Climate Action rally

 Here we are, yet again having a rally for action on climate change.  Today, in Geelong, we were part of a worldwide event to call on our leaders to act now on climate change.  Our prime minister decided not to attend the UN's emergency Climate Change Summit in New York.

 The girls and I walked/rode bikes down to the rally at Geelong's waterfront.  There was a good turnout, and it was a beautiful day.

I wonder how much longer we'll have to attend events like this?

Climate Action Now!

 Evie & Liv with their signs

We attended the national day of climate action rally in Melbourne's Treasury Gardens today, and as you can see, it was a beautiful day.  We got to hear some great speakers, and be energised in a crowd of people wanting the same thing- action on climate change.  It's good to go to these events and see how many people care about our future on this planet, when it sometimes feels like no-one cares.  It's always heartening to see elderly people showing their support, and there were many of them there.  Looks like there were about 25,000 people there, HUGE!

National Day of Climate Action

Will you be at a national day of climate action event this Sunday?  We'll be at the Melbourne event at Treasury Gardens at 11am.  To find an event close to you, you can go here.

March against Monsanto rally

There was a great turnout at the rally yesterday and some very inspirational speakers, even the weather turned out to be pleasant.  The girls and I have just had a little bit of fun in the supermarket, putting stickers on foods that contain GMO's, but are unlabelled as such, because it's not currently a requirement.  It was a good lesson for Evie to learn about GMO's in a simplified way, and I'm thankful that we rarely buy these foods.  No more Betty Crocker icing for us!  Evie put most of her stickers on Coke and Pepsi products, and Carnation condensed/evaporated milk products.
There's a great article here about how Agroecological farming can double food production in 10 years.  We don't need GMO's to feed the world, we have enough food already.  We just need to fix the distribution, and stop the wastage.

March against Monsanto

I'll be marching against Monsanto on Saturday (Melbourne, 2-4pm, outside the State Library), and this is why

Will you be marching?