Business Eco Warriors, Walkers & Surfers!

What’s coming up for business eco warriors, walkers and surfers? Business Eco Forum in Brisbane 28 October, Surfriders debate on “why climate change will be good for surfers” in Tweed Heads 7 November and Walk Against Warming in Brisbane 12 December.

Come one – come all – rally together to share your ideas and promote your sustainable businesses.

Great networking opportunity to meet like minded people and businesses.

Wednesday, 28 October

Baci Lounge, 283 Given Tce, Paddington, Brisbane

5.30 pm Start -

We have lined up three guest speakers who are experts in their own field. People well worth meeting and hearing from:

Philippe Reboul – is a management consultant and president of the French Australian Chamber of Commerce in Qld. He is organsing Australia‚ first ever Conference on Electric Vehicles (in Brisbane 11 November).

David Hood – a Brisbane-based consulting engineer, who is the founder and chairman of the Australian Green Infrastructure Council. He is a well-known supporter of all things green and has been running the Greenhouse Solutions lecture series at QUT.

David Toomey – is the founder of Super Green Me, a social network site for all people and groups who are thinking and acting green. See www.supergreenme.com

All are welcome to attend Business Eco Forum, which is now run in association with the Brisbane Inner West Chamber of Commerce.

‘ECO’ Raffle Prizes to Win !!

$5 cover charge will include Light Snacks + ECO Door Prize Ticket

Please put in your diaries the date for the November Business Eco Forum, which moves to the second Wednesday of the month, 11 November.

BREAKING NEWS

The Business Eco Forum has the support of:

Lynne Brown – Brisbane Inner West Chamber of Commerce

Ken Hickson – ABC Carbon

Justin Graham – Huxbury Quinn

Source: www.bus-eco-forum.com

Surfriders Promote Change Change Debate

7 November – Surfrider Foundation Climate Change debate, Southern Cross University, Tweed Heads 10am;

The idea behind the title of this debate “Climate change will be good for surfers” was to come at this enormous problem from a completely different angle, and to stretch our grey matter in a humorous but thought provoking way. The public education value of the debate has been highlighted by the results of a recent survey, showing that climate change has slipped from number one concern of the Australian public.

The team for the positive will have their work cut out for them trying to convince us that climate change will be good for surfers. We know that climate change will have overwhelmingly negative impacts, and appreciate the complete mind flip necessary for this task?
Adjudicator

Wendy Harmer

Wendy Harmer is one of Australia’s best-known humourists. She has enjoyed a highly successful thirty-year career in journalism, radio, television and stand-up comedy.

She has written for newspapers, been a regular columnist for magazines and is the author of five books for adults, two plays, three one-woman stage shows and a libretto for the Australian Opera. Her bestselling children’s book series “Pearlie in the Park” has been translated into ten languages and is the subject of an animated television series.

Wendy lives on Sydney’s Northern Beaches with her husband, two young children, and (at last count) fifteen chickens and three ducks.

1^st speaker for the negative

Narelle Sutherland, from the Office of Climate Change, Department of Environment & Resource Management

2nd speaker for the negative

Darrell Strauss, Griffith Centre for Coastal Management, Griffith University, Gold Coast Campus

3rd speaker for the negative

Tim Baker, is the author of four best-selling books on surfing, including  ”High Surf” (Harper Collins, 2007).

1^st speaker for the positive

Colman Ridge is the organiser of Greenfest, Australia’s leading free and green public festival

2nd speaker for the positive

Liz Cantor, a keen surfer, files weekend beach and surf reports for Television Seven News Brisbane.

3rd speaker for the positive

Ken Hickson, is author of The ABC of Carbon and founder of ABC Carbon, climate change consulting

Source: www.surfridergct.org

Important Walk Against Warming Announcement

Walk Against Warming is Australia’s largest day of community action on climate change! This year Greenfest will assist Queensland Conservation Council organize the Walk Against Warming in Brisbane on Saturday 12th December at 10am in the Brisbane CBD.

This year’s walk coincides with a very important day of global action on December 12th, aimed to influence our leaders to agree to a safe climate future at the UN Climate Change Negotiations in Copenhagen.

“350 Leadership For a Safe Climate!” is the call to action for Walk Against Warming and also the new target Al Gore called on leaders to “toughen our goal” towards to avoid catastrophic climate change. This safe climate benchmark of 350 parts per million (CO2) by 2050 (view more information on background to targets at www.350.org) is the call to action target for rallies around the world on Saturday December 12th.

We are in the midst of rallying support for the walk, all expressions of interest from schools and universities to individuals and business are welcome by return email. You may choose to organize a group at work or school, volunteer to organize or sponsor the Walk Against Warming for Brisbane, please just reply to offer assistance.

Mark in your diary “Walk Against Warming 10am Saturday 12th December Brisbane CBD.” The exact details of place, route, ways of participating and exciting support festival around the Walk Against Warming will be confirmed next week.

Make Saturday 12th December your day of action for a safe climate!

Source: www.qccqld.org.au and www.greenfest.com.au