It looks set to be a big year for climate action in Australia and internationally. If you have ever wanted to learn more about climate change now is the best time to get involved!
Come along to the UQ CfC Stall on Market Day, this Wednesday 22nd February from 10am – 3pm in the Great Court, to find out what’s in store for the year ahead.
Look for the green UQ Climate for Change banner.
UQ Climate for Change is currently seeking individuals passionate about climate change & sustainability to fill the following roles:
- Coordinator (President, can be a shared role)… to coordinate the group’s activities
- Treasurer ….to take care of all financial transactions for the group
- Social coordinator(s)…to plan and helps to deliver social events and activities for UQCfC members
- Volunteer coordinator(s)…to assist in the recruitment and coordination of interested volunteers, and management of e-lists
- Media and online communications officer(s)…to ensure that our Facebook page and website are kept updated
Detailed position descriptions can be found here.
The 2012 Exec will be voted in during our AGM/pizza party next week on Wednesday 19th October, 5.30 – 7PM @ the Pizza Café. Event on Facebook
Interested? Don’t be shy! Email Sam to express your interest, or for more information on uqclimateforchange {at} gmail {dot} com.
Volunteering with UQCfC operates with the idea of ‘flexibility within boundaries’ – that is, you will have support and guidance from the group to carry out tasks that need to be done, but you will also have the flexibility to take on the role or any new challenges in your own way.
We’re interested in talking to anyone interested in building a sustainable future – bloggers, crafters, gardeners, engineers, medics, journos, enviros, economists, architects…
Please note that while UQCfC is open for participation and membership from both students and staff, for the key roles (Coordinator, Treasurer) a student must take these positions.
UQCfC works within a non-hierarchical structure, where everyone has equal say in the group decision making process.
If you’d like to join the 50 others from UQ who are going to Powershift next weekend (in Brisbane!) then join up on campus today!
Dan and others will be visiting lectures, and running a stall near the Grassy Knoll each day – so call by, and find out why you would be mad to miss this.
Hey everyone,
My name’s Dan, I’ve come from Adelaide to help promote Powershift and I’m going to be on campus selling tickets for only $50 (half price!)
Powershift is an incredible opportunity to send a strong message that hundreds of young people support strong action climate change and learn amazing skills to help you keep on creating change in your community.
If you want to come and grab one, email me on daniel.spencer@youthclimatecoalition.org or give me a call on 0423 865 632
Look forward to seeing you on campus,
Dan Spencer
- Learn about fire and ecology
- Gain bush skills
- Travel costs, food and accommodation will be provided
We, the caretakers and friends of Bimblebox are endlessly busy fighting the proposal to develop a coal mine on our Nature Refuge. But on the ground there is still plenty of work to provide basic care for the biodiversity on the property.
At the moment we are getting ready for a potentially disastrous bushfire season. The extended wet season has left us with wall to wall long, dry, grass and a rare mass germination of tree seedlings. So now we have the important job of burning wide breaks to prevent large hot fires that could destroy the precious flora and fauna. We burn the breaks at night when conditions permit, and we are looking for volunteers to help!
Some enthusiastic volunteers over the next couple of months would make our fire protection strategy a reality.
It would also deliver bonus points in arguing the case against turning Bimblebox into a coal mine. This is interesting if hard work, with plenty of opportunity to learn about fire and ecology, and to gain bush skills. Please don’t delay if you have half a mind to join us. Come for a week, two weeks or even a month – call us if you’re interested in joining a group of volunteers.
The days that we work depend entirely on the weather (wind). There is ample quiet time and space for study during the day, so you could bring your uni work with you.
Please help spread the word and get in touch if you are interested to find out more.
Take care,
The Bimblebox Team (Roy, John, Paola, Ian, Karl, Ack, Bella, etc
email: bimblebox@gmail.com
phone: Paola, Roy or Ian 07 49853474 or 07 49853459
www.bimblebox.org and ‘Bimblebox Nature Refuge’ on Facebook
Tuesday September 27, 2011 from 6pm to 8pm
State Library of Queensland Auditorium 2, Southbank
This public forum will examine innovation, intelligence and imagination in Queensland.
What will Queensland look like in 2020?
If the last decade has taught us anything, the lesson is how quickly and comprehensively our world can change in the face of an idea whose time has come. While predicting the future is always hazardous (after all, it was Bill Gates who said 640k of RAM “ought to be enough for anybody”), there are innovations available right now which, within the next decade, are likely to change the way we live, work, move about, communicate and learn.
http://collaborativeconsumption.com/
Collaborative Consumption is an emerging movement where old ideas of swapping, sharing, bartering, trading and renting are given a new lease of life.
Social media is changing the way we communicate, share, learn and adapt, inspire others and find inspiration ourselves.
Transitions towns are a community-led response to the pressures of climate change, fossil fuel depletion and increasingly, economic contraction. And we have them developing here in Brisbane.
Technology, social change and commercial imperatives are all driving new ways to work. “New-economy” jobs and industries are emerging every year, and by 2020, our workplaces could look very different indeed.
Cost: $20 including GST ($15 for Brisbane Institute subscribers).
To register and pay go to http://www.brisinst.org.au/
