Queensland Climate Movement

This is a reproduction of an article published on December 13th in the Melbourne Age. Although it was not one of the workshops at the Climate Summit, I found it to be so inspiring and hopeful that felt it was something important to share amongst the Queensland Climate Movement. You can view the original article here.

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This workshop considered the Queensland Water Commission’s recent Target 140 campaign as an exemplar of a social marketing approach to reducing consumption, in this case water. Participants distilled the lessons from the Target 140 campaign for a similar campaign in Queensland to reduce energy demand and consumption.

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This workshop discussed the role that could be played by the Queensland Climate Movement in building effective transition pathways for urban sustainability. A series of position statements were developed by the group that could be used to form the basis of an urban sustainability policy platform.

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The St John’s Wood Sustainability Group provided a template of a letter that they developed in their community to build awareness of and engage local residents and workers in their Climate Action Group. This letter was delivered to residents, complete with a reply paid envelope, and included an invitation to a film screening in the neighbourhood.

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