VIC - MELBOURNE SOCIAL FORUM 2007
MELBOURNE SOCIAL FORUM 2007
Mark the weekend of April 20-22 in your new 2007 diaries, because this year's Melbourne Social Forum promises to be an inspiring and useful community event!
Zero Emission Network members are involved in two events.
Saturday 1:00pm – 2:15pm Forests and Climate Change
A workshop discusses the important role forests have in a global warming world. The workshop will look at threats to forests, their important role as a carbon sinks, and ways we can tackle the endemic native forests destruction which continues to release massive amounts of CO2, including looking at certification and building options. Run by Chris Taylor from Beyond Zero Emissions, www.beyondzeroemissions.org
Saturday 4:00pm – 5:15pm Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change
A workshop discussing how to avoid a runaway climate change event, including 'The Problems and the Risks', the Solutions', and what the audience can do to help. The
workshop is focused around the serious side of climate change, making a case for strong and fast action at a societal level. We will include scenarios for the effects of various temperature rises, based on information from the Stern Report, as well as solution options for transport, agriculture and stationary energy. The outcome of the
workshop is that we will have help educate people as to the seriousness of the issue they face and what solutions can be implemented, whilst also having encouraged
them to take on the values of a zero emission minus transition and become personally active and join or establish a local community based climate action group.
Speakers include Philip Sutton from Greenleap Strategic Institute, Matthew Wright from Beyond Zero Emissions, and Adrian Whitehead from Zero Emission Network. Run by Adrian Whitehead Zero Emission Network, www.zeroemissionnetwork.org (A network of groups working towards achieving zero emissions and below as fast as possible)
To find out more about how you can participate in this year's Melbourne Social Forum, visit www.melbournesocialforum.org,

