NEWCASTLE UNI

Last year enviro kids got the Uni to agree to set up a working group focusing on how the uni can reduce its emissions. The group is finally up and running as a result of long term student pressure. Yay! It includes 2 students reps who have been long involved with enviro, some cool academics, and representatives from uni council, business and the community.
The working group recently had its first meeting and came to the grand conclusion that climate change is a reality. They’re meeting again next week and will focus on what the uni can do to address climate change. Meetings are closed but the student reps are going to try and get approval for the Enviro collective to address the group at their next meeting.

Newie has also been creating awareness and getting more students behind their campaign.
They had an exciting climate change infoday. They had a procession with drums, bikes and yellow shirts which descended upon the uni’s big café at lunchtime with lots of chanting (raise the pressure, lower the heat and such) and spreading the clean energy word. Infoday also included a talk with Pete from Rising Tide and Claire Dunn talking on moving from climate change despair to empowerment, short films and food. And it conveniently ended just before collective time so there were a a good 30 people at the meeting.
And they’re going to keep up campaign visibility and pressure on campus with things like stickers and posters. And radical cake stalls sharing clean energy propaganda along with the baked goods.