Queensland Climate Movement

Disgruntled elves today took time from their Christmas duties to leave a special message for Kevin Rudd at his Morningside office in Brisbane. The elves are angry about Rudd’s 5% care factor and 95% coal factor in dealing with Australia’s climate change challenges.

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A string of protests erupted across the country in angry response to the Federal Government’s announcement on Monday that Australia would only cut its greenhouse gas emissions by between 5 and 15% by 2020. Rudd’s office was the target in Queensland, with successive actions over three days attempting to amplify the pressure on the Prime Minister to fulfil his election promise for leadership on climate change.

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This workshop was provided to organise actions around the Step In to Step It Up Campaign, happening across the country from December, 2008. More information on the the Step In Campaign is available from the website [http://stepitupaustralia.wordpress.com/]and you can download a copy of the Guide Book for Stepping In to plan your own campaign.

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This workshop was to inform and obtain feedback from participants about the proposed Coal Communities Listening tour being conducted in November, 2008, through southern and central Queensland, as an attempt to build awareness, understanding, and relations between Queensland climate campaigners and residents and workers in Queensland’s coal communities.

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In February, community climate action groups from across the continent are joining together for Australia’s Climate Action Summit in Canberra, the weekend before the first day of the 2009 Federal Parliament. Find out about the national summit here.

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On the evaluation forms for the summit, people were asked to suggest what influenced their decision to come to the summit. Three key themes emerged from this, highlighting the role of personal connections and relationships in sustaining the Queensland Climate Movement.

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