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About us. Rising Tide Australia is a grassroots Newcastle group taking action against the causes of anthropogenic climate change and for equitable, just, effective, and sustainable solutions to the crisis. We are committed to the principals of Non-violent Direct Action. We are part of the global Rising Tide climate justice movement. We live in the biggest coal port in the cosmos.
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Hunter Community Environment Centre Climate change: Brought to you by coal mining Bird's eye view of coal mining #1 - Lee Rhiannon's collection aerial coal mining shots in the Hunter Bird's eye view of coal mining #2 - Collection of Google Earth coal infrastructure files at aboutcarbon.com.au
Climate Camp Australia - organising a coal/climate direct action camp in Newcastle in July 2008. Climate Action Network Australia - Umbrella groups of climate NGOs in Australia. Visit the "members" page for links to all of their web pages. Australian Student Environment Network climatemovement.org.au - attempting to link all grassroots climate groups in Australia. Carbon Equity Project - campaigning for equal carbon rationing Citizens' Climate Campaign - mobilising e-lobbying campaigns Stop Hummers - being the military tractor that Holden has made available to Aussie battlers. Coolforests.org - need another reason to protect old growth forests? Peacebus.com - Mic'd up and mobile campaign of witness and public speak-outs for peace, justice and the Earth We are part of a global grassroots movement against the root causes of climate change, and for climate justice.
Other international climate/fossil fuel activism Climate Camp UK - the annual Camp for Climate Action UK. Save Happy Valley - high profile national campaign in NZ/Aotearoa to prevent coal mining in the precious Happy Valley Plane Stupid - UK group active against airport expansion Plan B - campaigning to end the UK Government's support for the oil industry Environmental Justice and Climate Change Initiative Oil Watch - opposes the activities of oil companies in tropical countries. Baku Ceyhan campaign - against the oil pipeline through Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey. Unravelling the Carbon Web - to reduce the environmental and social impacts of oil corporations Critical Mass - and there is one in Newcastle World Naked Bike Ride - annual, global, naked protest rides against cars, oil, climate change, war... Firstnations.de - campaigning against coal, oil, and gas extraction on indigenous lands in British Columbia Oil Sands Truth - shut down the tar sands Biofuewatch - exposing the devastion wrought by the biofuels industry NUFFGlobal - global climate change film-making festival. Films available from the website. Phulbari Resistance - a blog on the campaign against the massive proposed Phulbari coal mine in Bangladesh
Issues, solutions, research Cheatneutral - Helping you to offset your heartache emissions. The Story of Stuff -- great resources on the chain of production and consumption and its environmental and social costs. Carbon Trading, the book - A comprehensive, accessible, and generally excellent downloadable book outlining the history and fatal flaws of carbon trading. Read the blurb. Energyscience.org.au - collaboration of concerned scientists, engineers and policy experts to present information to people on the issue of sustainable energy. The Australia Institute - progressive think tank with a passion for climate research Alternative Technology Association - Australian organisation promoting sustainable energy. Environmental Justice Initiative Australia - exposes the social, environmental and cultural costs associated with Australia's non-renewable energy industry AID/WATCH - Activist organisation monitoring and campaigning on Australian overseas aid and trade policies and programs Mineral Policy Institute - Monitering the practices of the mining industry. Carbon Trade Watch - Publishes brutal critiques of the emerging global orthodoxy that carbon trading can save us. The Corner House UK - think tank that does a lot of work on carbon trading and climate justice. CDM Watch - moniters the Clean Development Mechanism of the Kyoto Protocol (that's the bit that allows rich countries to fake their way out of cutting emissions by planting monoculture tree plantations in poor countries) Sinks Watch - tracking and scrutinising carbon sink projects New Economics Foundation - progressive think tank doing a lot of work on climate change Politics of Oil - a project by the US Centre for Public Integrity envirowiki.info - environmentalism/activism based wiki resource (editable) Mines and Communities - seeks to empower mining-affected communities in their struggles against damaging proposals and projects. Skeptical Science - Catalogues and debunks the arguments used by climate denialists. Submitted by admin on 22 October 2005 - 11:49am.
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