... tread lightly



To: Principals, Teachers, school community

How serious an issue is Climate Change? What effect will it have on our schools, our communities, our planet? What collective actions must we take to deal with the inevitable aspects of a changing climate while forestalling the worst consequences?

2007 will be the year in which our community has to decide to take swift, concerted, collective action to address climate change.

As part of this process Tread Lightly will be working with school communities on a three pronged approach.

• Informing key teachers and parents on the implications of the most recent global warming research. Much of this work has still not reached broad public knowledge and in particular does not seem to have penetrated official Government thinking
• Offering professional development programs which can help school communities make the rapid changes that will be required to reduce our climate impact
• Outlining the big picture and small picture changes required and encouraging school communities to demand appropriate action from our political leaders.

 ... tread lightly



We, the undersigned citizens of Australia, recognising the serious and potentially catastrophic consequences of global warming and climate change on the populations of both Australia and the world at large, hereby urge the Government of Victoria and the Federal Government of Australia to declare a State of Emergency to deal with the problem of global warming and consequential issues such as water scarcity, biodiversity loss and economic hardship. We therefore request... click to read more (pdf)

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For further information please contact WREC on 9731 0288.

Joseph Natoli Project Manger EcoFootprint
Harry van Moorst Director WREC
WREC PO Box 464 Werribee 3030
ecofoot@envirowest.org.au