Archive for February, 2009

Climate change likely to be more devastating than experts predicted, warns top IPCC scientist

By Save Eumundi Team • Feb 17th, 2009 • Category: Featured Articles, News

Without decisive action, global warming in the 21st century is likely to accelerate at a much faster pace and cause more environmental damage than predicted, according to a leading member of the Nobel Prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
“Go Solar” on Swanbank B smoke stack (with thanks Greenpeace/Shakespeare)
IPCC scientist Chris Field of Stanford University and [...]



Responding effectively to the Powerlink EIS

By Save Eumundi Team • Feb 12th, 2009 • Category: Calendar, Draft EIS

[ February 21, 2009; 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm. ]
Where:            Belli Hall, Eumundi Kenilworth Road
Cost:               Free
Details
PAGE is conducting a workshop to help people respond effectively to the Powerlink draft EIS for their proposed transmission line and substation through Eerwah Vale, that is expected in the next few weeks. The EIS will be a large document, that can be unwieldy, intimidating and complex. The workshop [...]



We are killing our children

By Save Eumundi Team • Feb 12th, 2009 • Category: News, Print Media

Letter from Dr Gerard Joyce that appeared in the Eumundi Green
I say this for two reasons; one to get your attention and two because it is true. You may choose not to read this or if you read it you may choose to forget it. Unfortunately, that will not make it go away. The doom [...]



Save the Mary River Community Meetings

By Save Eumundi Team • Feb 9th, 2009 • Category: News

Hi Friends of the Mary River,
What are the state Govt plans for the Mary Valley in 2009?
The Labor State Government’s position is full steam ahead on approvals to dam the Mary River at Traveston Crossing and the connecting pipeline NPI stage 2 (early 2009). QWI is putting together an environmental mitigation plan for its projects [...]



Top 7 alternative energies listed

By Save Eumundi Team • Feb 8th, 2009 • Category: News

The US could replace all its cars and trucks with electric cars powered by wind turbines taking up less than 3 square kilometres - in theory, at least. That’s the conclusion of a detailed study ranking 11 types of non-fossil fuels according to their total ecological footprint and their benefit to human health.
The study, carried [...]



Community Workshop - How to respond to the Powerlink EIS

By Save Eumundi Team • Feb 3rd, 2009 • Category: Calendar, News

[ February 6, 2009; 10:00 pm; ]  

Workshop: How to respond to the Powerlink EIS? Make your response count
Please respond to this email by Friday 6 February to register your interest. If you do not respond we cannot guarantee there will be places available on the workshop.
Do you want to make your response count and :

Show the [...]



Help for Richmond Birdwing

By Save Eumundi Team • Feb 3rd, 2009 • Category: Announcements, Calendar, Updates

[ February 28, 2009; ] This letter from Steve Hooper appeared in the Eumundi Green, 29 January 2009.
Congratulations to the Eumundi Community Gardners’ Group for thier support of the Richmond Birdwing butterfly, which needs community assistance if it is to survive locally.

The Richmond Birdwing Recovery Network is holding a free workshop on  the butterfly and local strategies for survival on [...]



Eumundi Markets Car Park

By Save Eumundi Team • Feb 2nd, 2009 • Category: Calendar

[ February 14, 2009; 6:00 am to 12:00 pm. ] PAGE is seeking volunteers to man the Eumundi Markets Car Park on Saturday  14th February.

What is required? It involves directing vehicles to designated parking spots  and collecting money. THAT’S ALL.     No need to engage or discuss the powerlines issues with the patrons.

We seek two groups of 4. One team on the morning 6 - 9am [...]