climate change

The Royal Society of New Zealand has released a statement setting out the basic facts about climate change in a clear, non-technical way. The Introduction to the statement says:

This year's Sustainable Energy Forum (SEF) conference will be a joint conference with Engineers for
Social Responsibility (ESR). It will be held at Unitec in Auckland on Saturday 26 July.

The conference theme is "Responding to Oil Depletion and Climate Change".

The programme and registration form are now available online at

http://www.sef.org.nz/conferences.html

Hope to see you there!

Please forward this information to interested individuals and networks.

Venue: St Johns in the City Church, cnr Willis and Dixon Streets, Wellington

Please Attend - This Is Extremely Important

Transit have begun consultation on the Ngauranga to Airport Transport
Strategy - and this could see more tunnels, more roads and more flyovers
being built through the heart of our city. The result will be more CO2,
more dependence on oil, and a worse quality of life for Wellington residents.

But there's still time to change the plan. Already there's a strong push
to make the city more pedestrian and cyclist friendly, and to invest in

Due to various reasons (most involving post party lethargy!) we only caught the end of Auckland's Climate Change Carnival on Saturday but it looked like a lot of fun. Check out the photos on flickr and the Be The Change website for more info on how you can make a real difference. Hopefully there will be another carnival soon!

Original Post: http://ecomonkey.blogspot.com/2007/12/climate-sos.html

The Soil Association UK's annual lecture was given by author Richard Heinberg at Central Hall, Westminster, London last month. Entitled "What will we eat when the oil runs out?" highlighted the changes we need to make soon if we are to avoid the 4 imminent crises in food, fuel, climate change and depletion of natural resources that await us if we do nothing!

Further to my post about Helen Clark's speech and our PM's challenge to her citizens to make New Zealand the World's first truly sustainable nation, the government have launched Sustainable a well designed and useful website with tips and advice on reducing our carbon footprints and living more sustainably.

I was very pleased to find out at Climate Change Festival in Wellington this weekend that there is an active Transition Towns movement in New Zealand. Transition Towns, http://www.transitiontowns.org.nz/, are towns where a group has taken on the responsibility to plan the transition to a lower-energy and lower-emissions future. It's a concept that's gained a lot of traction in the UK and Ireland, and now it's coming to a town or suburb near you.

It is well known that I get very passionate over my political views. One, which I have given thought to, is what I think about our parents and politicians. I feel they are very selfish and insensitive towards the problem facing us: Climate Change. I’m sure by now everybody is well aware now the basic science behind it so I won’t go into it.