GetUp! Climate Torch Relay Come along and show your support for Australia halving its greenhouse gas emissions by 2020.
The Dandenong Ranges have been selected for one leg of the Getup Climate Torch Relay! (www.climatetorch.com)
Wednesday 3rd September 2008, 1pm
at the Park on the Corner of Mt Dandenong Tourist Road and Mountain Hwy, Sassafras.
(the torch bearers will enter Sassafras from the Southern end along Mt Dandenong Tourist Rd and arrive at the Park for a brief handover ceremony at 1pm precisely)
Created by the designers of the Sydney Olympic Torch, the Climate Torch is an iconic symbol of our national determination to avert dangerous climate change. The torch itself features solar-power, a wind-turbine, people power, and a lemon battery!
For nine weeks from August to October, the GetUp Climate Torch Relay will tour right across Australia – through rural towns and capital cities in every state and territory – on its way to Parliament House, Canberra on October 12. Along the route local communities are hosting legs of the relay, which calls on our leaders to halve Australia’s greenhouse pollution by 2020.
The torch was designed to embody four solutions to climate change. “The torch uses wind and solar power, a ‘people power’ hand crank, and also draws power from a lemon-battery, representing the innovation and creativity we need to support to find new energy solutions” said BlueSky Creative head designer, Mark Armstrong. The four energy sources power an onboard microprocessor and LCD display showing the message ‘halve Australia’s greenhouse pollution by 2020’.
About GetUp: GetUp.org.au is an independent movement to build a progressive Australia. GetUp brings together like-minded people who want to bring participation back into our democracy. GetUp has over 280,000 members nationwide
