In February news, Snow Gum Summit live streaming, Koalathon happening, Parks Vic Review action, No-nukes Sustainable Living Festival and Fukushima day of action online events, Climate Activators, Adaptation, and Heatwave safety guide, Melbourne Water and Pesticides, No rig wrecks, Grill'd off gas, plus more!
Snow Gum Summit live streaming 14 & 15 Feb tix available here.
Read Forest Collective concerns and response to Parks Victoria Review and call for action here.
Koalathon is happening 30 March in Melbourne
Friends of the Earth's SKAT collective is organising a Koalathon on Sunday March 30. Participants will be sponsored to walk, run or ride a bike along the Gardiners Creek Trail from Malvern East to Patterson Reserve (next to the Hawthorn velodrome) and return. The return course length and is approx 11.5 km and should take the average walker 3 hours to complete without a stop. Participants may complete as much of the course as they like as long as they check in and out at one of the 3 official check points. This will be the major fundraiser for the Strzelecki Koala Action Team (SKAT). Read more, get involved & come along!
Sustainable Living Festival no-nukes zoom events:
The Coalition's nuclear plan: Good faith or bad plan? 20 Feb rego
First Nations and Nuclear Power: our people , our country, our animals 27 Feb rego
National Day of Action 14th anniversary of the Fukushima disaster 11 March webinar
As part of the National Day of Action against nuclear power, on the 14th anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear disaster, Don't Nuke the Climate hosts a webinar in which we look back at the impacts of the Fukushima disaster and the learnings for a proposed nuclear power industry in Australia. Join us Tuesday March 11 from 7pm- 8pm eastern time. Read more & rego.
Climate Adaptation Activators Call online event 6 March
Want to progress climate adaptation in your community? Act on Climate's Frontline Climate Alliance Vic (FCAV) are holding calls fully focused on supporting local leaders in Victorian communities wanting to help progress community-led climate adaptation locally. Over the past 9 months, the alliance has been exploring climate adaptation in Victoria and bringing people together to learn about, amplify, and action community-led climate adaptation.
Now, the FCAV space is ready to step up local Climate Adaptation Activators wanting to make their community resilient in the face of unavoidable impacts. Community catalysts ready to take their region along on the journey of adaptation will be aided by the alliance to accomplish this. Read more & rego.
Stronger together: community essential ingredient to climate adaptation
Communities around Victoria are adapting to climate change through community-led initiatives that bring people together. The question “What can I do?” increases in strength when it becomes “What can we do?” Read more & get involved!
Heatwave safe communities & homes guide
Extreme heat kills more people in Australia than all other environmental disasters combined. How can you keep yourself and those most at risk in your community safe? We explore what makes a heatwave, what to do before to prepare and what to do during a heatwave to stay cool. As well as how to keep yourself safe, we cover how to keep others safe, considering more than half of heatwave deaths occur in disadvantaged areas. Read more & stay safe.
Melbourne Drinking Water Supplies and Pesticides update
In terms of pesticides, impacts on the Yarra River and Sugarloaf Reservoir have long been a concern to Friends of the Earth. Water from the Yarra River is pumped into Sugarloaf Reservoir where it is stored prior to treatment. The water is then treated at Winneke Treatment Plant before being distributed to Melbourne's northern and western suburbs. The Winneke Treatment Plant was never designed to properly filter out micropollutants such as pesticides, microplastics and PFAS. Read more.
If you could help support unique FoE's pesticide and PFAS work click here
No gas rig wrecks for Corner Inlet wetlands - Exxon out!
Read all about No rig wrecks for Corner Inlet wetlands South Gippsland and join us to get Exxon out! Sign the petition to Vic Parliament here.
Flip your burger chain and tell Grill’d Vic to get off gas, petition here.
Become a volunteer and look out for our Kangaroo Collective volunteer gatherings
Join the Food Co-op & Cafe
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