every University in Australia, but it should at least give you a good idea of which campuses are taking climate change seriously
This is a snapshot of some of the things that ASEN climate campaigners will be working on this year.
