Gasland Campaign
At our screening of Gasland the movie we found a lot of people who wanted to know what to do next.
This page is for people who want to make difference and these are the action steps that you can take...
Step 1 - Watch the Movie Gasland and Get Educated
Go to a local screening of GasLand, join us at our next screening or call (07) 5576 3590 to purchase your very own copy... with it you can watch it in your own time or organise a house party at a time that works for you.
Get educated about what is going on in your own backyard. This is effecting our Farmers, our drinking water and our food supply.
Go to the Lock The Gate website and see what is going on in your back yard, keep up to date with the happenings in your area.
Lock the Gate
This is the number one site for supporting Farmers and land owners, it will keep you up to date on the movements happening in Australia in relation to Coal Seam Gas exploration.
The LOCK THE GATE Alliance is a national alliance of over 75 community, industry and environmental groups and over 500 supporters concerned with the devastating impact that certain inadequately assessed and inadequately-regulated fossil fuel extraction industries are having on our short and long term physical, social, environmental and economic wellbeing. We are particularly concerned with the damage caused by the coal and coal seam gas (CSG) mining industries.
Watch these YouTube videos
The Coal Seam Gas Land Grab (60 Minutes)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaWA_TDG56I
4 Corners - The Gas Rush
http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/special_eds/20110221/gas/default.htm
Coal seam gas and mining threats to the Darling Downs Part 1. Dr John Standley with Ben Beeton
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryvejC_HlWA
Coal seam gas and mining threats to the Darling Downs Part 2. Dr John Standley with Ben Beeton
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tObt9HmtLdg
Why Tara is Blockading QGC - The Tara Blockade of Coal Seam Gas Company QGC
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4gGERobicw&gclid=CKWYldmHr6gCFcFrpAodSnYrHg
Rob Oakeshot at the Can't Eat Coal, Can't Drink Gas Rally
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpEHItRD4uA&NR=1
Lock The Gate - the coal seam gas mining situation in Queensland
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2w5KpKe0ys4&NR=1
Step 2 - Take Responsibility
Take responsibility for your part in the energy that you consume each moment. Go to Panacea - Building Our Children a Future http://www.panacea-bocaf.org/hidrofreeenergysystem.htm and look at the alternative energy supplies that are currently in place on the Gold Coast and are more economical than the current coal generated energy.You will be surprised at their simplicity and brilliance.
Step 3 - Local Council
Contact your Local Councillor and let them know how you feel about the Coal Seam Gas exploration happening in your backyard.
Gold Coast
http://www.goldcoast.qld.gov.au/t_standard2.aspx?pid=349
Northern NSW
Northern Rivers Regional Organisation of Councils (NOROC)
Constituent Councils - Ballina, Byron, Clarence Valley, Kyogle, Lismore, Richmond River County, Richmond Valley, Rous Water,
Tweed Chair: Clr Jenny Dowell
Executive Officer: Mr Paul G O'Sullivan PO Box 230, Lismore NSW 2480
Phone: 02 6625 0500
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Step 4 - Local MP
Contact your local MP
Qld
Find your MP and their contact details here
http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/view/legislativeAssembly/documents/MEMLIST.pdf
NSW
Find your local MP and their contact details here
Step 5 - Federal Parliament
Contact your Federal MP
Qld
Federal Electorate: McPherson
Member: Karen Andrews
Telephone: 132326
Fax: 07 5591 7243
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Address: 1st Floor 3 Short St Southport QLD 4215
Postal Address: PO Box 3080 Southport QLD 4215
NSW
Federal Electorate: Richmond
Member: Justine Elliott
Party: ALP
Telephone: 132326
Fax: 07 5599 1114
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Address: Shops 2-3 Tweed City Arcade 69 Wharf St Tweed Heads NSW 2485
Postal Address: PO Box 690 Tweed Heads NSW 2485
Step 6 - Spread the Word
Let your friends know by email or facebook, use your networking skills to educate people about what this means to our Farmers, our water supply and our food bowl. You can do a flyer drop or door knock in your local area...think outside the square on how you can let people know...
