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In Sydney, walkers targeted the Howard government for refusing to sign the Kyoto Protocol.
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Greenpeace was proud to take part, along with student groups, unions,
church groups and many, many others concerned about the devastating
impacts of climate change.
There was plenty of support for clean energy solutions in Australia, as people turned out around the country for the international day of climate action. In Sydney, a crowd of 3000 marched from Town Hall to Hyde Park, where they signed the giant Our Kyoto Protocol scroll. By signing the scroll, they committed to reducing greenhouse emissions and called on our governments to take the large-scale action we also need.
In Melbourne, 500 people marched and hundreds of others took part in Brisbane, Canberra, Armidale, Coonabarabran, Nambucca Heads, Cairns, Lane Cove, Hornsby, Central Coast, Parramatta, Grafton, Mudgee and Moruya. Perth even hosted a Kites for Kyoto festival.
Montreal, where the world's governments are currently gathered for a global climate meeting, saw an enthusiastic 15,000 people take to the wintry streets. But the most remarkable effort was in Finland, where 7000 braved sub-freezing temperatures to walk against warming.
As a world of individuals commits to tackling climate change, we force our governments to move with us and take large-scale, urgent action against the world's greatest threat today.
The clean energy revolution: Thanks for being part of it!
There was plenty of support for clean energy solutions in Australia, as people turned out around the country for the international day of climate action. In Sydney, a crowd of 3000 marched from Town Hall to Hyde Park, where they signed the giant Our Kyoto Protocol scroll. By signing the scroll, they committed to reducing greenhouse emissions and called on our governments to take the large-scale action we also need.
In Melbourne, 500 people marched and hundreds of others took part in Brisbane, Canberra, Armidale, Coonabarabran, Nambucca Heads, Cairns, Lane Cove, Hornsby, Central Coast, Parramatta, Grafton, Mudgee and Moruya. Perth even hosted a Kites for Kyoto festival.
Montreal, where the world's governments are currently gathered for a global climate meeting, saw an enthusiastic 15,000 people take to the wintry streets. But the most remarkable effort was in Finland, where 7000 braved sub-freezing temperatures to walk against warming.
As a world of individuals commits to tackling climate change, we force our governments to move with us and take large-scale, urgent action against the world's greatest threat today.
The clean energy revolution: Thanks for being part of it!
