Climate run
Safe Climate Australia – Run for a Safe Climate
Run for a Safe Climate is a unique and powerful project aimed at protecting life, property and the great natural icons of our country from a slide towards catastrophic global warming.
The run is being performed by active and serving members of Australia’s emergency services– firefighters, paramedics, police, military and emergency services workers – many of whom were directly exposed to recent climate-driven disasters in Australia such as the 2009 Victorian bush fires.
http://climateactioncanberra.org/
A team of 25 trained runners from the various emergency services will run in a relay over 6000 kilometres to link Australia’s unique, world-renowned natural icons, most of which will be devastated if atmospheric greenhouse gas levels are not brought back to a safe climate threshold.
Scientists and researchers
The run will engage lead scientists across each major ecosystem. For instance, while on the Great Barrier Reef we will visit the Heron Island research facility and take part in a guided tour hosted by Professor Ove Hoegh Guldberg, a world expert on the Reef.
Community and schools engagement
At every stage of the run the local community is important to us. There will be a community event almost every night, in which we will look to engage local and state government members, the local emergency services, sports clubs, service clubs and other community organisations, the local business community, environment groups, indigenous communities, agricultural groups, universities and schools to participate.
At each of these events we plan to have a public forum to talk about global warming risks and solutions and present the perspectives of the scientists and emergency services. These events will be designed to be fun, inclusive, apolitical, solutions-focused and science-based.
Day 15: Canberra
Monday 16 November: “The big solar BBQ”
Time: 2pm
Location: end of Garran Road, Australian National University
Event: “The big solar BBQ”. Meet Australia’s leading solar thermal scientists and have a sausage cooked by a solar powered BBQ.
All welcome
Monday 16 November: Parliament House briefing
Time: 4.45pm for 5pm
Location: Parliament House Theatre
Event: Climate change reaction: Global warming and Australia’s security
Presenters: Professor Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, Global Change Institute, University of Queensland and Dr. Paul Tregoning, Australian National University, Research School of Earth Sciences
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