‘Camp Out For Climate’ in Thirroul postponed
Local activists, citizens and environmental groups are coming together to voice their concerns over the climate emergency.
***EVENT POSTPONED***
Given the high chance of (quite a lot of) rain on Saturday, we've made the call to postpone Camp Out for Climate.
New date is: Saturday, 17 April 2021.
Please mark this new date in your diaries and we'll see you there!
If you haven't already registered, you can do so at : https://camp-out-for-climate.eventbrite.com.au
Author: Extinction Rebellion Northern Illawarra
Local activists, citizens and environmental groups are coming together to voice their concerns over the climate emergency. On Saturday 20 March, the group is uniting at W.F. Jackson Park in Thirroul to demand the federal government take urgent action on climate change through creativity, action and play.
Prof. Tim Flannery is leading a panel of expert speakers and musical guests at this vibrant ‘protestival’ in support of the Extinction Rebellion’s demands.
“I’m an ordinary Australian that was driven to help set up XR Northern Illawarra due to my frustration over not enough being done to address the emergency we face,” said Trent Jansen of Thirroul.
“As a father concerned about my daughter’s future, I cannot face telling her that I didn’t try my hardest to protect what she’s inheriting. Emissions continue to escalate, biodiversity is being obliterated, and yet those put in charge remain committed to mining interests, not the people they serve.”
Extinction Rebellion demands the federal government declares a climate and ecological emergency and commits to zero net emissions by 2030. They also want to see an end to coal mining in our local region beneath the water catchment, which not only threatens our climate, but our clean drinking water.
From 9am on 20 March, there will be kids activities, live music, letter-writing, a mud stomp and speakers. Community members are invited to settle in and camp out for the day, to bond as a community over this critical issue.
There will be an art installation of an extinct species graveyard, symbolising one of the lesser known impacts of climate change – the loss of biodiversity. Volunteers have made 75 mudbrick tombstones and are endeavouring to create more on the day aiming to reach 150, the number of species lost per day around the world.
As Ahmed Djoghlaf, then Executive Secretary of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity once said, “Every hour, three species disappear. Every day, 150 species are lost. Every year between 18,000-55,000 species become extinct. The cause? Human activities… Climate change is one of the major driving forces behind the unprecedented loss of biodiversity”.
Extinction Rebellion believes in the power of creativity to convey such an important message.
This is a free, COVID-safe event. People are required to register their attendance at: camp-out-for-climate.eventbrite.com.au
