Bill McKibben’s “Do the Maths” tour to Australia

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Do the Maths

Global warming’s maths means Australia really counts

In November 2012, following publication of his Rolling Stone article, Global Warming’s Terrifying New Math, Bill McKibben and 350.org hit the road to build a movement strong enough to change the terrifying math of the climate crisis by getting people, colleges and governments to take their cash out of coal investments. Now the tour is coming to Australia. Book tickets or volunteer to help along the way. You can also download our A4 poster and DL flyer (3 per page) and distribute them around your campus, workplace and friends to help us promote the tour!

Bill joins Lateline to talk about Doing the Maths

You can watch Bill McKibben’s great interview on ABC TV’s Lateline program here.
McKibben Lateline

Bill McKibben joins Lateline

May 28th, 2013 | No Comments » | timhollo

Financing Reef Destruction – new report by 350.org and Market Forces

A new report released today by Market Forces and 350.org shows how Australia’s ‘big four’ banks, supported by international investors, are literally Financing Reef Destruction.
Here's what the big four banks do with your money

Here’s what the big four banks do with your money

The report makes it clear that the ‘big four’ Australian banks – ANZ, Commonwealth, NAB and Westpac – play a critical role in enabling major fossil fuel projects. Combined, these banks lent $3.8 billion to coal ports and LNG terminals in the Great Barrier Reef Word Heritage Area since January 2008. We’re calling on customers of those banks to tell them to stop financing reef destruction or they will pull out their funds and go elsewhere. Bill McKibben, coming to Australia in June for a “Global Warming: Do the Maths” tour, said “When you do the maths on avoiding the worst impacts of climate change, there simply isn’t enough room in the carbon budget for new fossil fuel projects. We’ve got to wind down the fossil fuel era with great haste if we’re going to keep the planet from overheating. This report by Market Forces provides Australians with the information they need to make hard decisions about where their money is invested and if it’s helping or destroying the planet.” Book tickets to hear Bill McKibben speak about fossil fuel divestment in Australia in June and share the graphic on Facebook!

May 2nd, 2013 | No Comments » | timhollo

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