Three arrested over power plant protest

Three people are expected to be charged over a protest at the Hazelwood power station near Morwell in Victoria this morning. The protesters were part of a group of around 30 people who took part in the protest ahead of tonight's Earth Hour, calling for the nation to reduce its reliance on non-renewable energy. Two protesters chained themselves to a conveyor belt, briefly disrupting the supply of coal between the Hazelwood mine and the power plant. Lights in buildings across Australia will be turned off for an hour at 8:30pm to raise awareness of climate change. But Louise Morris, one of the Hazelwood protesters, says every hour should be Earth Hour. "If we're serious about climate change, we actually need to be switching off coal and switching on renewables rather than just switching off our lights for one hour once a year," she said. "Hazelwood, which is one of the most polluting coal-fired power stations in the industrialised world, actually emits 5 per cent of our...
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ASEN signs onto International Declaration: ‘Biochar’, a new big threat to people, land, and ecosystems

The Australian Student Environment Network has today signed onto the International Declaration: '‘Biochar’, a new big threat to people, land, and ecosystems' (below). We are looking forward to being involved in supporting ongoing organising resistance to biochar, 'offsets', technofixes, and other unjust non-solutions to climate change. (more…)...
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WASEN Meeting 30th March

Next Meeting: 30th of March 5.30pm Tim's House 79 West Parade East Perth (right next to the East Perth train station) Featuring the tapas meals for the cocktail dinner! Please come and sample + stick around for the meeting. We'll be talking Fundraising, Campaigns (specifically nukes & climate) & Cons Council affiliation (potentially with a guest from Cons to chat to us about it). ...
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WASEN Not Stirred!

A WA Student Environment Network Fundraiser April 17th 7.30pm - 11pm COCKTAIL & TAPAS DINNER LIVE MUSIC Artist Performances Direct Action Projection Raffle Unwaged: $20 Waged: $35 Includes one free cocktail/mocktail and dinner. Funds for WASEN go to supporting students getting to environmental conferences around Australia, direct actions, skillshares. Location: St. Catherine's College, across the road from UWA, parking (if needed) at 2 Park Rd. Nedlands. Transport: Buses from the city: 78, 102, 107 From Freo: Train to Claremont Train Station, then bus 102 Please book tickets beforehand to help us cater RSVP Ania 0431 864 781 midnightsnackbrigade@gmail.com ...
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north Qld outreach

north Qld outreach, March 09 clare towler   In early March this year, I paid a visit to our dear environment collective friends in the humid, and recently drenched, North Queensland. I headed to Townsville and Cairns in the aftermath of both the Victorian bushfires and North Queensland floods, to find a handful of passionate change-agents. It really is all one needs to feel hopeful.   In a sweaty rush before I left Brissie, I gathered as many enviro/social-justice resources as I could. The impact of sharing leaflets, films, posters and nifty things like GMO-free guides can have a profound effect – connecting people to issues currently made invincible or de-politicised in their own towns or at their universities.   The JCU Townsville enviro collective is finding its feet again, as new activists or budding-activists link in. I met up with Lauren and Tom, who are keen to put energy into getting a handful of Townsville JCU folk to Students of Sustainability this year –...
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