SEAN gig rego be open!!!

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The Students of Sustainability 2009 conference is starting tomorrow! It will be great. Almost stressfully great. This is something to park for later, but to keep the awesome SoS energy going, we're doing a little bit of planning for the SEAN gig at the end of August at Sandon Point, on Dharawal land near Wollongong. If you follow this here link then you'll be able to register your interest. Wicked :)...
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Climate activists lock on to Bluewaters Powerplant in Collie, W.A.

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On Friday the 26th of June, two activists locked onto a conveyor belt at Bluewaters coal-fired power station near Collie, 3 hours south of Perth, W.A.. The action is to protest Griffin Energy’s decision to burn wood from WA native forests for energy production. The two activists were arrested and later removed from the conveyor belt by police, after more than four hours of preventing coal from being fed into the power station. A third activist has also been arrested at the site. “Griffin Energy is one of WA’s worst contributors to climate change. The company has recently opened yet another coal-fired power station and is constructing another three,” said Ms Jael Johnson, spokesperson for the action. “To add insult to injury, it now proposes to burn wood from our precious native forests as fuel and count this as renewable energy.” “The WA public has a right to renewable energy. Here we have an abundance of wind, solar and...
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SEAN report-back: Rivers SOS meeting

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A few SEAN folk went out to Picton recently for the quarterly meeting of Rivers SOS, an umbrella group for community groups campaigning to protect their local rivers, mainly from mining. Here's a report-back from Ann-Marie of UTS! RiversSOS meeting on May 23rd was heaps cool - about 40people from all over the state including Mudgee, Stroud, Wollongong, Lithgow, Sutherland and other places - Uncle Chappie was there too.  Main ideas to come out of the meeting were: Report backs from all people there about the what each local RiversSOS group/member was up to: many groups are campaigning against coal mines and proposed coal seam gas mining by a whole heap of companies- BHP, Xtrata, an Indian company caled Gujarat NRE.  Their campaigns are on the impact of coal mining on rivers - causes cracking, pollution, consumes large amounts of water.  (more…)...
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Cocktail affair with ASEN [Brisbane]

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QEAN has been busy planning this exciting party to be held next Saturday night! What: Cocktail party and fundraiser When: Saturday 20th June, 6:30pm - late Where: Kurillpa Hall, 174 Boundary st, West End Who: You, your friends, your grandparents... Cost:$25/$30 waged $15/$20 student or concession $10/$15 unwaged pre-paid/at the door Please invite as many friends as you like (the more the merrier). Tickets are available for sale from the Green Grocer in West End, Rocking Horse Records in the city or at the door. It would be fantastic to have your support for this event. ASEN does wonderful things for the community by supporting activists across Australia involved in the environment movement. You can expect some lovely food, delightful entertainment, wonderful art displays and plenty of cocktails!...
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