Tell your friends to conect to Life Changing Docos on Facebook to keep up to date with the latest screening and peaceful protests in our local area.
If you would like to screen the movie Gasland in your local area please contact us to discuss how we can make that happen for you.
Write to or call your local radio stations and newspapers, they are here to inform the public about what is going on in our back yard. Ask them about the issue of Liquid Natural Gas and Fracking, ask them to investigate and run a story. Movements like this cannot succeed without people power, we need your help.
Step 7 - Join a Local Group
Join a local group that loves the environment and who make our food and our land a priority. Join them so you can create community, be with like minded people and increase our groundswell to make our environment a priority in the minds of everyone.
Greencross Australia
Green Cross Australia empowers people to respond to environmental change, in ways that embrace sustainability and community resilience. Our focus includes natural disasters such as bushfires, cyclones, floods and longer-term change such as rising sea levels and drought. We support practical action that inspires a values shift towards sustainability and resilience, working through social media and on the ground with young emergency volunteers, communities impacted by severe weather events, and primary school students providing award winning environmental education.
http://www.greencrossaustralia.org/
Transition Decade Alliance
The Transition Decade presents a different approach that recognises the full scale, scope and speed of change necessary to match the climate emergency.
The Transition Decade creates a campaign platform and a shared timeline for action for the next ten years.
Transition Network
Transition Network helps communities deal with climate change and shrinking supplies of cheap energy (peak oil). THis process, which we will cann Transition, aims to create stronger, happier communities.
http://www.transitionnetwork.org/
Surfers for Cetaceans
Surfers for Cetaceans is commited to activating ocean-minded people everywhere to support the conservation and protection of whales, dolphins and marine life. It's through compassion, awareness, education, media and dedicated interventions that we will accomplish this goal. We seek to be a human voice for and defender of cetaceans worldwide
GECKO
Gecko - Gold Coast and Hinterland Environment Council Association Incorporated was founded in 1989 when representatives of six local conservation groups joined together.
They envisioned the organisation working for the care, protection and conservation of the natural environment and the improvement of the built environment so that it would become more ecologically sustainable.
Permaculture Gold Coast
Permaculture is an approach to designing human settlements and agricultural systems that are modeled on the relationships found in natural ecologies.
Permaculture is sustainable land use design. This is based on ecological and biological principles, often using patterns that occur in nature to maximise effect and minimise work. Permaculture aims to create stable, productive systems that provide for human needs, harmoniously integrating the land with its inhabitants.
facebook.com/permaculture.goldcoast
Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Program
The revolution rumbled into action in 2001, when renowned cook and food writer Stephanie Alexander OAM joined forces with an inner-Melbourne school community to establish the Kitchen Garden Program at Collingwood College. Stephanie’s pioneering approach to food education is now flourishing in many schools, with more to come through ongoing Australian national and state government funding.
http://www.kitchengardenfoundation.org.au/index.php
Eco Village Currumbin
A world leading ecological and sustainable living community.
http://www.theecovillage.com.au/
Community Gardens
Want to be part of a community gardening project? Community gardens are a great way for residents without their own garden, or those who want to be part of a community gardening project to get out and use their green thumb.
http://www.gcparks.com.au/activities.aspx?page=37
Hearts for Sharks Australia
Hearts for Sharks Australia is an environmental awareness organisation created to raise awareness about sharks, their true nature and the dangers that pose a threat to their existence.
Gold Coast Organic Growers
The aims of the GCOG Inc are:
- To promote organic sustainable food raising for home gardens and farms
- To foster research into improved method of organic farming and gardening
- To provide information and support to all those interested in the various aspects of organic growing
http://gcorganicgrowers.blogspot.com/
Bond University Institute of Sustainable Development and Architecture
Bond University’s Institute of Sustainable Development and Architecture is dedicated to the concept and practice of sustainability by integrating design, planning, property, construction, urban development and sustainable science education.
