Newcastle

A community festival "Cultivating Creative Community"was held today at Webb Park Mayfield, /Newcastle Guerrilla Gardening Group made Garden Beds and planted Herbs and Veggies. The Gardens where extended During the recent Climate Camp by Camp attendees.

Are you
passionate about sustainability
and looking for something a little different to do this coming summer?
And what
about bicycles? Have you ever dreamt about riding around parts of
Australia on
two wheels? If so, then why not put those dreams into action and join
The
Otesha Project (Australia): Cycling for Sustainability's forthcoming
adventures. The project is currently seeking 40 participants to take
part in
two six-week cycle tours: Brisbane to Newcastle (15 November – 22
December

Nine Climate campers from across Australia stop Work at the world's largest coal port as NSW government is chained tot he coal industry

6am Kooragang coal loader ,Newcastle, NSW Australia.

Are you passionate about sustainability and looking for something a little different to do this coming summer? And what about bicycles? Have you ever dreamt about riding around parts of Australia on two wheels? If so, then why not put those dreams into action and join The Otesha Project (Australia): Cycling for Sustainability's forthcoming adventures. The project is currently seeking 40 participants to take part in two six-week cycle tours: Brisbane to Newcastle (15 November - 22 December 2008); Melbourne to Adelaide (18 January - 1 March 2009).

New South Wales police have mustered a force of 160 officers to manage protestors at this week's Climate Camp in Newcastle. Riot Squad, water police, mounted police and police dogs will be at the ready, preempting conflict that organisers have been carefully planning to avoid.

The camp comes in the wake of the release of the Garnaut Draft Report on Climate Change and the proposed introduction in 2010 of a Carbon Emissions Trading scheme which has met political and industry opposition.

27 Greenpeace activists are taking non-violent direct action to stop
climate-changing coal from being burnt at Eraring, Australia's most
polluting coal-fired power plant. The activists, including an ex-miner
from the Hunter Valley, have blockaded the coal supply to the plant by
locking on to the conveyor. The action comes as the Australian
government's climate change advisor Professor Ross Garnaut prepares to
deliver his Draft Climate Change Review.

Photos | Energy [r]evolution Live Reports

Update: Greenpeace blockades coal fired power station, demands Energy [R]evolution

Greenpeace has announced the Esperanza will be visiting the East Coast of Australia over the next six weeks highlighting the need for a transition away from coal to clean renewable energy as contained in a new report called Blueprint for an energy [r]evolution

In related news: The Minister for Climate Change has announced new Greenhouse Gas Emission reporting requirements; and scientists have proclaimed that ocean warming has proceeded faster than expected and that the West Antarctic Ice Sheet is in danger of collapse over a period of 20 years possibly raising sea levels 4 to 6 metres, unless measures are taken to limit fossil fuel use and its contribution to global warming. Upcoming event: Camp for Climate Action, Newcastle July 10-15