Fossil Fools Day was such a great sucess - Now is not the time to pause for breath, now is the time to continue building out networks, continue skill sharing and continue taking action! And here are the dates of the next two Days of Action on Climate Change, called by the Network for Climate Action in co-operation with the Rising Tide Network and the Camp for Climate Action. 1st May - Mayday Mayday: Invasion of the Climate Snatchers & 3rd June - The Climate Action Day that bites.
Plus on Saturday the 19th April come along to the Climate Action Movement Building Meeting in Sheffield.
A day of networking, skillsharing and organising. 10am - 5pm (more details below).
1st May 2008 - A Day of Climate Action, everywhere
As climate change rises up the political agenda, a huge number of techno-fixes are forming a new economic sector: from biofuels to nuclear power, carbon-trading to hydrogen fuel cells, dumping urine in the ocean to carbon capture and storage. Everywhere corporations are seeking the elusive elixir which allows us to continue business as usual. All of these technologies are a distraction from the real solution to the problems we face: a massive reduction in our consumption and the end to economic growth. On May 1st, international workers day, lets challenge these false solutions to climate chaos and show the real solution: far-reaching social change, and reduction in consumption.
For more information visit the Network for Climate Action
3 June 2008 - The Climate Action Day that bites...
The food we eat contributes up to a third of the emissions poisoning the planet. It's time for a detox! Changing our diets is one of the most effective steps we can take. Our unsustainable appetites are already causing climate change. Now is the time to switch to plant based, organic, seasonal and locally produced food! Climate action starts on your dinner plate, at the supermarket, on your allotment and in your back yard, at the food distribution centres, down on the farm, in your high street, at the airport and the lorry park.
The UN Conference on World Food Security and Climate Change runs from 3rd to 5th June. Whatever your tastes, there's something for everyone on this action menu! Local food markets, free food stalls, workshops and film showings, street theatre, info stalls, protests and direct action, cooking demonstrations, allotment shows. Get creative and get involved! Local organic food, growing your own, veganism, permaculture, food security, humanitarian issues, agrofuels, transport campaigning, GM food ... make the links on climate change ... take action on the 3rd of June toward a low-carbon diet!
For more information visit the Network for Climate Action
Climate Action Movement Building
A day of networking, skillsharing and organising Saturday 19th April, Sheffield, 10am - 5pm
Climate chaos is here, and now the battle for solutions has begun. To have any hope of building a just and sustainable future we must nurture the vibrant grassroots climate action movement that is springing up all across the country. We come together for days of action and the Climate Camp, but how can we support action year round? Join us in Sheffield to help make it happen.
Agenda for the day:
1) DAYS OF ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE (May and June)
2) HOW OUR NETWORK FUNCTIONS
3) BUILDING MOMENTUM FOR THE CLIMATE CAMP AND BEYOND
4) MINI WORKSHOPS FOR UP AND COMING DAYS OF ACTION
PRACTICAL INFO
Saturday 19th April, 10am - 5pm
Friends Meeting House Sheffield
For information on accommodation (or anything else relating to the day) email contact@networkforclimateaction.org.uk
See you on the 19th!
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