Events to create change by beyondzeroemissions.org

BZE Calendar

Posted on 29 Jul 2010

For the most up to date listing of upcoming events, please look at the Beyond Zero Emissions google calendar.

Zero Carbon Australia Stationary Energy Plan - Sydney Launch

Posted on 28 Jul 2010

Hosted by the City of Sydney

Thursday 12 August

6-7.45pm

Sydney Town Hall, 483 George St, Sydney


Featuring:

Bob Carr - Former NSW Premier

Malcolm Turnbull - Federal MP

Matthew Wright - Executive Director Beyond Zero Emissions

Allan Jones - City of Sydney


MC - Quentin Dempster - ABC TV

Zero Carbon Australia 2020 Stationary Energy Plan Melbourne launch

Posted on 21 Jun 2010

Hosted by our partners, the University of Melbourne Energy Institute

Wednesday 14 July

6-8pm

Basement theatre, The Spot, 198 Berkeley St, Carlton

For further information click here

Speakers:
John Daley (CEO Grattan Institute)
Keith Lovegrove (Solar Thermal Group Leader, ANU)
Lane Crockett (General Manager, Pacific Hydro)
Matthew Wright (Director Beyond Zero Emissions)

BZE Workshop: Educate your local MP about transitioning to renewable energy!

Posted on 06 Apr 2010

Educate your local MP about transitioning to renewable energy!

Beyond Zero Emissions is running a workshop to help climate activists take the campaign to your local MP.  Come along to:

  • learn how to get the most out of meeting your MP.
  • be briefed on the Zero Carbon Australia 2020 Stationary Energy Report - a comprehensive blueprint for transitioning to renewable energy by 2020.
  • meet other people from your area whom you can work with to influence your MP.

Workshop details:

6.15 (for 6:30start)-8:30pm Wednesday 14th April
Venue: Climate Action Centre,
Level 5, Trades Hall New Building
Cnr Lygon St and Victoria Pde
(Enter from Lygon St laneway)

Cost: Free
Tea and coffee provided.

Please RSVP with your name, email address, preferred phone number, suburb and name of your climate action group (if you have one) to allow us to organise local area contingents.

RSVP ASAP to jamesT@beyondzeroemissions.org

Beyond Zero Emissions at the Sustainable Living Festival

Posted on 11 Feb 2010

For those in Melbourne, Beyond Zero Emissions is giving a series of talks during the Sustainable Living Festival at Federation Square, 19-21 February.

Details are:

Saturday 20 Feb - 5-6pm, Design Tent. Zero Emissions Transport - how do we get there? For more information click here.

Sunday 21 Feb – 11am–12.30pm, The Edge. Presenting with Professor Mark Z Jacobson from Stanford University. Going zero emissions - local and global. For more information click here.

Sunday 21 Feb – 3-4pm, Think Tent. Zero Emissions Electricity - how do we get there? For more information click here.

The Transition Decade Launch - a ten year transition for a safe climate and sustainable future

Posted on 19 Jan 2010

Register for your free seat here: http://t10.eventbrite.com/

Drawing together and showcasing the work of environment and social groups working for the necessary decade of transition to a safe climate and sustainable future.

Come along and learn how you can be involved in this inspiring and historic project.

For a brochure with further information on The Transition Decade click here.

Event details:
Sunday 14 February
12noon
Melbourne Town Hall, Swanston St, City.

Featuring:
The Governor of Victoria Professor David de Kretser AC
Uncle Bob Randall traditional owner of Uluru
Professor Will Steffen, Executive Director, ANU Climate Change Institute
Senator Christine Milne
The work of Australia's leading edge environmental and social organisations
...and more to be announced.

POLITICIAN REBRANDING - Every Wednesday, 5.30-6.30pm

Posted on 12 Jan 2010

Melbourne
Every Wednesday starting 3 February
5.30-6.30pm, 112 Smith St, Collingwood

Our weekly re-branding sessions continue and we need you!!

After completing six weeks in a row in 2009, we will now attempt to have a weekly presence outside Labor Minister Richard Wynne's office until the November State Election or until the Brumby Government implements some decent climate crisis policies!

We will be correcting the Brumby Government's image, to match its pro-coal actions, every Wednesday, 5.30-6.30pm, 112 Smith St, Collingwood.

WE NEED YOU FOR THIS TO SUCCEED – CAN YOU FILL A WEEKLY, FORTNIGHTLY, MONTHLY OR ONE-OFF ONE HOUR SHIFT AT THE PROTEST VIGIL ON A WEDNESDAY EVENING? If you can please contact us – pablo -at- beyondzeroemissions.org

Walk Against Warming - Nation-wide Saturday 12 December

Posted on 07 Dec 2009

UPDATE (16 December): around 90,000 people walked across Australia! Click here  for photos and video of the 40,000 strong Walk in Melbourne.

WALK AGAINST WARMING
12/12/09 - In every capital city and regional centres

Renewable is Do-able Public Meeting

Posted on 25 Nov 2009

Featuring:

Clive Hamilton - Greens candidate for the Higgins by-election and author of Scorcher

Rob Gell - Environmental geographer and TV weather presenter

Mark Ogge - Beyond Zero Emissions

David Turner - Engineer and former Solar Systems employee

Save Solar Systems, Save Clean Energy Jobs

Posted on 13 Oct 2009

In September the company Solar Systems went into administration making 100 workers redundant. This has put the construction of the first large scale solar power plant (concentrated photovoltaics) in Australia in doubt. It was to have been a $420 million project that would have created 1000 jobs in construction and powered 45,000 homes.

State and federal governments had already promised $125 million to the project, but so far released less than $3 million of that money. We are asking that the federal government immediately intervenes to guarantee:

(i) that the Solar Systems factory in Abbotsford remains open,

(ii) that the redundant workers are reinstated and,

(iii) that a large scale solar power plant is built in Mildura.

It is hard to believe our state and federal governments when they say they care about creating clean energy jobs if they can’t even save the ones we already have.

TAKE ACTION NOW: