Walk Against Warming 2010
WALK WITH THE PEOPLE. NOT THE BIG POLLUTERS.
We’re doing our bit on climate change. It’s time to make our government do theirs.
With the federal election looming, we decided to hold a Walk Against Warming to demand that our next government faces up to their responsibilities on climate change. Hundreds of people turned out to remind them that to secure our votes, they must walk with the people; not the big polluters.
This year we took our message for a safe climate straight to the people that matter most – the voters.
We coordinated hundreds of Victorians in three key areas to come together and letterbox. We wanted to make sure that voters in those areas knew exactly what actions our leaders needed to take on climate change.
That means that less than one week before the federal election, up to 300,000 of the most influential voters in Victoria received our safe climate message. How good!
See all the photos from the Walk
Check out our Live Blog from the day
Find out what we're asking our politicians to commit to
There's still a way to get involved! Sign our petition to the next PM
HELP US CELEBRATE! If you took part in the day, you're invited to celebrate with us after you've finished letterboxing. Anytime from 4.00pm to 7.00pm at The Workers Club, Corner Gertrude Street and Brunswick Street Fitzroy (accessible by tram 86, tram 112 or 10 minutes walk from Parliament Station).
PARTNERS
Wind farm nod for Buloke Shire
14 June 2013
ABC
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Windfarm industry fears consequences of Coalition turbine noise policy
12 June 2013
Lenore Taylor, The Guardian
The Coalition will impose new noise monitoring rules on windfarms that the multibillion dollar industry says will inflict crippling...
moreBold coal export vision
6 June 2013
Louis Nelson, Latrobe Valley Express
Govt cools on climate
5 June 2013
Chris McLennan & Cimara Pearce, Weekly Times Now
Welcome to Victoria, no wind farms allowed
30 May 2013
Alex White, The Guardian
Shorten to block Abbott on carbon tax
29 May 2013
Tom Arup, The Age
Doubts over Coalition plan to cut emissions
29 May 2013
Tom Arup, The Age
State adopting softer approach on land clearing
22 May 2013
Tom Arup, The Age
Doubts emerge over Latrobe Valley transition
16 May 2013
ABC
Renewable energy projects lose in budget
15 May 2013
ABC PM
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